Sitka Giveaway!
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I am very excited for this coming season. My brother joined me for his first ever elk hunt and is now completely obsessed, almost as much as me.
Were both training and promised each other to improve on calling. Cant wait to get back up into the mountains chasing elk.
Were both training and promised each other to improve on calling. Cant wait to get back up into the mountains chasing elk.
I am far from someone to give elk hunting advice but I learned two critical things over the last year's.
Always trust that gut feeling and be patient. I second guessed my instinct and pushed in further than I should have and blew out my first shot opportunity on a true OTC giant.
Second is conditioning my feet and ankles for climbing steep hills. My boots were broken in well but I failed to spend enough time climbing and side-hilling. I did not have issues with blisters just fatigue and incredible soreness that slowed me down more and more each day.
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Always trust that gut feeling and be patient. I second guessed my instinct and pushed in further than I should have and blew out my first shot opportunity on a true OTC giant.
Second is conditioning my feet and ankles for climbing steep hills. My boots were broken in well but I failed to spend enough time climbing and side-hilling. I did not have issues with blisters just fatigue and incredible soreness that slowed me down more and more each day.
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t_stro_1@yahoo.com
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- Mar 26, 2018
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This year I have applied for Nev, Utah, CO, and planning to Idaho(in state), and points for WY, and possibly OR. Really hoping on a limited entry archery elk tag here in Idaho. Have yet to harvest an elk with a bow, but either way I will be archery hunting elk this year, and am working on getting my dad his first bull with a bow!
t_stro_1@yahoo.com
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- Mar 26, 2018
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Most excited to spend more time in the elk woods during the rut. Still have a lot to learn, and looking to gain more experience and confidence, especially when calling. Would be super stoked if i could call in some bulls for my dad!
First elk sept 2011.
After making many many mistakes on my first ever elk hunt and solo hunt I managed to connect with this small 6x6. I was very lucky in that the area I had picked to hunt had elk rutting all over and there was almost no pressure during that 9 days.
The competition I had was holed up in a small cabin about 5km away as it had started to rain and snow :upthumb:
The night before I connected I called in a very large bull that circled me and charged from behind. Scared the hell out of me. He ran when my bugle tube swung around my neck and hit my gun stock. He came in from at least a kilometer and up the mountain even though my calling was abysmal.
After making many many mistakes on my first ever elk hunt and solo hunt I managed to connect with this small 6x6. I was very lucky in that the area I had picked to hunt had elk rutting all over and there was almost no pressure during that 9 days.
The competition I had was holed up in a small cabin about 5km away as it had started to rain and snow :upthumb:
The night before I connected I called in a very large bull that circled me and charged from behind. Scared the hell out of me. He ran when my bugle tube swung around my neck and hit my gun stock. He came in from at least a kilometer and up the mountain even though my calling was abysmal.
6pointbull
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- Aug 28, 2017
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I will be hunting in Montana this Year
I applied for a Colorado draw archery permit in a unit that doesn't require alot of points, but I had a bunch of points and what I hope is some good intel on the area. It'll be my first time going for elk with the bow. I plan on hiking in with my dad 3 or 4 miles, then go about finding an elk. I plan to hunt 10 days if necessary. Hopefully I can adjust to altitude the 2 days before the season starts when we pack in.
I've got all my gear and food tabulated by weight in a spreadsheet. I think I'm gonna be at around 50lbs going in and a whole lot heavier going out. My buddy thinks I'm a little goofy walking my dog around the neighborhood with a pack full of lumber on my back, but you've gotta do what you can to keep up with an elk.
Wish me luck!
I've got all my gear and food tabulated by weight in a spreadsheet. I think I'm gonna be at around 50lbs going in and a whole lot heavier going out. My buddy thinks I'm a little goofy walking my dog around the neighborhood with a pack full of lumber on my back, but you've gotta do what you can to keep up with an elk.
Wish me luck!
6pointbull
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- Aug 28, 2017
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This season should be awesome with all the knowledge I have gain with elk 101
t_stro_1@yahoo.com
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- Mar 26, 2018
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conditioning is key. If you can't get into where the elk are, you won't see them. Elk seem to avoid high traffic areas, so you gotta get away form the truck/ atv. Then you gotta be fit enough to get in and make a play, then if your lucky gotta be able to pack the big s.o.b. out.
6pointbull
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- Aug 28, 2017
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My first archery bull
6pointbull
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- Aug 28, 2017
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I look forward to my best hunting partner that is a young 76 year old
Kane Monroe
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- Mar 26, 2018
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I applied in New Mexico.
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