Just joined and figured I would do an intro.
I am 32 years old and married with two boys 5 & 8 years old. I was born in Lagrande Oregon and raised in North Powder. I now live in North Powder as well again as my parents and grand parents. I have been hunting every since I can remember. My first buck I shot when I was 12 was a white tail that scored 148 1/8 and was #8 in Oregon at the time. My biggest passion besides my wife and kids is elk hunting, I have killed a dozen elk with a rifle all cows and spikes. My wife also hunts and killed her fist deer two years ago and my kids will hunt when they are a few years older. (they go now just don't hunt)
I moved to Washington for work about 9 years ago because i was more focused on work and starting a family than hunting. I only lived there for a couple years before i was able to find a good job back home. Once I got back home I started archery hunting elk since I had 0 preference points and will probably never hunt another elk with a rifle. After starting archery hunting I went without killing an elk for the first couple years mostly due to lack of confidence with my shooting ability, since then I have really stepped up my shooting and equipment and have killed a bull the last two consecutive years. A spike first and a small 255" 6x6 last year, my kids are getting older which makes it easier to get out into the woods to scout. I started using trail cams this year and have been averaging over 500 photos of elk a week for the last month and last week I got pictures of 9 different decent branch bulls in the 250 - 280 range.
Next year I am planing on starting to hunt out of state as well as Oregon so I can enjoy my passion a little longer each year. I will be hunting next year in Idaho with a OTC archery tag since I am only about an hour from the state line I will most likely hunt the Brownlee unit and expand from there.
Anyways hopefully I can contribute to the forum, I have pretty decent knowledge when it comes to elk hunting and am normally in elk almost every day the entire month of Sept. I have always hunted DIY and public land here in NE Oregon.
I am 32 years old and married with two boys 5 & 8 years old. I was born in Lagrande Oregon and raised in North Powder. I now live in North Powder as well again as my parents and grand parents. I have been hunting every since I can remember. My first buck I shot when I was 12 was a white tail that scored 148 1/8 and was #8 in Oregon at the time. My biggest passion besides my wife and kids is elk hunting, I have killed a dozen elk with a rifle all cows and spikes. My wife also hunts and killed her fist deer two years ago and my kids will hunt when they are a few years older. (they go now just don't hunt)
I moved to Washington for work about 9 years ago because i was more focused on work and starting a family than hunting. I only lived there for a couple years before i was able to find a good job back home. Once I got back home I started archery hunting elk since I had 0 preference points and will probably never hunt another elk with a rifle. After starting archery hunting I went without killing an elk for the first couple years mostly due to lack of confidence with my shooting ability, since then I have really stepped up my shooting and equipment and have killed a bull the last two consecutive years. A spike first and a small 255" 6x6 last year, my kids are getting older which makes it easier to get out into the woods to scout. I started using trail cams this year and have been averaging over 500 photos of elk a week for the last month and last week I got pictures of 9 different decent branch bulls in the 250 - 280 range.
Next year I am planing on starting to hunt out of state as well as Oregon so I can enjoy my passion a little longer each year. I will be hunting next year in Idaho with a OTC archery tag since I am only about an hour from the state line I will most likely hunt the Brownlee unit and expand from there.
Anyways hopefully I can contribute to the forum, I have pretty decent knowledge when it comes to elk hunting and am normally in elk almost every day the entire month of Sept. I have always hunted DIY and public land here in NE Oregon.
