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<blockquote data-quote="EXPRESS" data-source="post: 586690" data-attributes="member: 1441"><p>yes, my camp was just above the timberline around 11,000 feet and the rut was late, so it was perfect. I was seeing 10 or so elk on average every day on a 10 - 20 mile round trip each day. You have to be fit. </p><p></p><p>Second rifle season things might change above the timberline and the elk may move down into the forest and farmlend, depending on how much snow falls. But you can't predict those conditions as the season dates change and so does the weather...</p><p></p><p>The place I wanted to camp was another 4 hours hike from where our first base camp was and in the end I didn't move camp because my hunting partner wasn't comfortable with it. But ultimately it cost us the elk.</p><p></p><p>If we had ignored the locals' advice that said "oh...you may see a few swinging dicks up there with mules, but non'll bother ya" and that where I wanted wanted to go was supposedly too far to contemplate going.</p><p>Well, that turned out to be worng too. I went there one day to check it out on my own and found that it was even more elk infested. </p><p>Extraction from such a remote place would be more of a problem, but with two men and mules you could do it in one day, or take your time and do it over two days.</p><p></p><p>I can't wait to get back there, even now sometimes I go wandering through those mountains on google earth to relive the memories.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EXPRESS, post: 586690, member: 1441"] yes, my camp was just above the timberline around 11,000 feet and the rut was late, so it was perfect. I was seeing 10 or so elk on average every day on a 10 - 20 mile round trip each day. You have to be fit. Second rifle season things might change above the timberline and the elk may move down into the forest and farmlend, depending on how much snow falls. But you can't predict those conditions as the season dates change and so does the weather... The place I wanted to camp was another 4 hours hike from where our first base camp was and in the end I didn't move camp because my hunting partner wasn't comfortable with it. But ultimately it cost us the elk. If we had ignored the locals' advice that said "oh...you may see a few swinging dicks up there with mules, but non'll bother ya" and that where I wanted wanted to go was supposedly too far to contemplate going. Well, that turned out to be worng too. I went there one day to check it out on my own and found that it was even more elk infested. Extraction from such a remote place would be more of a problem, but with two men and mules you could do it in one day, or take your time and do it over two days. I can't wait to get back there, even now sometimes I go wandering through those mountains on google earth to relive the memories. [/QUOTE]
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