The others have pretty well expressed my feelings about what a great hunt/time of fellowship/camp/group of guys/experience this was and is, so I won't go on about that aspect except to say my thanks to Doug for getting it organized and to each of the other participants for coming prepared to hunt and enjoy what gifts were offered up.
My individual hunting experiences were many, but I'll summarize. I was out there for 18 days, 14 of which I hunted. In those 14 days I was into elk 12 of them. I shot over a big cow at 30 yds - broadside, called another to 15 yds, but she came in on the wrong side of my shooting lanes and had another small cow walk up my backtrtail to just 4 yds, but only offered a severe quartering away shot, so I didn't drop the string.
I verbally sparred with one bull for over an hour one eveing and he screamed/bugled/chuckled and/or roared at me no less than 65-70 times. Doug, Wayne and I called in a magnificent 4x4 to 75 yds before he busted me. This guy's main beams stretched to the middle of his back and I described him as being similar in beauty to a 130" 6pt or 150" 8pt whitetail.
This was only my second elk trip, but I learned so much and had so much fun, I can't wait for next September already. I didn't track my mileage, but estimated that I averaged 6-7 mi/day for each of the days I hunted. I dropped 18 lbs according to the scale at my folks house, but was never hungry.
I'm sorry I don't have any pictures to share. My camera is simply crap. Next year I'll have a good camera, be in even better shape and PICK A SPOT!!!
Thanks again to Doug and the rest. This hunt has set the bar to which all other trips will be compared.
Darren S.
Topic: Colorado Tradgang Elk Hunt Story (Read 2913 times)
