Tomorrow we will air the Montana elk episode that we wrote about on this thread. Nice that when we got to Wyoming for our antelope, we finally broke the bad luck curse and have since that hunt, things started rolling our way.
http://onyourownadventures.com/hunttalk/showthread.php?t=252739
So many ask what the cost is for doing it this way. A lot depends on how far you have to fly, as it is mostly a function of airtime. If you set it up right and you have your logistics in order, you can cut down on flight time by going in very light and by having a shuttle spot near by, reducing the long flights to/from for each trip.
For the cost of $700 per person, the price to access this ground, relative to the quality it provides, is worth paying the transporter. I pay that much to a transporter for a black bear hunt in Alaska. Crazy the price people are paying for these most expensive elk hunts. Well over $10K and in a few more years, some of them will be at $15K.
This place is a frustrating place to hunt, as most often the elk are not on public and even when you do catch them crossing, what is a mile as the crow flies is often three miles, up and down, around and around, keeping on the public ground. Requires a lot of walking, much patience, and as with any hunt, a little good luck goes a long ways. This hunt, we got lucky, no doubt.
I continue to search for places in WY, CO, and NM where this same thing can be done. I have found some pretty high-demand spots with great hunting, but I am lacking one very important thing - a tag. Some day, I will have a tag and it will work out.
I do worry that if I do this too much and continue to push the access issue, people will think this is getting too far out of reach for what the average traveling hunter might be willing to pay. So, I don't see us doing more than one per season, and possibly will have some seasons where we don't do it at all.
Hope you get a chance to catch it. Sportsman Channel airtimes can be found here - http://onyourownadventures.com/tvshow.php
http://onyourownadventures.com/hunttalk/showthread.php?t=252739
So many ask what the cost is for doing it this way. A lot depends on how far you have to fly, as it is mostly a function of airtime. If you set it up right and you have your logistics in order, you can cut down on flight time by going in very light and by having a shuttle spot near by, reducing the long flights to/from for each trip.
For the cost of $700 per person, the price to access this ground, relative to the quality it provides, is worth paying the transporter. I pay that much to a transporter for a black bear hunt in Alaska. Crazy the price people are paying for these most expensive elk hunts. Well over $10K and in a few more years, some of them will be at $15K.
This place is a frustrating place to hunt, as most often the elk are not on public and even when you do catch them crossing, what is a mile as the crow flies is often three miles, up and down, around and around, keeping on the public ground. Requires a lot of walking, much patience, and as with any hunt, a little good luck goes a long ways. This hunt, we got lucky, no doubt.
I continue to search for places in WY, CO, and NM where this same thing can be done. I have found some pretty high-demand spots with great hunting, but I am lacking one very important thing - a tag. Some day, I will have a tag and it will work out.
I do worry that if I do this too much and continue to push the access issue, people will think this is getting too far out of reach for what the average traveling hunter might be willing to pay. So, I don't see us doing more than one per season, and possibly will have some seasons where we don't do it at all.
Hope you get a chance to catch it. Sportsman Channel airtimes can be found here - http://onyourownadventures.com/tvshow.php
