Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Hunting
How To Hunt Big Game
How far out will you kill an elk by yourself?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Wyowind" data-source="post: 2971735" data-attributes="member: 67305"><p>Hunting in NW WY for elk is different than in many other areas. Figuring out how far back you are willing to shoot an elk has to take into account the grizzly bear presence, the weather, the terrain, and your physical abilities or disabilities. </p><p></p><p>In our camp this year one nice 6x6 bull elk was allowed to keep on going because of the immediate presence of grizzly bears on the trail back to the trailhead. A second day trip into an area which often contained a nice bull got cancelled rather quickly when the realization dawned that the hunters had unknowingly just walked past a big boar grizzly on a gut pile not too far off of the only trail. Immediate decision to not proceed with killing an elk back in there. </p><p></p><p>While hunting on foot with my wife, she killed an old bull a full 7 miles from the trailhead. It took us each about 28 miles of walking to get that elk out of there. That was brutal. The risk of injury was very high too. Never do that again!</p><p></p><p>While elk hunting a couple of years ago, I killed a nice 6x6 bull a couple of miles from the closest trailhead while hunting with my wife. On returning to pack out the elk, and happily finding that no grizzly had yet located the kill site, I unexpectedly injured my foot. I could barely walk after that, and could put little weight on that one foot. Carrying an 80 pound pack of meat with a little bit of gear, the pack out was a nightmare. My wife was carrying 90 lbs and was doing all she could to help me get out of there. No trails, just rough country. There is more to the story, but we barely got the meat out of there before losing it to unseasonably warm temperatures.</p><p></p><p>Today we are older and we stick closer to the roads and trailheads, still hunting on foot. Between grizzlies, snowstorms, horrible terrain, terrible blowdown or burns, two to three miles seems like a much better limit. And I would not venture that far without a big bull at the end of it.</p><p></p><p>Young strong friends with horses could also change a lot of things!</p><p></p><p>WyoWind</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wyowind, post: 2971735, member: 67305"] Hunting in NW WY for elk is different than in many other areas. Figuring out how far back you are willing to shoot an elk has to take into account the grizzly bear presence, the weather, the terrain, and your physical abilities or disabilities. In our camp this year one nice 6x6 bull elk was allowed to keep on going because of the immediate presence of grizzly bears on the trail back to the trailhead. A second day trip into an area which often contained a nice bull got cancelled rather quickly when the realization dawned that the hunters had unknowingly just walked past a big boar grizzly on a gut pile not too far off of the only trail. Immediate decision to not proceed with killing an elk back in there. While hunting on foot with my wife, she killed an old bull a full 7 miles from the trailhead. It took us each about 28 miles of walking to get that elk out of there. That was brutal. The risk of injury was very high too. Never do that again! While elk hunting a couple of years ago, I killed a nice 6x6 bull a couple of miles from the closest trailhead while hunting with my wife. On returning to pack out the elk, and happily finding that no grizzly had yet located the kill site, I unexpectedly injured my foot. I could barely walk after that, and could put little weight on that one foot. Carrying an 80 pound pack of meat with a little bit of gear, the pack out was a nightmare. My wife was carrying 90 lbs and was doing all she could to help me get out of there. No trails, just rough country. There is more to the story, but we barely got the meat out of there before losing it to unseasonably warm temperatures. Today we are older and we stick closer to the roads and trailheads, still hunting on foot. Between grizzlies, snowstorms, horrible terrain, terrible blowdown or burns, two to three miles seems like a much better limit. And I would not venture that far without a big bull at the end of it. Young strong friends with horses could also change a lot of things! WyoWind [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Hunting
How To Hunt Big Game
How far out will you kill an elk by yourself?
Top