Hey guys. I have hunted Colorado over the counter several times with my dad, and I will be again this fall. In 2019, my dad and I are going to head to Wyoming. We each will have 3 points so we should have no problem drawing General tags. Our plan is to have one of us draw in 2019 and the other will draw in 2020. That way we can hunt the same area 2 years in a row and hunt together the whole time.
We have narrowed our hunting area down to a unit with a backup unit next to it. We will be hunting diy, so we are limited to non wilderness areas. I have no problem tell you which units, but I know some people don?t like displaying that if it turns out that is the unit they hunt. We will be North East of Jackson, Wyoming, and I have located a few areas within my unit that I think look good. If anyone is familiar I will send a PM with more specifics on the areas I like in order to get some feedback and some opinions. (I?m not the most experienced elk hunter).
I do have some specific questions for the general public.
1) If I can get 2 weeks off work, we are thinking the 7-21 and if I can only get a week or so off we are thinking the 14-21. What do you think about those dates for General Elk Archery?
2) in Colorado where we hunt, we are right about tree line. Around 11,000+. This mountain peaks and ridge tops in that area are 13k and 12k respectively. Q - is that about this distance away from the mountain and ridge tops you would reccomend working?
3) I know they like north facing slopes, do you reccomend them being the main ridges as E-W ridges with a very large north facing slope. Or for example a N-S main ridge, with small fingers or small drainages that run E-W causing small NORTH facing slopes? Or is that way too specific and I should just go and figure it out?
5) In Colorado we have done both backpacking deep in a specific area and staying by a vehicle and being mobile. In this area, do you find several concentrated pockets of elk, or large herds? My question relates to the tactic we decide to go with. If I need to stay mobile and be able to jump in to several spots then I need to hunt off the road. If there are little pockets of just a few elk, then backpacking might not be bad because I can probably run into a few wherever I go.
6) any other tips you have let me know. If you want to keep it private, PM me.
We have narrowed our hunting area down to a unit with a backup unit next to it. We will be hunting diy, so we are limited to non wilderness areas. I have no problem tell you which units, but I know some people don?t like displaying that if it turns out that is the unit they hunt. We will be North East of Jackson, Wyoming, and I have located a few areas within my unit that I think look good. If anyone is familiar I will send a PM with more specifics on the areas I like in order to get some feedback and some opinions. (I?m not the most experienced elk hunter).
I do have some specific questions for the general public.
1) If I can get 2 weeks off work, we are thinking the 7-21 and if I can only get a week or so off we are thinking the 14-21. What do you think about those dates for General Elk Archery?
2) in Colorado where we hunt, we are right about tree line. Around 11,000+. This mountain peaks and ridge tops in that area are 13k and 12k respectively. Q - is that about this distance away from the mountain and ridge tops you would reccomend working?
3) I know they like north facing slopes, do you reccomend them being the main ridges as E-W ridges with a very large north facing slope. Or for example a N-S main ridge, with small fingers or small drainages that run E-W causing small NORTH facing slopes? Or is that way too specific and I should just go and figure it out?
5) In Colorado we have done both backpacking deep in a specific area and staying by a vehicle and being mobile. In this area, do you find several concentrated pockets of elk, or large herds? My question relates to the tactic we decide to go with. If I need to stay mobile and be able to jump in to several spots then I need to hunt off the road. If there are little pockets of just a few elk, then backpacking might not be bad because I can probably run into a few wherever I go.
6) any other tips you have let me know. If you want to keep it private, PM me.
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