Elk hunt 2007
03-06-2007, 05:23 AM
#11
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 389
RE: Elk hunt 2007
Have you been on the ([email protected]) site? They can probably answer your question in their forum section.I'm planning a DIY muzzleloader hunt for the San Isabel in 2008 and they have more info on their site than any that I've seen. They're very helpful. Good luck.
03-06-2007, 06:15 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Huntin' In Colorado
Posts: 2,910
RE: Elk hunt 2007
ORIGINAL: M77man
I'm doing the combo. I might not be back for another 4 or 5 years so I'm going to make it count as much as possible. I don't want to be kicking myself for driving all the way out from Michigan for nothing not even a chance. It just wouldn't make any sense. The other crazy part is that I may have to do this hunt alone so does anyone know if I can do a DYI hunt and have it set up where I can call for help to come get my kill if I have a GPScoordinate?
I'm doing the combo. I might not be back for another 4 or 5 years so I'm going to make it count as much as possible. I don't want to be kicking myself for driving all the way out from Michigan for nothing not even a chance. It just wouldn't make any sense. The other crazy part is that I may have to do this hunt alone so does anyone know if I can do a DYI hunt and have it set up where I can call for help to come get my kill if I have a GPScoordinate?
03-06-2007, 12:56 PM
#13
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 612
RE: Elk hunt 2007
"does anyone know if I can do a DYI hunt and have it set up where I can call for help to come get my kill if I have a GPScoordinate? "
You'll want to know where you will be hunting and you will need to arrange for someone in advance. If your in decent shape you can pack one out a elk a couple of miles with a decent pack (some guys can do much further: but I suspect that most of those who have packed out elk 5 to 10 miles were stretching the distance...), but beware the altitude and terrain can kick your butt. I know hunters who have ruined their knees carrying too heavy of loads in too steep of country.
You'll want to know where you will be hunting and you will need to arrange for someone in advance. If your in decent shape you can pack one out a elk a couple of miles with a decent pack (some guys can do much further: but I suspect that most of those who have packed out elk 5 to 10 miles were stretching the distance...), but beware the altitude and terrain can kick your butt. I know hunters who have ruined their knees carrying too heavy of loads in too steep of country.
03-06-2007, 02:11 PM
#14
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Missouri
Posts: 1,429
RE: Elk hunt 2007
ORIGINAL: wyomingtrapper
"(some guys can do much further: but I suspect that most of those who have packed out elk 5 to 10 miles were stretching the distance...),
"(some guys can do much further: but I suspect that most of those who have packed out elk 5 to 10 miles were stretching the distance...),
2 miles in the mountains packing an elk is a long, long ways. If you can pack out an elk in less than 3 packs then they are tougher than me. So three trips...2miles out, 2miles back, 2 miles out, 2 miles back, & 2miles out....If I'm not wrong I think thats 10 miles. 10 miles in the mountains half with a 60 lbs pack.... You are totally whipped afterwards.
03-06-2007, 09:42 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Idaho
Posts: 2,072
RE: Elk hunt 2007
Amen on the whipped part shato. We did 2 from4 miles, 3 of us in one day. I have never been so tired, my feet felt like they had been hit by sandpaper. After that weekend, I quit elk hunting, until the next weekend anyway.
If you do it by yourself, just make sure that you are prepared, the mounatins have a way of gobbling up even the most experienced. Make sure that whatever you do, leave a travel plan with someone and don't stray from it....
If you do it by yourself, just make sure that you are prepared, the mounatins have a way of gobbling up even the most experienced. Make sure that whatever you do, leave a travel plan with someone and don't stray from it....
03-07-2007, 07:56 AM
#17
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: southeast missouri
Posts: 191
RE: Elk hunt 2007
Does anyone have any suggestions on info for details on how to quarter up, prep and handle elkmeat to keep it from spoiling on early season hunts(september)? I'll be muzzleloader hunting in the San Juan forest this
fall. Are there any lockers or places to keep meat for several days short of keeping on ice in coolers?
fall. Are there any lockers or places to keep meat for several days short of keeping on ice in coolers?
03-07-2007, 09:22 PM
#19
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: southeast missouri
Posts: 191
RE: Elk hunt 2007
drs1961, thanks, I noticed your planning a ML hunt in San Isabel. How many acres is it? Have you hunted there before. If so how was it. I just
purchased my first ML and am having a blast learning it. If I get drawn
I am going to hunt the San Juan NF this fall. between Durango and Pagosa Springs. If I don't get drawn, I will be hunting the 2nd rifle season. Hopefully my dad, my cousin and my uncle will be comming along. Regardless I will be going. I can't wait. I have vacation time scheduled
for both. I do have someML questions for anyone that might care to help
me out.
purchased my first ML and am having a blast learning it. If I get drawn
I am going to hunt the San Juan NF this fall. between Durango and Pagosa Springs. If I don't get drawn, I will be hunting the 2nd rifle season. Hopefully my dad, my cousin and my uncle will be comming along. Regardless I will be going. I can't wait. I have vacation time scheduled
for both. I do have someML questions for anyone that might care to help
me out.
03-09-2007, 06:52 AM
#20
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 389
RE: Elk hunt 2007
onebigelk, the San Isabel NF stretches through GMU 69 and 84. Those units are combined andrequire several preference points to draw a tag. This year I'm getting my third point so hopefully I'll get drawn next year. I haven't been to that area before but the limited number of hunters allowed for the area is appealing to me. Hopefullywe'll not have to deal with a crowd which it always seems like thereare a few rogues in who ruin a hunt. I'm researching the area and will head out early to scout since I'll be retired by then and will finally have the time to do it right. I've hunted with muzzleloaders for a number of years so I might can answer your questions with some degree of accuracy. Fire away.