Meat care question

Hey youll be in my neck of the woods! If you see a bunch of smoke pouring out of a neon green tipi and its not coming out of the chimney its prob me:). Check out Boyz ToyZ and Sons in Eagle for cold storage, theyve got a pretty big walk in cooler. Hell if that doesnt work I might have my DIY meat locker up and running by then and there will surely be enough space
 
live2hunt said:
I'll be going in on 82 if there is a turn off spot (I can't tell for sure from Google earth), looks like about 20 minutes from aspen. Anyone no if there are good places to pull off and park the truck there.
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Are you talking Independence Pass? Yes, there are spots to pull off.
 
live2hunt said:
Just wondering if as a flatlander that lives at roughly 1100 ft if I am gonna die up there that high and if the terrain is terrible?
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Just be in the best shape you can be, and don't lie to yourself. I lived around 1300ft and trained for my hunt in Idaho this past fall and did fine.
 
Just started p90x this week hoping it'll get my fat ass out of this winter slump and come spring I'll start training a little more specific for the high country.
 
live2hunt said:
Just started p90x this week hoping it'll get my fat ass out of this winter slump and come spring I'll start training a little more specific for the high country.
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I have always been pretty active and watch my weight pretty close. All spring and summer I would walk/run with my wife and our little one in the stroller. My wife is a runner and hits it hard everyday so she would push me to go faster/longer. I didn't get to crazy with weights, but did a good bit of push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups. I worked a two week on, one week off schedule, so on my days off I would take a good hike with my pack-on. I watch my diet and eat rite. I got the training part down, just need to focus on that killing part of it. :)
 
jmez said:
Terrain is wicked in 47.
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na it's not that wicked up there, you want bad come hunt the canyons. it is straight up and down but will be about 90-100+ during archery season... in all reality 47 is a good area, get in the best shape you can but know your limitations when you get out here.
 
5MilesBack said:
Naw, the terrain is great......it's elk country.:) Nice and steep.
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Took the words right out of my mouth! it's beautiful country and if I dont have to work at it to get the meat out and take care of it the whole time it just dosn't seem to taste as good... Maby it is the sweat seasoning it!
 
Man it makes me wish we still had the meat locker in eljebel. the only problem is if u have to take it to the processor you will have to to silt for the closest unless krablooniks is still dealing with meat there around aspen. i think overall you should be ok in that area aslong as you get it cooled down as fadt as possible.
 
no brettb,you are right,silt is the closest. krabloonik is not doing that anymore. I live 30 miles from aspen, Independence pass is good but damn tough country. i f you are up to it the elk are there,but will be one tough hunt. be ready, and good luck!
 
Bonedalien said:
no brettb,you are right,silt is the closest. krabloonik is not doing that anymore. I live 30 miles from aspen, Independence pass is good but damn tough country. i f you are up to it the elk are there,but will be one tough hunt. be ready, and good luck!
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Thanks hopefully I'll be up for it. Right now I'm 30-40 lbs overweight but working on it everyday.

I was looking at some statistics and they said that in 2012 gmu 47 had somewhere around 280 hunters but gmu 55 had about double that and its not OTC, that seemed odd to me that there would be less pressure in an OTC unit. Why is that? Is it the terrain or altitude or that its not easily accessible by road so its mostly pack in?
 
interesing,but not that suprising. i have not hunted Indy pass but drive it several times a year. there realy are no spur roads off 82 on the pass on either side. There are several campgrounds and trailheads,also lots of pull off spots. your choices up there are doing big loops from truck or camp(no camping anywhere but campgrounds) or packing in.
 
Bonedalien said:
interesing,but not that suprising. i have not hunted Indy pass but drive it several times a year. there realy are no spur roads off 82 on the pass on either side. There are several campgrounds and trailheads,also lots of pull off spots. your choices up there are doing big loops from truck or camp(no camping anywhere but campgrounds) or packing in.
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You can't camp in the back country away from the roads? I was planning on heading in 4-5 miles and staying if I can't do that I'm gonna have to change my plans.
 
This year I killed my bull on the first day and my partner was still hunting while I packed meat to the truck. I hung it in a creek that was staying pretty cool all day but had issues with one of my buddies cheap meat bags and getting blow flies on the meat. I had already had a processor picked out and that I had contacted before going in to the unit so I decided to just make the trip a few hours and eliminate the worry. When I arrived back at the truck my buddy was waiting with another bull lol.......

Good to have a backup plan.
 
Just thinking of 47 brings back such fond memories. It was the mid 80's and my buddy shot a big bull on one of the steepest slopes I've hunted. Well the bull started tumbling........you'd of thought that a tree would have stopped the tumbles and rolls......nope. All the way down to the creek below, and right through the ice.:mad: That wasn't so bad, except that it was right near zero degrees during this Nov rifle season hunt. That job of breaking down that bull and packing it out, still ranks #1 all-time worst packout ever for me. Gosh I really love archery season!:)
 
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