Scopolamine
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- Mar 13, 2011
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Hello all,
I've been lurking for a while, and learning a bunch. Like many have said before, I've backpacked and hunted but only separately. I look forward to this challenge and I am beginning preparations for a trip yet to be planned. I have purchased a Nice Frame Crew Cab due to arrive tomorrow. I live on the Texas Coast about an hour south of Houston. This means really flat country.
My first question is this: How often have you scheduled an extended backcountry trip 5-10 days and shown up and not seen any game animals. For example, and elk hunt and just never found any elk? In hindsight what mistakes did you make and what would you have done different?
I want to have realistic expectations for my first trip. I am a reading fanatic and will study maps, kill reports, and talk to locals. In short, I will attempt to be as prepared as a nonresident can be. I'm just worried that being a nonlocal will severely hamper my success (success being just seeing the animals I have a tag to shoot).
I'd never pass a record book animal up, but I'm honest when I tell you I'd consider an elk, bear, antelope or sheep hunt an absolute success if I shot a cow, doe, or ewe.
Cordially,
Andy
I've been lurking for a while, and learning a bunch. Like many have said before, I've backpacked and hunted but only separately. I look forward to this challenge and I am beginning preparations for a trip yet to be planned. I have purchased a Nice Frame Crew Cab due to arrive tomorrow. I live on the Texas Coast about an hour south of Houston. This means really flat country.
My first question is this: How often have you scheduled an extended backcountry trip 5-10 days and shown up and not seen any game animals. For example, and elk hunt and just never found any elk? In hindsight what mistakes did you make and what would you have done different?
I want to have realistic expectations for my first trip. I am a reading fanatic and will study maps, kill reports, and talk to locals. In short, I will attempt to be as prepared as a nonresident can be. I'm just worried that being a nonlocal will severely hamper my success (success being just seeing the animals I have a tag to shoot).
I'd never pass a record book animal up, but I'm honest when I tell you I'd consider an elk, bear, antelope or sheep hunt an absolute success if I shot a cow, doe, or ewe.
Cordially,
Andy