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elk hunt
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08/07/17 07:51 PM
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rex47
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Is it too early to start talking about it?
when the going gets really tough, I sit down and rest
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: rex47]
#6848570
08/07/17 08:01 PM
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PMK
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nope, anyone considering going, should already be covering some miles on foot in preparation
"everyone that lives dies but not everyone who dies lived..."
~PMK~
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: rex47]
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08/07/17 08:16 PM
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Hunter307
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Nope, hiked in this week and put up a camera. Less than a month before archery opens.
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Re: elk hunt
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08/07/17 08:46 PM
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txtrophy85
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I've been thinking about it for a few weeks now.
starting to buy up some gear for the trip
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: rex47]
#6848721
08/07/17 10:10 PM
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sparrish8
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I think about it all year long!!!
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: rex47]
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08/07/17 10:11 PM
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Sneaky
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I think about it nearly every day when I'm working out. It's never too early.
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: rex47]
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08/08/17 01:15 AM
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We're down in the mid to low 40's this week, all week. Fall is coming soon. The rains here will really give a nice boost to forage and seeps in the forest and make for a little quieter stalking in Sept.
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: rex47]
#6848985
08/08/17 01:38 AM
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Creekrunner
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I wasn't successful in avoiding Martini Monday today. Start again, for the umpteenth time, tomorrow morning. Hotter'n blue blazes here...by 8am. It did rain though today.
'Need to shoot the .338 to remember what it feels like.
Headed to Montana the end of October, come hell or high water!
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: rex47]
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08/08/17 02:15 AM
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BOBO the Clown
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: Creekrunner]
#6849060
08/08/17 02:43 AM
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Theringworm
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I wasn't successful in avoiding Martini Monday today. Start again, for the umpteenth time, tomorrow morning. Hotter'n blue blazes here...by 8am. It did rain though today.
'Need to shoot the .338 to remember what it feels like.
Headed to Montana the end of October, come hell or high water! How do you plan on avoiding Tequila Tuesday I am headed to buy a bow in the morning. Elk season can't get here soon enough but maybe a new found Texas archery season for me will tie me over until then.
Last edited by Theringworm; 08/08/17 02:45 AM.
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: rex47]
#6849248
08/08/17 12:49 PM
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TxYoteHunter
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Headed to Montana the end of October. I'm hoping all the fires haven't messed up much. I'd love to stumble across a big one this year.
Sorry for the folks across the state that are having their lives disrupted. Lots of livestock lost, homes burned and land burnt off up there. Ranchers are having a really tough go of it now.
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: rex47]
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08/08/17 02:40 PM
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ducknbass
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I've been thinking, planning, pouring over Google earth maps, (and it's my 3rd season in this unit) working out, shooting my bow etc etc etc.
5 weeks from today I'll be at 11-12k feet hopefully blood pumping with a bugle just over the ridge!
Last edited by ducknbass; 08/08/17 02:40 PM.
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: rex47]
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08/08/17 02:58 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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You need and inReach so I can taunt you about being at tree line.
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: rex47]
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08/08/17 03:07 PM
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ducknbass
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I don't even know what an inreach is.
Guessing it's a sat phone?
Last year my hunting buds wife insisted on knowing he was alive so I rented a spot got back put it in box slapped the return label on it and it sat for a week and a half.
This year he is going through a divorce because he hunts too much. So no need to take it.
He did have service a few times on his Verizon at a few spots so we can call every couple days if we Need.
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: rex47]
#6849414
08/08/17 03:36 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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Satellite texting, emergency sos and gps.
You need one. Although office found the number last year, and had the newbie text me work questions........ poor kid
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: rex47]
#6849496
08/08/17 04:55 PM
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Bbear
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Started talking about it on the drive back home from last year's hunt. Back to Colorado for me and my buds. Still have a few pounds of elk meat left from last year's 5x5
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Pay it forward - Kids are the future.
Rifles are similar to boats and young women...there's no end to how much money you can pour into them without making them any more useful.
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: BOBO the Clown]
#6849514
08/08/17 05:33 PM
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ducknbass
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Satellite texting, emergency sos and gps.
You need one. Although office found the number last year, and had the newbie text me work questions........ poor kid
Sucker (the new guy at your office) In this unit we are never more than a 4 mile hike to either the truck or a main highway. Hunting in pairs and have a good set of walkie talkies. We are good. If we were in a big wilderness or I was solo hunting I'd be more serious about it. Send me your number and I'll text you a pick of the big bull. (At the gas station) like I said we have service in a few spots.
Last edited by ducknbass; 08/08/17 05:34 PM.
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: rex47]
#6849645
08/08/17 07:42 PM
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Brought my elk bugle and mouth calls to put on my desk as decoration today I've got Idaho last week of September for me this year. Hoping to repeat on last year's success!
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: rex47]
#6849731
08/08/17 08:54 PM
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Creekrunner
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You guys talkin' about weeks are "triggering" me. The doctor said to watch my weight, so I got it out there where I can see it!
I've got a couple of months +. Walked with "the big stick" (12#) this morning. I know I won't have enough cardio under my belt before the hunt, but I am ramping it up...ever so slowly.
If I drop an axis at the end of this week, I should sweat off a couple o' pounds cleaning it.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: rex47]
#6850477
08/09/17 02:30 PM
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rex47
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let my son and his buddy talk me into co. in Nov. 3rd season. I really hate to go but guess i will, just to keep them from getting lost in the great shinning mts . LOL
Last edited by rex47; 08/09/17 02:30 PM.
when the going gets really tough, I sit down and rest
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: rex47]
#6851232
08/10/17 01:15 AM
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Got one last year but didn't get drawn this year. Booked a Mule Deer hunt instead. Good luck to those that are going.
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: Wytex]
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08/10/17 01:22 PM
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txtrophy85
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We're down in the mid to low 40's this week, all week. Fall is coming soon. The rains here will really give a nice boost to forage and seeps in the forest and make for a little quieter stalking in Sept.
Hunted antelope outside of Casper a few years back in mid august. It froze two out of seven nights
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: sparrish8]
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08/10/17 09:49 PM
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Western
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I think about it all year long!!! Ditto! especially when temps here hit upper 90's
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: ducknbass]
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08/10/17 09:52 PM
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Western
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I've been thinking, planning, pouring over Google earth maps, (and it's my 3rd season in this unit) working out, shooting my bow etc etc etc.
5 weeks from today I'll be at 11-12k feet hopefully blood pumping with a rear quarter over my shoulder! FIFY, you must have had one of them brain fart thingies
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
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Re: elk hunt
[Re: Western]
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08/11/17 01:57 PM
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ducknbass
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I've been thinking, planning, pouring over Google earth maps, (and it's my 3rd season in this unit) working out, shooting my bow etc etc etc.
5 weeks from today I'll be at 11-12k feet hopefully blood pumping with a rear quarter over my shoulder! FIFY, you must have had one of them brain fart thingies Dennis I can't take you to kill an elk so it will probably be a bunch of almost and shouldas
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