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Mucho congrats!! Very good bull! Thanks for sharing your journey.
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Oh hell yes. Just camping for week during the Fall in the Rockies is a great experience.
Decide whether you want to hike into a camp site or camp at the truck, and then go buy gear accordingly.
Get GoHunt and research a unit to go to. Call the local wildlife officer to confirm a couple places to park. Use OnX Maps to ensure you know any public/private boundaries and to help identify specific spots to hunt. Buy good boots and wear them a lot before hand.
Even if you just toss stuff in the truck, park along a national forest with your camp at the truck and then spend your days hiking out a couple miles you’ll have a great time, learn a lot, and really be able to refine your effort for the following year(s). What is GoHunt? And yeah, me and my buddies are late 20's, initial plan anyway is to park and then pack in a ways and camp 3-5 miles from the truck. Have no idea on what unit yet but I do want to do a national forest. Do any of your buddies have any experience elk hunting or packing an elk out??? I was just re-reading this thread and I can't help myself....yes. 
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Congrats! Fantastic story, I really enjoyed it!
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Good on you. Eager to hear the story.
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Oh hell yes. Just camping for week during the Fall in the Rockies is a great experience.
Decide whether you want to hike into a camp site or camp at the truck, and then go buy gear accordingly.
Get GoHunt and research a unit to go to. Call the local wildlife officer to confirm a couple places to park. Use OnX Maps to ensure you know any public/private boundaries and to help identify specific spots to hunt. Buy good boots and wear them a lot before hand.
Even if you just toss stuff in the truck, park along a national forest with your camp at the truck and then spend your days hiking out a couple miles you’ll have a great time, learn a lot, and really be able to refine your effort for the following year(s). What is GoHunt? And yeah, me and my buddies are late 20's, initial plan anyway is to park and then pack in a ways and camp 3-5 miles from the truck. Have no idea on what unit yet but I do want to do a national forest. Do any of your buddies have any experience elk hunting or packing an elk out??? I was just re-reading this thread and I can't help myself....yes. Excellent. It gets easier with every one you shoot. Around here, finding them is the hard part (I hunt public land where hunter success is 4-7%), shooting one is the easy part, discussing cartridges and bullets and all the other gack here is a fun part as well, but after you pull that trigger you learn quickly that the work has just begun!!!! Good job on getting your bull.
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Sounds like your heart was pumping on that shot. Thanks for sharing your story with us. I think your first bull is always intimidating as hell. I don't get buck fever like a lot of guys do, been shooting chidt too long, but I appreciate your cool story. It explains a lot of how a lot of guys I've seen shoot animals react when it comes time to shoot their critter. Well done sir. You did good to stay on the animal and put another one into him when it required another shot. Like I said in my last post, it gets easier the more you shoot... Hopefully...
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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