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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1606764" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>Hmmmmm......<u><em>."MFK"</em></u>, I could have some fun with that acronym!!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> I'd like to be able to give you some suggestions on your OP, however I opened the thread because I too live in the northeast and I too would like to do an elk hunt; and, I've got almost two decades of year over you. What I would like to suggest is to not wait for anyone (especially your/our kids) to fulfill your bucket list, this isn't a dress rehearsal! You want to do it, <strong><em><u>"MAKE"</u></em></strong> it happen while you are financially capable and physically capable of doing the hunt. About 6-7 years ago I was at a barbecue and talking with a friend about his bear hunting trips and kept saying to him that I was going to try that "some day". After that day I thought about when that "some day" was going to come and about sitting on the porch of a nursing home saying, <em>"I wish I had gone bear hunting when I could have gone."</em> I booked the bear hunt for that same year with my friend and have been going ever since. After two years, my son <u>who is always busy</u>, now hunts with me every year. We are planning our next hunt while we are on our annual bear hunt. I didn't really start "living" life and appreciating life until after I had two heart attacks at "53"!!!! I'm pushing 70+, although I can afford a hunt like you have described, as time passes I am finding that something else has either dried up, swollen up, been removed, is worn out and needs replacement, or needs medication of some sort to keep going;<em><u> "getting old isn't for sissies!!!!</u></em>" I don't understand the entire point system and how it works. I have a friend who mule deer/antelope hunts in Wyoming and who is trying to get enough points for an elk hunt. From what I have gathered from listening to him, I "think" there are outfitters who hold points or can get points for a hunt on private land. I'm sure that there are other forum readers who can/will help you with this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1606764, member: 69192"] Hmmmmm......[U][I]."MFK"[/I][/U], I could have some fun with that acronym!!;):rolleyes: I'd like to be able to give you some suggestions on your OP, however I opened the thread because I too live in the northeast and I too would like to do an elk hunt; and, I've got almost two decades of year over you. What I would like to suggest is to not wait for anyone (especially your/our kids) to fulfill your bucket list, this isn't a dress rehearsal! You want to do it, [B][I][U]"MAKE"[/U][/I][/B] it happen while you are financially capable and physically capable of doing the hunt. About 6-7 years ago I was at a barbecue and talking with a friend about his bear hunting trips and kept saying to him that I was going to try that "some day". After that day I thought about when that "some day" was going to come and about sitting on the porch of a nursing home saying, [I]"I wish I had gone bear hunting when I could have gone."[/I] I booked the bear hunt for that same year with my friend and have been going ever since. After two years, my son [U]who is always busy[/U], now hunts with me every year. We are planning our next hunt while we are on our annual bear hunt. I didn't really start "living" life and appreciating life until after I had two heart attacks at "53"!!!! I'm pushing 70+, although I can afford a hunt like you have described, as time passes I am finding that something else has either dried up, swollen up, been removed, is worn out and needs replacement, or needs medication of some sort to keep going;[I][U] "getting old isn't for sissies!!!![/U][/I]" I don't understand the entire point system and how it works. I have a friend who mule deer/antelope hunts in Wyoming and who is trying to get enough points for an elk hunt. From what I have gathered from listening to him, I "think" there are outfitters who hold points or can get points for a hunt on private land. I'm sure that there are other forum readers who can/will help you with this. [/QUOTE]
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