This was the most awesome skunk thats ever happened to me. I packed in to the backcountry and set up camp opening weekend and was into elk the first 2 weekends. When i took time off for the last 14 days and went in, i didnt see anymore elk after 3 and a half days and found out 11 other hunters moved into the area while i was at work.
I packed up camp and went to an area i scouted in 2009 and was into bulls daily after that hunting from truck camp. I called 6 into bow range but never had a shot. I had to hunt them where they were at. Which was on steep slopes choked with deadfall and thick black timber. I will be back there. Noone else was hunting that nasty shit so i had it all to myself. It was pretty unbelievable the amount of call ins. The 6 i mentioned were the ones i saw. There were about a dozen that i suspect were in or close to bow range, but i did not see them for the terrain i was in.