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<blockquote data-quote="Rifleman513" data-source="post: 1750454" data-attributes="member: 32318"><p>Congrats on the tag! I did this hunt last year in January. Really depends where you shoot them. Some places its just not realistic to get an elk carcass out. If you have to quarter it a good set of game bags are worthwhile. A cheap set of the game bags "Alaskan Game Bags" work fine for quarters if you leave it on the bone. Boned out meat bags are good for loose meat so it all doesn't end up as a big ball in bags that stretch. I shot my bull about a half mile from the closest road so we just took the quarters, straps, loins, and then started taking cuts from the neck and whatever else we could get. </p><p></p><p>Make sure your boots are good and broken in as someone mentioned. Hiking type boots are really the best option in this type terrain. Living in CO I haven't hunted in "hunting boots" in years. High quality hiking/mountaineering boots work great. The terrain isn't too bad by elk hunting standards but is pretty good for Oklahoma. Try to glass from higher points and then move. I walked nearly 10 miles the first day before shooting my bull later in the day. I ran into the same heard 3-4 times throughout the day before finding them again and deciding to take one. I went back out the second day to see if anyone needed help packing and the fog was so thick you couldn't see 2-300 yards nearly all day. I was happy I took one the first day cause there were only maybe 4 elk brought in the second day. Overall it's a fun hunt and a good experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rifleman513, post: 1750454, member: 32318"] Congrats on the tag! I did this hunt last year in January. Really depends where you shoot them. Some places its just not realistic to get an elk carcass out. If you have to quarter it a good set of game bags are worthwhile. A cheap set of the game bags “Alaskan Game Bags” work fine for quarters if you leave it on the bone. Boned out meat bags are good for loose meat so it all doesn’t end up as a big ball in bags that stretch. I shot my bull about a half mile from the closest road so we just took the quarters, straps, loins, and then started taking cuts from the neck and whatever else we could get. Make sure your boots are good and broken in as someone mentioned. Hiking type boots are really the best option in this type terrain. Living in CO I haven’t hunted in “hunting boots” in years. High quality hiking/mountaineering boots work great. The terrain isn’t too bad by elk hunting standards but is pretty good for Oklahoma. Try to glass from higher points and then move. I walked nearly 10 miles the first day before shooting my bull later in the day. I ran into the same heard 3-4 times throughout the day before finding them again and deciding to take one. I went back out the second day to see if anyone needed help packing and the fog was so thick you couldn’t see 2-300 yards nearly all day. I was happy I took one the first day cause there were only maybe 4 elk brought in the second day. Overall it’s a fun hunt and a good experience. [/QUOTE]
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