Pack in Elk Hunters

[MJ from Oregon]

Mature Bulls Only for myself also.....................unless it was last year.........grin.

 

[bowinhand]

My philosophy is meat tastes much better than antlers, so it just depends on how empty my freezer is.

 

[Mattman215]

Depends on the unit and the goal. The short answer is yes we are more picky, as the pack out matters as much as the shot.

 

[Taudisio]

Depends on the unit and the goal. The short answer is yes we are more picky, as the pack out matters as much as the shot.

My guy, this thread is 13 years old.

 

[Mattman215]

My guy, this thread is 13 years old.

You mean it was 13 years old…just like that it’s on the top of the forum…….

 

[Poser]

I've killed some elk in some ridiculous locations. Laughably stupid, really. I go with my intuition in the moment. I've passed on some small bulls and I even passed a 180 yard broadside shot on the biggest bull i've ever seen right at the moment of applying pressure to the trigger. My partner had a big bull down and I knew there was no way in hell we were getting 2 elk out of there. And then one time I hunted "the big bull" for 3 days and finally shot a raghorn because it was the moment to do so. Its all about the moment.

I will say that we've figured out a system for securely hanging meat during long packouts. That takes some of the stress off the situation as I have lost meat to a bear before. I've had some packouts that took 4 days by the time we got camp out of there.

 

[Coveyleader]

I will say that we've figured out a system for securely hanging meat during long packouts. That takes some of the stress off the situation as I have lost meat to a bear before. I've had some packouts that took 4 days by the time we got camp out of there.

I can't speak for everyone on the this 20 year old thread, but think in those hell holes, where it feels like double over time in a wrestling match, every trip in that little birdie in our head is hoping a bear got on the meat! I usually leave anise oil, vanilla extract, etc between each trip to "keep the flies off"

 

[shootnrun]

Depends on where.. Draw hunts I generally hold out for a 6. Tho I did get fooled by a heavy 5 with extra long brows once... Home (WA), it's far different. Any legal bull gets it early season. Late season it's all fair game if the freezer needs it.

 

[il_cop]

Depends on what's in my freezer and how many tags I have that year (remaining)