I'm not elking this year, unfortunately.
I'm thinking of putting in for next year with my hunting partner. We have some preference points to burn, though maybe not enough.
We are pretty much do-it-yourselfers for the most part and prefer to pack in a few miles. We don't like crowds so we avoid areas with roads and we avoid opening weekends like the plague.
So, with all of those caveats, I have to add one more. My partner seems to get hit with elevation sickness every time we start camping above 10K.
So, where in Wyoming can one find elk at 9000 or less w/o getting run over by truck/atv hunters?
I keep seeing these photos, here and elsewhere, of huge bulls shot in sagebrush or ponderosa, relatively early in the seasons and at what seems like low altitudes. Maybe they are all photoshopped - but probably not.
Any suggestions?
