1 week and $1000....where would you go?

[m midd]

Sept elk in washington state. Thats gonna be my trip this year.

[K.S.TRAPPER]

Thats funny Sledge    

Probably been on a dozen elk hunts from weekend to weekend no more then 9days total. Leave one day drive 24hrs rotating drivers get there the next, set up camp and start hunting. Its great during the week when nobody is around.

Leave the following weekend wishing you could stay a little while longer but most guys have family's and jobs and can't always take two weeks to hunt. We even bring meat home on most trips but not always and we know thats part of the shorter trips but at least were out there doing it.

 

If you do your home work and study the area you will be hunting with maps and photo's it sure improves your odds. We killed animals on the first day and the last and everyday in between. All for way less then a $1,000

Even pass up a few, First day first time on this mountain 5yds.

 

Good luck! You might check with KennyM in north east Missouri. He has a private land lease just for tradhunters and very well priced. Missouri tags are two deer and two turkeys for $225. Great place and a great guy  

[USN_Sam1385]

Hogs in Texas. Can get a total package hunt with usually 2 hogs per hunter for about $500 per person. Then just drive down there.

[awbowman]

Agreed from the start.  You can drive splitting gas money and do Elk in CO for less than $1000.

LIke they said, leave Saturday morning early and get there Sunday morning early.  Partial set up of camp, SLEEP and then do some afternoon glassing.

One week 6 days of hunting and back home on Sunday.  A week in the Sptember Rockies is wirth it kill or no kill.

We did it last year for the first time and it was a GREAT adventure.  Saw some, didn't get a shot, and still worth doing every couple of years.

[Glunt]

Elk.  I live near them, but that would be my first choice if I didn't.  

As for leaving, be packed, kiss the family and roll out after work on Friday.  Drive in shifts and you have camp set up Sat night.

No need for all kinds of fancy gear.  The old tent and sleeping bag in the garage will work fine.  Something to cook with, a cooler, a couple chairs and a trip to the grocery store.

[Shedrock]

DIY antelope in Wyo.

[robtattoo]

South Texas for hogs, javies & jackrabbits.......OR Wyoming with OTC pronghorn 2 doe/fawn tags in my pocket. Right now, I'd give my right eye to do either.

[elkbreath]

I'd love to finally draw a moose tag...

but for me its elk.  thats why i live here.

[widow sax]

I would go to Co for elk it might cost you 200 more but would be worth it! For me this year 291.00 for Air Fair Like 595.00 for tags 65.00 for my share off rental car I don't count food I have to eat anyways So for me it will cost me 1000.00 for my elk hunt.   Widow

[tecum-tha]

Elk by yourself for under $1000. Forget it.
The tag alone is almost 600, unless you want to shoot cow only. Leaves you $410. If you get 18 mpg for around 1500 miles each way, you'll look into min. $300 in gas each way. Now you haven't eaten anything yet. And a week is way too short.
I would not even leave my homestate for only a week. It is not worth the cost to hunt the same kind of animals you can hunt at home and have to buy a non-resident tag.

[sledge]

glad i could give you a laugh, ks trapper.

looks to me like missouri and indiana are between kansas and ohio, though.

i assumed the man would likely not know the country, and might be hunting alone.

more power to you if you want to hunt like that, driving 24 hours straight and all.

to each his own.

joe

[stick flipper]

I did a week hunt in colorado a few years ago for elk. Saw and heard plenty of elk...just no shot. It is def. worth the price of admission and the 27 hour drive!!!!! Thanks for the ideas.....I'm a dreamer so I love having options!

[sledge]

if you do decide on colorado elk, email me if you like.

i saw 1 once.

joe

[Steve Clandinin]

Not even a second thought,to northern alberta with my son and son-in-law,bowhunting moose and elk twenty-five miles back in the hills,with tents and woodburning stoves.Lots of coin would be left over.It doesn't get any better for me.Can't wait for September.