[Jmcdonald45]

in reply to: Scent control? #30871

Seabass wrote: Good morning my tradbow brothers! Do any of you see deer WITHOUT all that scent control stuff? I am having a depressing first season of bow hunting, and I simply NEVER see a deer (unless it is pitch black). Maybe it is a voodoo curse on me, but I AM taking care to at least wash myself and my clothes in scent free stuff, and I am about ready to rent a tank and go after those ghosts!

. Are you hunting the wind? Because you can’t beat the nose of a white tail

[Jmcdonald45]

in reply to: Off Season #53840

South Texas wrote: Im gonna start off by saying that I’m very jelous of you Elk Hunters. One day Ill get out of Texas long enough for a sweet hunt.

How many of you guys train year round or hunt year round with your bow? How many of you just hang it up for the season? My season ended as all of yours have with whitetail. Yes, we do have pigs and javis in South Texas but I live on the Coast 25 minutes from the Lower Laguna Madre. I do shoot my lighter bows with my daughter off season buy I really dont hunt. For me, I just grab my Flyrods and hit the flats from my skiff. Any ideas to keep my tools sharp. Keeping it interesting for me? What do you guys do?

I use my hunting bow year round in the spring I bow fish with it and hunt ground hogs, and go to bow shoots and shoot for fun. I try to get my kids involved as much as I can too. You can always get some old junk arrows and use blunts and stump shoot. Thats what I do to stay sharp year round…

[Jmcdonald45]

in reply to: 1st time Colorado Elk hunting! #53829

tradhunter1 wrote: J,

Are you sharing your tent with your hunting buddy, or are you each bringing your own tent? How long are you going to be there one week, two weeks? How many nights do you want to stay out in one area if your not finding animals or sign?

I use a two many tent for just myself, reason is I have more room for my gear when the weather turns not so nice. When I pack in with a partner and we are going to be gone a weekend we take a three man back packing tent for light weight, if we are going in for a week or possibly a few days longer we each take in a two man, for the same reason I mentioned above, and with a two man you can get a 3 season packing tent that will be strong enough for poor weather but still light enough to pack around the country. Close to the same weight as a light weight three man.

I also take in a sleeping pad, I prefer a mid thickness that is full length, it’s more weight but I have started to get excessivly stiff in the mornings after a night on the cold hard ground. The size of your sleeping bag will be a personal choice, there’s a lot of good ones out there choose carefully.

For packs I prefer an external frame, one of my hunting partners swears by an internal frame, my external frame I can remove the pack back at the truck and use the frame to haul meat without having to empty my pack prior to going back in for another load of meat. Once again there are a lot of good ones out there, so do your home work and choose carefully. Remember that you get what you pay for.

Dehydrated food for my/our meals, candy bars, jerky, or power bars for snacks, a jet boil stove, and a small mess kit, I always carry a small first aid kit, emergency fire starter, and an emergency bivy bag, a bar of soap with a rag and small backpacking towel, personal hygiene items. And as mentioned before a water filter or tablets for treatment of your water, filters take up more room and it takes a little practice to get it so your not sucking up the bottom of the water source, when its real shallow, but I prefer the filter over the tabs cause when your done with the filter you can drink, with the tabs you have a longer process before drinking.

For clothes I take a change of shirt, to pairs of shorts, one pair of long johns, and a five pairs of socks, a good rain suit, a mid weight jacket and a vest. If my time extends past five days I wash my socks and underwear.

I am usually pretty rough looking when I return.

Don’t forget a compass and a GPS, a fold out maps and the know how to use your compass and map together.

Add bow and arrows and game bags and you have it all.

Good luck and have fun

Troy

We plan on going for a week so I like the two man tent I like the fact that I can take gear in tent. Thanks for the suggestions. I am in good shape but I turned up my workout up a notch and started doing some mma workouts so it incorporates cardio and weight training.

[Jmcdonald45]

in reply to: 1st time Colorado Elk hunting! #53319

two4hooking wrote: Don’t carry anything you don’t need. Go light and know your equipment and hopefully each peice has more than one use. Try to get used to sleeping without oxygen 😯

Have a blast…you will be hooked!

On the subject of gear what type of tent and pack would you all suggest. I was thinking a one man maybe two man bivy tent and thinking an internal frame pack. But read a lot of good things about external frames.

[Jmcdonald45]

in reply to: 1st time Colorado Elk hunting! #51913

dwcphoto wrote: McDonald,

Have a great trip. Did I say I’m jealous? dwc

Thanks for the advice we been checking some places out in the south west, and we are going mobile lite weight and on the move is the plan no real base camp. I will look into the arrow weight for elk hunting thanks for that little bit.

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