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Elk season #6909550 09/26/12
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 12,651 6491 Feet Above Sea Level Coyote_Hunter OP Campfire Outfitter
OP Coyote_Hunter Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 12,651 6491 Feet Above Sea Level	It seems like it is taking forever to get here. 16 days until we leave for a quick weekend WY antelope hunt. Another 17 days to wait after we return before we leave for elk camp. Heading to the range this weekend with my hunting buddy and a friend, will be warming up the rifles for the antelope hunt. If I can figure out what I want to take this year, for the elk hunt as well. Might get another range trip in before antelope season and another just before elk season. Slow as things seem now, I know once we leave for antelope camp the days will zip by faster than I want and next thing I know another elk season will be behind us. Like a kid waiting for Christmas... Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE! No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's. A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.

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Re: Elk season Coyote_Hunter #6909870 09/26/12
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 19,102 Likes: 4 Colorado Springs, CO, USA S saddlesore Campfire Ranger
saddlesore Campfire Ranger S Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 19,102 Likes: 4 Colorado Springs, CO, USA	Lucky me,I took the edge off with a cow ML hunt in Sept. Then Ihave a ML deer tag for Bonny area the 13th of Oct. The 2nd rifle elk season is pushing me to get ready for it. If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles

Re: Elk season Coyote_Hunter #6909881 09/26/12
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 915 Base of the Rockies, Colorado K_Salonek Campfire Regular
K_Salonek Campfire Regular Joined: May 2009 Posts: 915 Base of the Rockies, Colorado	I got it bad also! But glad for that. There was a lot of equipment that I needed to pick up. Craigslist being about my number 1 source, and it has been picked through as I still watch for camp items. Yesterday's / last nights cold-wet snap did not help! Clinging to my God, and my guns!

Re: Elk season K_Salonek #6909889 09/26/12
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 273 N.E. Oregon R RGraff Campfire Member
RGraff Campfire Member R Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 273 N.E. Oregon	If we don't get some weather soon it'll be a rough one. Got a bit of rain over the weekend but not much. Still hanging in the low eighties during the day. Deer season this weekend then the long wait for second season spike. Didn't draw a branch tag again. Sometimes I really hate this state. "I hunt...therefore I am." James Hetfield

Re: Elk season RGraff #6910084 09/26/12
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,620 Kansas J Jesse_James Campfire Regular
Jesse_James Campfire Regular J Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,620 Kansas	I am itching myself. We leave in 22 days for Colorado second season. I plan on shoting the rifle this weekend and then slowly start packing!

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Re: Elk season Jesse_James #6910103 09/26/12
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14,104 Boot Heel of New Mexico mudhen Campfire Outfitter
mudhen Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14,104 Boot Heel of New Mexico	I'm outta here in 11 days for the first rifle hunt in Colorado! Ben Some days it takes most of the day for me to do practically nothing...

Re: Elk season mudhen #6910170 09/26/12
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,678 Minnesota B Berettaman Campfire Regular
Berettaman Campfire Regular B Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,678 Minnesota	I got it bad too. Did someone slow my calendar down??? What you do today is important, you are trading a day in the rest of your life for it.

Re: Elk season Berettaman #6910455 09/26/12
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 984 va K kunas Campfire Regular
kunas Campfire Regular K Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 984 va	leavin oct 16th for 2nd rifle in CO, first elk hunt for me so im wound up tighter than a bulls ass as well, seems like its taking forever to get here

Re: Elk season kunas #6910499 09/26/12
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,867 Virginia C CFVA Campfire Regular
CFVA Campfire Regular C Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,867 Virginia	Originally Posted by kunas leavin oct 16th for 2nd rifle in CO, first elk hunt for me so im wound up tighter than a bulls ass as well, seems like its taking forever to get here Leaving the 13th or 14th for the same, heading to Unit 45. Mind if I ask which unit you're going to? God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy...

Re: Elk season Coyote_Hunter #6910648 09/26/12
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 7,295 Central Idaho L logcutter Campfire Tracker
logcutter Campfire Tracker L Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 7,295 Central Idaho	Elk season is going to suck this year because everywhere I hunt is still on fire and there is know travel allowed into those area's for anyone.It's all closed...... Fishing is sounding good right now. Jayco

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Re: Elk season Coyote_Hunter #6910665 09/26/12
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 9,009 Waders Campfire Outfitter
Waders Campfire Outfitter Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 9,009	Deer season is like pre-season football. It's better than nothing, but you're looking ahead to the "real thing." Inside every deer hunter is an elk hunter waiting to emerge! Wade "Let's Roll!" - Todd Beamer 9/11/01.

Re: Elk season Waders #6910683 09/26/12
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 273 N.E. Oregon R RGraff Campfire Member
RGraff Campfire Member R Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 273 N.E. Oregon	I'm with ya Jayco. Fire level is way high for this time of year. Can't even run a saw yet let alone a camp fire. "I hunt...therefore I am." James Hetfield

Re: Elk season RGraff #6910719 09/26/12
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,678 Minnesota B Berettaman Campfire Regular
Berettaman Campfire Regular B Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,678 Minnesota	Jayco, have you checked the weather forecast for that area lately? If not, do it. I just did and you might like what you see.... What you do today is important, you are trading a day in the rest of your life for it.

Re: Elk season Berettaman #6910778 09/26/12
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 7,295 Central Idaho L logcutter Campfire Tracker
logcutter Campfire Tracker L Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 7,295 Central Idaho	Berett I watch it several times a day and the outlook is going to get better but as it stands now,the roads in are all closed into two areas I have chosen seeing Elk prior to the fires. To camp just outside there zone is filled with firefighter base camps and food caterers in large semi trailers. My RV is packed and ready to go with everything(I could leave in 10 minutes) and I was there 1 year ago today but the smoke is thick there now with visibility very low...... Have you seen Riggins Idaho lately not that far from McCall or Strangeville as the crow flies....Not my kinda hunting without an oxygen mask. Jayco

Re: Elk season logcutter #6910813 09/26/12
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,678 Minnesota B Berettaman Campfire Regular
Berettaman Campfire Regular B Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,678 Minnesota	eee-yuck. that looks awful. I do wonder if the Salmon River Motel there lets you make a U-turn?? Lets hope that forecast holds and is correct. What you do today is important, you are trading a day in the rest of your life for it.

Re: Elk season logcutter #6910914 09/26/12
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 118 Vicksburg, Mi buckykm1 Campfire Member
buckykm1 Campfire Member Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 118 Vicksburg, Mi	I am heading to Montana October 14th, for a 2 week DIY Elk hunt, Can't wait. Kevin

Re: Elk season logcutter #6911058 09/26/12
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 20 Ohio Jeff02302 New Member
Jeff02302 New Member Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 20 Ohio	I am leaving on the 16th for the 2nd rife in GMU 54 in CO. My mind has been there for the past month but my body will not catch up until the 16th.

Re: Elk season Jeff02302 #6911070 09/26/12
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 4,227 Colorado M Mauser_Hunter Campfire Tracker
Mauser_Hunter Campfire Tracker M Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 4,227 Colorado	We have the opposite of fires now. Snow. Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a hunting license and that's pretty close.

Re: Elk season CFVA #6911214 09/26/12
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 984 va K kunas Campfire Regular
kunas Campfire Regular K Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 984 va	Originally Posted by CFVA Originally Posted by kunas leavin oct 16th for 2nd rifle in CO, first elk hunt for me so im wound up tighter than a bulls ass as well, seems like its taking forever to get here Leaving the 13th or 14th for the same, heading to Unit 45. Mind if I ask which unit you're going to? unit 23 is where we are camping,this is a DIY hunt, i bought my cow tag which is good for units 12,23,24, i will buy my bull tag when i get out there

Re: Elk season kunas #6911333 09/26/12
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 12,651 6491 Feet Above Sea Level Coyote_Hunter OP Campfire Outfitter
OP Coyote_Hunter Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 12,651 6491 Feet Above Sea Level	My tags are as follows: Cow, Unit 4 Snake River Ranch (RFW) Cow, Unit 3, 301 (leftover), 3rd Rifle Buck, Unit 4, 3rd Rifle The RFW season overlaps 3rd Rifle, giving me 11 days to hunt (November 1-11) if I so choose. Generally ready to head home before that. May spend some time in Unit 3 looking for a cow, though. (Hopefully the second one...) Buck only if it doesn't get in the way of elk hunting... Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE! No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's. A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.

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