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<blockquote data-quote="Frog4aday" data-source="post: 1669813" data-attributes="member: 9308"><p>The Wichita Mountains are beautiful and they are mountains, but not in the Rocky Mountain sense of the word, but you will be climbing and the terrain is rocky, but more the 'rounded' rocks vs. the sharp granite you might find further west (NM, CO, WY, UT, etc.) The good news is all the roads are low, so any elk pulling will be on level ground or downhill from where you shoot it (generally speaking.) Get a Deer Sleigh'R (magnum version) to help you get the elk to a point someone will help you with it. (Gutting it first gets rid of a lot of weight.)</p><p></p><p>The mountains are right by the city of Lawton, so you have lots of hotels and places to eat and gas up. There is even a restaurant in the 'park' (buffalo burgers!) so you can get to food easily without having to go too far. It will be an 'easy' hunt compared to the mountains of CO/NM-type terrain. You'll see what I mean when you get down there to scout it out a bit.</p><p></p><p>Get some WIND-BLOCKING clothes. When the cold weather comes through there, it is like the wind just 'cuts' through you. Stop the wind and you stay so much warmer.</p><p></p><p>I'm happy for you. I saw elk nearly every time I went there with friends and family, so your odds of bringing one home is good. As for backpacks, consider:</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>1) Kuiu Ultra</strong>; light; strong; quality (expensive!)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>2) Mystery Ranch Metcalf </strong>(I like the webbing straps for keeping the "deer sleigh'r" attached)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>3) Badlands 2200 pack;</strong> I like this one because you can get it in BLAZE ORANGE (and you know OK is serious about that crap) and it is more reasonably priced. It has a 'shelf' I like, too. Really this would be the one I could afford/buy AND the blaze orange helps you meet the 'so-many-square-inches-of-orange-must-be-showing' requirements.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frog4aday, post: 1669813, member: 9308"] The Wichita Mountains are beautiful and they are mountains, but not in the Rocky Mountain sense of the word, but you will be climbing and the terrain is rocky, but more the 'rounded' rocks vs. the sharp granite you might find further west (NM, CO, WY, UT, etc.) The good news is all the roads are low, so any elk pulling will be on level ground or downhill from where you shoot it (generally speaking.) Get a Deer Sleigh'R (magnum version) to help you get the elk to a point someone will help you with it. (Gutting it first gets rid of a lot of weight.) The mountains are right by the city of Lawton, so you have lots of hotels and places to eat and gas up. There is even a restaurant in the 'park' (buffalo burgers!) so you can get to food easily without having to go too far. It will be an 'easy' hunt compared to the mountains of CO/NM-type terrain. You'll see what I mean when you get down there to scout it out a bit. Get some WIND-BLOCKING clothes. When the cold weather comes through there, it is like the wind just 'cuts' through you. Stop the wind and you stay so much warmer. I'm happy for you. I saw elk nearly every time I went there with friends and family, so your odds of bringing one home is good. As for backpacks, consider: [SIZE=3][B]1) Kuiu Ultra[/B]; light; strong; quality (expensive!)[B][/B] [B]2) Mystery Ranch Metcalf [/B](I like the webbing straps for keeping the "deer sleigh'r" attached) [B]3) Badlands 2200 pack;[/B] I like this one because you can get it in BLAZE ORANGE (and you know OK is serious about that crap) and it is more reasonably priced. It has a 'shelf' I like, too. Really this would be the one I could afford/buy AND the blaze orange helps you meet the 'so-many-square-inches-of-orange-must-be-showing' requirements.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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