If you had the chance would you...........
07-09-2007, 10:07 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Albany, NY
Posts: 4,679
If you had the chance would you...........
Let's say you had a good friend in Colorado and you had a chance to go hunt in an overthe counter either sex elk tag zone on a DIY hunt on public land, for a super cheap price (tag + airfare). You had the ability to time the trip perfectly for the peak of the elk rut in this area as well for an entire week.
Your a hardcore northeast whitetail hunter though, and this elk trip would mean only weekend hunting for the entire whitetail season that year because of lack of vacation. No 3 day weekends, and no week off during the whitetail rut.
Would you pass up the opportunity for some outstanding whitetail hunting to go after public land elk in Colorado DIY?
Your a hardcore northeast whitetail hunter though, and this elk trip would mean only weekend hunting for the entire whitetail season that year because of lack of vacation. No 3 day weekends, and no week off during the whitetail rut.
Would you pass up the opportunity for some outstanding whitetail hunting to go after public land elk in Colorado DIY?
07-09-2007, 10:10 AM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: North East Texas
Posts: 3,925
RE: If you had the chance would you...........
that is a hard one to decide. i would hunt go and hunt elk, just becasue it is such a good opertunity anda good deal like thatmight not evercome aroundagain
07-09-2007, 10:12 AM
#4
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 676
RE: If you had the chance would you...........
Take the opp hands down. I'm a big believer in trying something new and unique, expecially when you may never get the chance again for awhile. The whitetail deer hunting will likely be there next year. Can you say the same about the elk hunting?
07-09-2007, 10:13 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Southwest Ohio
Posts: 2,849
RE: If you had the chance would you...........
You can always hunt whitetail. They aren't going anywhere. I would take the trip and hunt elk. Spot and stalk hunting elk is just about as good as it gets IMO.
07-09-2007, 10:18 AM
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Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Western Massachusetts
Posts: 7,168
RE: If you had the chance would you...........
Rick... If you are from the Albany area, I would go on the elk hunt... It's not like we'd be missing whitetail hunting in OH or IL or something...
That seems like a very good opportunity.
That seems like a very good opportunity.
07-09-2007, 10:22 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: New Jersey
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RE: If you had the chance would you...........
If i could take a bull, i would probably go on the elk hunt, if it was cow only, then it would be a tough call for me. Since elk hunting would probably not happen all that often for me, i think i would want to do it going after a big bull. Wow, that is a tough call, the more im thinking about it the more i dont know what i would do. I do like to try new things though. Good luck with your decision.
07-09-2007, 10:24 AM
#9
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Jackson, Missouri
Posts: 7,051
RE: If you had the chance would you...........
Depends on how many times you've got to do each of the activities in question... If you've partaken multiple times in chasing whitetails, why not give the elk a shot just once?
