Well, I wished I had some success pictures to post up, but we hunted probably one of the nicest areas I have ever hunted for elk, that should have had alot of elk, unfortunately, there weren't very many elk at all. Never saw an elk in the area in 5 solid days of hunting. It was very nice country, with alot of wolf tracks and howling going on, but not very good for deer or elk. I am thinking the wolves have hammered the elk into areas where they aren't really coming out of of the timber, and the timber they are in, in almost inaccessible. I hunted harder this trip than I ever have and covered a whole lot of ground. Anyhow, I do have some nice pictures of the area.
Here is a picture of of doing the final pack up of our packs
5.1 miles down the trail, we set up our camp for the next 5 nights. Planned to stay longer, but we weren't getting into the elk, but we had a nice camp.
Here is the meadow we camped at
Here are some shots of our first mornings hunt. We were packed in a day and half early, so we did a little scouting. The scouting was pretty slim, and we got soaked our first day out. It made for a cold, damp day.
The 338 Win Mag taking a bath.. Not the last one it got either!
Good rain gear saved the day. Although, I spent the day in the rain, underneath, I was still dry!
Bill and I did venture down to the lake we were camped next to. Brian had to make an errand the next day, so he missed the photo op!
There was also a crashed B23 from 1943 on the Southeast Corner of the lake.
Some more of the hunting country.
Here are a couple of pictures of Brian. Probably carrying the best looking rifle in camp... I'll let him tell that story!
Some more shots of the country we were in.
This was near the end of our camp time. We packed up, went back to the truck and decided to hunt another unit to our South.
Well, we hunted directly to our South after moving to Bill's RV and getting closer to our hunting grounds. Here are a couple of shots of Brian climbing a small hill.
These were taken nearly at the top. Here is where I saw the first elk of the trip, about 1 mile or more away. It was a nice bull, but way out of reach for us that day.
A little hiding spot to get out of the Wind and Snow.
Some nice glassing spots I found
Here is the little 10ft rock face that Brian "almost slipped to his death" at...
The following day, we hunted another area. Nice easy 3-4 mile hike through dark, big, green timber. Spotted 2 cows and 1 spike, stalked up to 50 yards of them. Only had a small opening in the timber, and the cow masked the spikes vitals as he slipped out of my life forever, but at least I got to smell some elk!
Overall, it was a great time hunting with friends, but with the wolves hammering the elk, the elk aren't nearly what they used to be in the old country that used to be pretty fun to hunt. Ah well, it'll give me a chance to stretch out and try some other places I should be looking at.
I am sure Brian and Bill will chime in with some details I skipped or left out. Good hunt though, great hunting partners.
Here is a picture of of doing the final pack up of our packs
5.1 miles down the trail, we set up our camp for the next 5 nights. Planned to stay longer, but we weren't getting into the elk, but we had a nice camp.
Here is the meadow we camped at
Here are some shots of our first mornings hunt. We were packed in a day and half early, so we did a little scouting. The scouting was pretty slim, and we got soaked our first day out. It made for a cold, damp day.
The 338 Win Mag taking a bath.. Not the last one it got either!
Good rain gear saved the day. Although, I spent the day in the rain, underneath, I was still dry!
Bill and I did venture down to the lake we were camped next to. Brian had to make an errand the next day, so he missed the photo op!
There was also a crashed B23 from 1943 on the Southeast Corner of the lake.
Some more of the hunting country.
Here are a couple of pictures of Brian. Probably carrying the best looking rifle in camp... I'll let him tell that story!
Some more shots of the country we were in.
This was near the end of our camp time. We packed up, went back to the truck and decided to hunt another unit to our South.
Well, we hunted directly to our South after moving to Bill's RV and getting closer to our hunting grounds. Here are a couple of shots of Brian climbing a small hill.
These were taken nearly at the top. Here is where I saw the first elk of the trip, about 1 mile or more away. It was a nice bull, but way out of reach for us that day.
A little hiding spot to get out of the Wind and Snow.
Some nice glassing spots I found
Here is the little 10ft rock face that Brian "almost slipped to his death" at...
The following day, we hunted another area. Nice easy 3-4 mile hike through dark, big, green timber. Spotted 2 cows and 1 spike, stalked up to 50 yards of them. Only had a small opening in the timber, and the cow masked the spikes vitals as he slipped out of my life forever, but at least I got to smell some elk!
Overall, it was a great time hunting with friends, but with the wolves hammering the elk, the elk aren't nearly what they used to be in the old country that used to be pretty fun to hunt. Ah well, it'll give me a chance to stretch out and try some other places I should be looking at.
I am sure Brian and Bill will chime in with some details I skipped or left out. Good hunt though, great hunting partners.
