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in reply to: Season start date… #34693
yesterday, and here I am in the office.
in reply to: Elk hunting tips #52011T Downing wrote:
Elk Tip#5: Last but not least and this one is dedicated to the beginning elk hunter, not you experienced bowhunters who know this one all to well. HUNT HARD! You can never go wrong with putting everything you have into your elk hunt. This is only one month out of the year and it will be over before you know it, so go all out, try not to miss a morning or evening hunt if possible. I firmly believe that the traditional archer needs more opportunities in the field and elk hunting has showed me that you have to be out there in it, studying the elk and their habitat. We are blessed to be able to even hunt these wonderful animals, try to give it the best in which you are capable. TWhat I can add from my limited experience, and really just adds on to T’s #5 is to be physically and mentally ready to “hunt hard.” If you are physically able to hunt farther into an area than others are willing to go you’ll improve your odds. I change my work out plans about July 1st to incorporate a lot of hiking, trail running, as well as full body weight training. I’m not sure if it’s necessary, but it gives me the confidence knowing that if I have to throw 100+ lbs. of meat on my back and hike miles to the truck (more than once) I’m able to.
Along those lines something I like to do is take out a topo map and a ruler and lightly draw a mile buffer around all the roads in the area you want to hunt. You can locate those areas over a mile off the road where most people aren’t willing or aren’t capable of going.O, and one more vote for leaving the bugle at home. You’ll call in more hunters than elk.
in reply to: Gonna mozy over to the Libary #19704While your there pick up a few other books, “A Sand County Almanac” and “Aldo Leopold’s Odyssey: Rediscovering the Author of a Sand County Almanac” by Julianne Lutz Newton.
“Recreational development is a job not of building roads into lovely country, but of building receptivity into the still unlovely human mind.” Sand County (p. 295)
The final section of of Sand County “The Upshot” seems to fit pretty well with some of the current discussion of the various “outdoor” channels.
in reply to: Mr. Petersen Please Elaborate #42337Thank you. I don’t want this to be a sensitive or emotional thread, if it turns that way please understand it was not my intent. I was simply unfamiliar with the issue and am glad you were able to shed some light on it for me.
Thanks again,
tonyin reply to: Tell Us About Your Username #52433No BLS fans on this forum?
SDMF can have 2 meanings;
Strength Determination Merciless Forever, title of Black Lable Society song,
or,
Society Dwelling Mother F***er
since I add the ‘er at the end you can see where my preference lies.
in reply to: 4 wheelers, Dave Peterson #503071st, Dave, I absolutely loved A Man Made of Elk. I already know it will be an annual preseason read, just like “A Sand County Almanac”. I would highly recommend anybody else on this thread (or forum for that matter) to pick up a copy.
2nd, LEskew, SHHH. I’m already unhappy about Field and Stream calling attention to the wilderness areas I hunt in southern Wyoming. I don’t want to have the same problem you ran into. So, call me selfish if you want, but Colorado has the largest elk herd in the country so everybody should hunt Colorado.
3rd, Dave do you know if there is a way to get a print of the cover art from “A Man Made of Elk”, I’ve checked T.A.D.’s website and can’t find any information about the work.
in reply to: 4 wheelers, Dave Peterson #27205You can definately tell rifle season opened today here in Wyoming. Granted I’m getting my gear around to head afield tomorrow after work (while the longbow hangs in the rack, I still gotta eat) to hunt with my smoke pole (Wyoming doesn’t have a muzzle loader season and I’d like to get the the .54 Hawkins the same amount of exercise my longbow was awarded). Anyway, over the last few days not matter which gas station, grocery store, or unfortunately liquor store (especially at Wal-Mart:twisted:, don’t get me started on that) you passed, it was a guarentee to see at least 1 if on more camper or pickup with ATV in tow. It is really disheartening for me too see the state of the American “sportsman”, thank you Outhouse Channel.
I don’t care if all you do is stay on the road, ATV’s are not hunting equipment. I take my truck (it’s an ’09 by the way) to any place the road goes thats what I bought it for, if I didn’t want to take it there I’d have bought a Subaru Outback like %75 of Greenies. So, “I don’t want to hurt my truck” is a lame EXCUSE.
For that reason I’m headed as deep as the quads god gave me (BHA member) will take me in the next couple days. Hopefully I’ll have shallow boot prints on the way in and deep ones on the way out.SDMF
I have Kings Climatex rain gear. I’ve only used it this year, but I like it so far. It’s much more quiet than more traditional rain gear I’ve used in the past. Price wasn’t to bad, under $100 for the set. Early in elk season this year I had one day of off and on heavy showers and it kept me warm and dry. During light rain I usually don’t drag out the pants just the jacket. It fits well in my day pack and doesn’t add too much of weight. I’ve also used the jacket on days wen the wind is cold and cuts through other layers, it works well and doesn’t add any extra noise when I draw my bow.
It was a big adjustment when I moved to Wyoming. When I lived in ND archery deer opened around the 1st of September and ran into January. Same with Nebraska when I was there. Here archery deer and elk closed on the 30th of September. Last night I put my bow on the rack for the year. Rifle seasons, for the most part, wind up end of October. So come November 2 I’m out of the woods for good. The shorter season definately adds a little unwanted urgency.
in reply to: 4 wheelers, Dave Peterson #59930I’m not sure if you read Bugle, but there is an article on page 15 of the Sept./Oct. 2009 issue you should check out. Basically a proposed travel management plan in the White River National forest would cut the total miles of ATV routes in half.
in reply to: 4 wheelers, Dave Peterson #59132No blood so far. I have seven days left in the season, 4 of which I’m chained to my desk.
in reply to: 4 wheelers, Dave Peterson #57639Same problem here in Wy. A few friends and myself were hunting an area this weekend where we rarely see another person and generally find lots of elk. We set up base camp Friday night near the road and listend to bulls scream all night long. Then about 4 am the parade began. A constant stream of 4 wheelers and side by sides up and down the road, they’d drive to the dead end and back and continued to do so from 4 am until we left camp. Even though the bulls were bugling close to camp all night, once the traffic picked up they shut up and headed deep. We didn’t get into elk until we were 1.5 miles from the road.
So, I guess the benefit to all the ATV traffic is it pushes the elk in deep enought that only those willing to go after them will have the pleasure of packing one out. O and you’ll should never get lost, because even 1.5 miles in we could still hear the hum from ATVs on the road.
Even though this is a long post I must share this: Friday night as we were driving in we met a pick up on the rough and narrow FS road with the most interesting set up. There were 2 guys in the front, both with Primos Hoochie mamma calls hanging out the window. In the back was a woman and a teenage male, both on there knees facing opposite directions, and heres the best part, arrows knocked and ready to rock.in reply to: Hunting Off Mnt. Bikes? #47520My one suggestion would be to hit the yard sales looking for the tow behind kid haulers. You should be able to find one way cheaper than buying a new one. I would avoid trying to pedal in with too much weight on your back.
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