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It's been beautiful in NM...we filled our 3 elk tags and will be kicking back for a few days before we head home...
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It's been beautiful in NM...we filled our 3 elk tags and will be kicking back for a few days before we head home... Well done!!!!!!
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Thanks man...I'll make a post with some pics in a few days when I get home...
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Tag soup for me.
Can't point to any one thing, but it was hot, very bright full moon and an orange army. Apparently someone posted coordinates as I saw 7 other hunters within an hour of first light. It was a circus. I usually see maybe one the entire trip. Pretty sure the elk were pushed out and what few remained simply laid low during the day and were active at night.
Not sure what to do next year.
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Sorry to hear that... an "orange army" is my least favorite sighting on a hunt.
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Thanks. Wish I knew what happened that resulted in so many other hunters in one small area all of the sudden.
On the good side, this motivates me to look into adding a WY or MT hunt next year. Start the research now and follow up with a summer scouting (camping) trip.
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Tag soup for me.
Can't point to any one thing, but it was hot, very bright full moon and an orange army. Apparently someone posted coordinates as I saw 7 other hunters within an hour of first light. It was a circus. I usually see maybe one the entire trip. Pretty sure the elk were pushed out and what few remained simply laid low during the day and were active at night.
Not sure what to do next year. That sucks.
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Not sure what to do next year. Chances are, all the guys you saw are saying the same thing and won't be back to that spot next year. Just a thought but I've seen it happen.
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Tag soup for me.
Can't point to any one thing, but it was hot, very bright full moon and an orange army. Apparently someone posted coordinates as I saw 7 other hunters within an hour of first light. It was a circus. I usually see maybe one the entire trip. Pretty sure the elk were pushed out and what few remained simply laid low during the day and were active at night.
Not sure what to do next year. we hunted a draw unit this year, and noticed a radical increase in hunter concentration this year too. especially frustrating was the # of guys that camped at the end of logging roads, right in the MIDDLE of good hunting areas. I assume folks that normally hunt the other end of the unit decided to come for a visit to our end.
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Billy Goat: Sounds like you could be describing the same place. I'm one who camps pretty much in the elk, but I've camped the same place for years. Lots of very thick woods and steep terrain between camp and where I go to hunt though.
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