The official 2025 Wyoming elk hunt for Dave N thread.

[BigHornRam]

You are an easy guy to root for, Dave. Enjoyed hearing about your hunt, and all the help you received to make it a reality. That is priceless. Get your health in order so you can have many more great adventures in the years to come!

 

[duckhunt]

Great stuff Dave, as long as you had a good time it was a success in my book.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Awesome job everyone. Elk were spotted, elk were not harmed happens to all of us. Elk were spotted and couldnt get to them also happens to all of us. Thats just the nature of the beast. Good effort and sounds like it was good times! I selfishly wish you guys could of stuck it out longer at Gregs place so I could of joined in on the fun and I really wanted to meet the wonder dog! Haha
Best of luck with the doctors Dave.

 

[Addicting]

Awesome job everyone. Elk were spotted, elk were not harmed happens to all of us. Elk were spotted and couldnt get to them also happens to all of us. Thats just the nature of the beast. Good effort and sounds like it was good times! I selfishly wish you guys could of stuck it out longer at Gregs place so I could of joined in on the fun and I really wanted to meet the wonder dog! Haha
Best of luck with the doctors Dave.

The weather broke the day after we left. RJ is hunting out near there and seeing bulls. But he was in the same boat. Seeing them but hard to get to them. But with the SxS down we were not going to be getting Dave up to even have a reasonable chance to have an encounter. The chance at running into one where it would be accessible needs a major snowstorm in that country. The migratory elk were still 5-6 miles away up high. They won’t push into where we can get till snow pushes them down.

 

[rjthehunter]

The weather broke the day after we left. RJ is hunting out near there and seeing bulls. But he was in the same boat. Seeing them but hard to get to them. But with the SxS down we were not going to be getting Dave up to even have a reasonable chance to have an encounter. The chance at running into one where it would be accessible needs a major snowstorm in that country. The migratory elk were still 5-6 miles away up high. They won’t push into where we can get till snow pushes them down.

It has dried up fairly quickly here. I've had 2 close encounters and 1 really close encounter that included almost getting run over by 2 young bulls. Since the weather got nice, they're no where to be seen. Even called on a few pieces of private, but no dice. Met some really cool people out here too.

A side x side is dang near a necessity out here. At least to get reasonable access to alot of areas.

 

[WyoCoalMiner]

It has dried up fairly quickly here. I've had 2 close encounters and 1 really close encounter that included almost getting run over by 2 young bulls. Since the weather got nice, they're no where to be seen. Even called on a few pieces of private, but no dice. Met some really cool people out here too.

A side x side is dang near a necessity out here. At least to get reasonable access to alot of areas.

Go further north and use those feet.

 

[gburk]

Wow! Just awesome to see guys coming together like this.
Thanks for the write up Dave. Real and raw. All the best to you on the health front.

 

[Caseknife]

@Dave N, even though you think you disappointed all your supporters on HT, you didn't. You gave it your best shot and in doing so found out it isn't easy to kill an elk. My partner and I have determined that general hunts are real tough for NR hunters without having hunted the unit prior. I had a general elk tag a few years ago and research told me that the second unit you hunted was a no brainer, rut-any elk-over population, easy-peasy.......if we had a sxs. Didn't get an elk, but saw new country, unique geography, hunted hard and in our minds had a successful trip. That is how we classify out of state hunting as successful. If we get our elk, so much the better.

 

[Irrelevant]

My appointment isn't until December 2nd. I'm on the list for early openings. I'm thinking I'm good with calling it a day. No regrets.

You may never be in as good a shape as you are now, and I believe that tag is good through the end of the year? Take some time to recover, then keep up you training, you may find you keep improving, and even if not, it's a helluva lot easier to stay in shape than to get in shape.

But that WY wind doesn't stop and temperatures drop substantially.

As others have said, you're an easy guy to root for, glad you made it west and made some lasting memories if nothing else.