Thanks for the comments. Good points.
I’m 11,000 miles away right now on a work trip. Can’t be helped. I’m lucky even to get to go on this trip. I leave on a plane in about 30 hours; land in Virginia Tuesday evening; we plan to begin the truck-based journey on Wednesday morning and end up in the area by Friday at around noon. That’s what I have to work with.
I had to pick a starting spot from afar, and I have seen many elk in the past on the ridges right next to this spot. It doesn’t mean they will be around there now, but it’s a starting point.
There are only two of us.
We will look for sign on Friday and adapt to whatever we see or don’t. We have backup locations in the same area and beyond. If nothing else, we will hunt bear on my 120 acre parcel 20 miles away, where we have bear, but not elk, tags.
