I Dream of Elk

[Jeff Holchin]

Chris, if you are a TBG member, check out an article I wrote on this subject within the last year.....some good tips in it.  PM me with any questions, you CAN do it!

[beachbowhunter]

Chris, make sure you put in for Tule elk preference points here at home. By the time you draw, you'll have lots of experience LOL! That's my plan and I'm sticking to it.

[Jeff Holchin]

Interesting timing......there is an article in NRA Hunter (just got it last night) about a $1000 DIY bowhunt for CO elk.

[Landshark160]

I'll have to check that out Jeff.  Does it have some pretty good info in it?

[jonesy]

elk wont be dreaming any more if your shooting that predator.Jonesy

[Nakohe]

I have the same dream, but alas age and health are probably going to keep me from doing it. I have had 4 heart attacks so high country  escapades are out. It would have to be a non strenious hunt which is probably non existent.LOL Anyway I can still dream. If you get the chance GO!

Donald

[houseman]

In two weeks i will be moving out to Grand Junction Colorado.  I have had elk on the brain for the past 6 mos.  Just can't wait to get there.  Gonna miss the days in my whitetail stands.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Why hunt those skinny elk in Colorado....the roosevelts have a little more meat on there bones on the west coast....ya gotta like the rain and the jungle though.....

[LBR]

Plan on doing an OR elk hunt myself this fall--my first, possibly my last, but danged if I'm not going to give it my all.  There are places other than CO to hunt, where the elevations aren't so bad and it's easier to get a tag.  I can't afford it, but I've always managed to pay my bills one way or another.  I went on a moose hunt I couldn't afford several years ago.  I don't miss the money, and the memories are with me from now on.

The way I see it, if I live to be an old man, I don't want to drive folks nuts talking about what I wished I'd done--I want to drive them nuts talking about what I DID do!

Chad

[slick]

No problem, I lived out west my whole life before moving to Charleston SC 3 years ago. My son and I made the trip back last year to hunt in the Uinta Mt / Utah. Huge wilderness area, the tags are first come / first serve for the UDWR starting June 14 for any elk. Cost of the tag is $388. We drove none stop (31 hr.) to the trail head. His tag was a secial youth tag that started the day archery season ended. I had a deer tag so we hunted a couple days at the end of the archery season before starting his hunt. It's a general area so there were trucks hunting the roads below the wilderness area but hardly any pressure in up the trail aways. We had a good storm opening day and the bulls were talking. We walked a nice bull down opening morning and my son did the rest. The camping facilities at the trail head were excellent, complete with a sitdown restroom.

I'm currently negotiating with the wife for a week off the last part of the season, Sept 8 - 14. My son is heading to college so I'll be solo. Maybe we could put together a trad gang, cross country sportsman's adventure. Send me an email and lets talk....

[slick]

Let's see if I can post a picture of the son's elk....Lots of meat for the freezer

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