Will you kill an elk anywhere?

[Maverick1]

If it is an elk I want to kill, and I have enough time to pack it out, I will kill it.

The only thing that causes me a second of hesitation is the temperature.

If it is too hot, and I think I might lose meat, that is unethical and I will hunt closer to the vehicle for an easier pack out. Not something I normally considered, until I hunted elk in the desert and it was in the lower 90's at night.

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

I rifle hunted a spot a couple of years ago that required dropping in from the top into a basin that was FULL of elk. And I mean FULL! I didn’t kill an elk and struggled to get back out of there. I didn’t go back. I still wonder what I would have done if I had killed one in there!

I found a spot like that on an any bull Utah unit. If you’ve ever hunted OTC Utah, you know that’s a rare spot. There were probably 80 elk, multiple bigger 6 point bulls. It’s 6-7 miles deep in a basin surrounded by boulder fields, but not ones quite big enough where they wouldn’t occasionally roll on you while descending 1500ft. Only other way in is through a deadfall choked creek drainage, off trail 5 miles. I don’t think horses, llamas, or goats could get there… I still think about it all the time though, what if…..

 

[Hnthrdr]

I found a spot like that on an any bull Utah unit. If you’ve ever hunted OTC Utah, you know that’s a rare spot. There were probably 80 elk, multiple bigger 6 point bulls. It’s 6-7 miles deep in a basin surrounded by boulder fields, but not ones quite big enough where they wouldn’t occasionally roll on you while descending 1500ft. Only other way in is through a deadfall choked creek drainage, off trail 5 miles. I don’t think horses, llamas, or goats could get there… I still think about it all the time though, what if…..

Whatever happened to the drone packouts that some nut job promised

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

Whatever happened to the drone packouts that some nut job promised

Would be nice but not even drones could help you here, wilderness area