Its been a while since I have been on. Love this site though. Some of my favorite threads of old wear pics of elk camps and backpacks. I wont be heading out to the mountains this year and missing the views. The Alaknak thread got me remembering all the great photos hunters posted up of their camps. Can we get a new thread going?
Would be interested in seeing your camp before you built the cabin.
Where else but Colorado? 2013
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Bigdan, that lat pic looks like a progressive insurance ad!!
But I AM planning my first elk trip...and pitching this tent in the elk woods will be just the start of the adventure....
Block Management land near the Musselshell River. Temps hit 103 the first week of September.
I was camp jack/cook for son and 2 nephews that year.
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Here is the other pic [2 total] I took when it wasn't raining last year-geez-
the 2 track out of my camp
Barty- that looks like a pretty big tent! You backpacking? If so, how much does she weigh?
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That depends on how loud you snore. I still insist my dad never sleeps within 8 miles of any elk we are trying to hunt. But my camps often vary with the area I'm hunting and the type of camp I'm setting up. If I'm using my bigger alaknak I'm usually about 1-3 miles ( a quick quad ride or good morning hike) away from where I'm hunting. If I'm backpacking my camp in I've set up as close as 400 yds or so from where the elk were feeding that night. I usually like to be a little farther but have done this quite a few times and it seems to work out okay. Just gotta be a little more aware of what the wind/thermals are doing and what they are gonna do and keep downwind of them. If I stay fairly quiet and do this it doesn't seem to bother them too much.
LaGriz
Cabin was a screaming deal! $40 per night and included AM coffee and a full supper with unlimited soup and salad. Room had temperpedic memory foam mattress. The hunting was poor -little elk sign -too much Griz and wolf sign! I hunted like a pu#*#! Don't like being followed or stalked by bears. Wolves howling had my neck hair standing up. Limited by policys (wilderness off limits to NR with out a guide) I did get 30 yds from 9 Sheep one day. On two occasions had bull moose at close range. Also, I saw my first free range Bison while in the National Forest! BOO COO elk in Teton Park where I could not hunt. I came up with my handle because of my discomfort with so many bears.
LaGriz
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