The official 2025 Wyoming elk hunt for Dave N thread.

Dave, what day is the opener for your area? I might be able to swing by for a day or two.
 
@Addicting stopped by yesterday and dropped off a pack for me to use plus a spotting scope and tripod. Chatted for a while then he motored on towards his upcoming hunt. The water bladder I ordered came today so now I'm set with that. Not a whole lot left to do. A couple food items to prepare for camp, last minute daily food/snack items for the pack, freeze some jugs for the trip out to keep the food cold, and get my clothes squared away and packed. Should have plenty of cooler space. I have a 120 qt, two 48s and a 60 ready to go. Cheap ones, but iced down and probably some dry ice for the trip home I should be good for a couple days anyway. Bought a bunch of Ziploc bags if I partially process in camp if I get one. Depends on the time situation but a trip to a processor might work and save me a lot of labor when I get home. The guy renting the farm should get the beans out before too long and then I can get a little more shooting done before I pack things up. Overall, pretty much about as ready as I can be. Still riding the bike when I can and dragging my sled for a bit each day. No, I'm not overdoing it this time! :rolleyes: No matter what I do, it's still going to suck for an old flatlander up at elevation climbing those ridges. I'll do what I can. Speaking of which, time to go out and do something!
 
@Addicting stopped by yesterday and dropped off a pack for me to use plus a spotting scope and tripod. Chatted for a while then he motored on towards his upcoming hunt. The water bladder I ordered came today so now I'm set with that. Not a whole lot left to do. A couple food items to prepare for camp, last minute daily food/snack items for the pack, freeze some jugs for the trip out to keep the food cold, and get my clothes squared away and packed. Should have plenty of cooler space. I have a 120 qt, two 48s and a 60 ready to go. Cheap ones, but iced down and probably some dry ice for the trip home I should be good for a couple days anyway. Bought a bunch of Ziploc bags if I partially process in camp if I get one. Depends on the time situation but a trip to a processor might work and save me a lot of labor when I get home. The guy renting the farm should get the beans out before too long and then I can get a little more shooting done before I pack things up. Overall, pretty much about as ready as I can be. Still riding the bike when I can and dragging my sled for a bit each day. No, I'm not overdoing it this time! :rolleyes: No matter what I do, it's still going to suck for an old flatlander up at elevation climbing those ridges. I'll do what I can. Speaking of which, time to go out and do something!
Whats size zip locks . I wouldn’t go any smaller than 1.5 gallon
 
On the off chance that I get lucky enough to actually kill one the first few days I think my best option is to just take it to a processor and be done with it. That would free up my time to help out with other tags and have everything done to just take home and put in the freezer. We'll see how it plays out.
 
I just got out of the mountains in that area from an archery hunt. I was in and around elk every day. Elk within 50 yards 3 of the days. I didn't end up sealing the deal with a bow so I'll be back in October with a rifle. I saw one bull that had to be pushing 320"-330". I bet you'll have a great hunt! I'm trying to decide whether i head back to the same area for rifle season or elsewhere.
 
Decided to do a lazy day today. Got a couple things done outside and started with the sled dragging. Made it a couple rounds and called it quits. Seems like today was a good day for those damn Asian ladybugs to decide they would swarm my place. They bite and they stink! Fugg it. Ceiling fan running and kicked back watching TV. Try again tomorrow, I need a break. :ROFLMAO:
 

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