Strategy for next year

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Vince

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Sitting here looking at my Annual Leave bid for next year.

Figuring out when the hunts I plan to put in for are and how much time I have on the books. I also need to keep a couple weeks in reserve for my Newfoundland hunt in 2015. I hate working for an employer that basically has you put in a year in advance for time off.

So far it's looking like I'll stay close to home and take a week for deer, never had a problem getting drawn, and a week for elk if I can get drawn. Odds of getting an elk tag is 38% for a bull tag and I have three points. The bad thing is it's a late season hunt so I'm planning on being cold and in the snow. I'll also pick up a Spring javelina tag, leftover, and hunt on my two days off. At least that's the plan right now.

Biker
 
A man has to dream. That doesn't sound bad. The winter hunt for elk wouldn't be bad, should you get it. It can be pleasant to hunt in the snow. :grin:
 
Planning to backpack in where the elk are.
I have a pack, sleeping bag, and a tent. What more do I need?
 
Some kind of sled to pull the elk out with.

Depending on terrain, it can be a LOT easier than taking the quarters one at a time in your pack.

Somewhere my Aunt, now in her 80's, has a great old B&W photo of her, dragging the back half of an elk in the snow, back to their car! They lived in Idaho at the time. My uncle shot the elk a couple of miles from the car and took the front quarters, leaving my aunt to drag the rest...

Their marriage survived another 50 years until he died. Good people. She showed me the photo a year or two ago when I was visiting. I was cracking up. Late 1950's I believe, and she's out there in boots, a long skirt, hat & coat, dragging both hindquarters of the elk through the snow. Good grief. What a woman!

I bet she would have loved to have a sled of some sort to haul that out on. Or an axe handle to whack my uncle with... :grin:

Guy
 
Re the annual leave/vacation. A few days ago I put in for a couple of weeks off in October, 2014, for hunting.

I like putting in early, and I'm senior enough there that I pretty well get the days off I want.

Guy
 
Mikes right. We need these dreams, about tomorrow.

I'm lookin' at a western spring turkey hunting trip. And early applications in Wyo. and Montana for antelope. I have points in both states. Then a muley tag in Wyo., maybe, God willin'.

Guy, I think our older relatives were made out of some pretty good stock, back then. I know my gramps
sure was. One tough ol' buzzard!
 
I am going for a cow/calf license in Wyoming. A unit a little farther east from Jackson Hole, if possible. If I draw the tag I will scout for bulls. Back to Oregon if possible for a spike. I may actually apply for a tag in Wa., instead of a PP. I was going on a spring bear hunt in Oregon but am now going to a wedding instead!

I forgot, archery deer in my back yard.
 
I got the seniority that I pretty much get what I want for vacations.

The trick for me is getting drawn. I hope 2014 is the year I finally get my coues deer. I've worked hard at it, helped others get theirs, now it's my turn. :)
 
Not sure what hunting I will do next year. Trying to push through this Fall first.. Alot changes for me from now till the Spring. I have been in place for almost 5 years, I wouldn't be surprised if the MC had a move planned for me...
 
Kodiak":116chudk said:
Scotty,

Maybe the MC will open a facility in Jackson, Wyoming :lol: 8) :p :grin: 8) !
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Jim, I'd be tripping over myself to get there. Heck I'd hand out basketballs in the gym to bea resident of Wyoming.
 
Depending on terrain, it can be a LOT easier than taking the quarters one at a time in your pack.
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I have in the past on a very good trail or logging road, used "very" heavy plastic bags. They slide easily along with some snow. The biggest issue in most of the country I hunt is the side hill, 30%+ makes it difficult to keep things in line. Everything wants to drift to the bottom of the hill. The sled would work great on the coast as everything is off of logging roads. However the challenge, their for me is to actually kill something to haul to the truck.
 
I really like the Shappell sleds, the HD models kinda catch my eye 8) !

In the past I have used a tobbogan and even an aluminum panel with a couple of ropes attached to get a game animal out. Some times a horse can do all the draggin' too, !!!
 
I just wanna know where you all find the flat ground elk!
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Flat land elk take a great deal of fun and challenge from the hunt. Packing elk on ugly steep ground is both character building and is a great way to build self confidence.
I hear it can also break ankles but who cares about those minor medical problems, when your hunting.
 
Elkman":2uxfy2xj said:
I just wanna know where you all find the flat ground elk!
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Flat land elk take a great deal of fun and challenge from the hunt. Packing elk on ugly steep ground is both character building and is a great way to build self confidence.
I hear it can also break ankles but who cares about those minor medical problems, when your hunting.
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I like the way you think.

If you ever want to hunt together I will warn you up-front that I have a habit of making the "easy" a lot harder than it should be. :grin:
 
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