Thank you on this hunt we where successful on so many levels and learned so much. It was truly an adventure. I can only hope that next year we have a similar experience.
We had one more day before we had to leave so we talked Chris into going out with us. He skipped work and we hit the mountain the next day. We slowly worked our way along the mountain but didn't hear any bugles. We did walk up on a cow and a bull but couldn't tell if he was a shooter or not...
Day 6 Chris had to go back to work, so Todd and I pressed on. Trying to fill another shopping cart with elk meat. We got a late start in the morning. Started walking in and didn't make very far and heard bugle. The weather was windy and swirling so we just slowly worked are way up the...
This is a picture of my little buddy I called in on day 2. I thought he was going to jump on me. Let me tell ya there a lot of squirrels for him to eat. I don't think he will starve for lack of prey.
Day 5 Todd went to get ice for his bull and some supplies. Chris and I went to kill a bull. We made our way into the woods and found some meadows on the side of the mountain and patiently listened for a bugle that never came. So we decided to push on. We worked our way along the side of the...
We started cutting up his bull. Using the gutless method. After finishing one side I went to try and get service to call Chris our friend coming to hunt with us on the way out I hear hey Keith is that you. Scared the crap out of me. Chris had found us in the middle of no where. We finished...
Eventually we made it back to a set of wallows I found on day 3. They where on a bench that had a spring and a few small meadows. We tried to pick out a good spot to try and kill a bull. After picking a spot we had heard elk walking. In the timber next to us. The came within a 100 yards and...
On the the second full day I hiked 9 miles with some serious climbing. No elk. I seen a pine marten, called it into 3 feet of me. Todd seen a sliver fox. We got back to camp for a hot mountain house and some sleep.
Day 3 We decided to take some time check out some other areas. Which I...
Evening number 1
We arrive in Colorado and went to pick up some maps from the BLM office and decide on the exact trail heads to leave from. We ended up picking 2, close to where we wanted to hunt. We drove to both of the trail heads and picked one for the last couple of hours to hunt. I...
2015 COLORADO OTC ARCHERY ELK
Let me start this with a little back ground. I have lived in Michigan my entire life. I have hunted deer for over 20 years along with trapping and fishing. I am an outdoorsman to the core. I have always dreamed of hunting elk out west but always though it was...