Elk Stories and Advice
Contributors to this thread:Elk
From: orionsbrother
07-Oct-16
orionsbrother's Link
I bumped some older stories up to the top for a new hunter to check out and then thought it might be nice to put links in one place.
I can't seem to remember the titles of a lot of the great stories from the past. So I'm not being successful with my searches. If anyone can remember the titles of stories that they enjoyed, please drop a link into this thread. Also, any really helpful threads like the BigDan interview.
He'll enjoy them and others probably will too. And it'd be nice to have links in one spot.
From: orionsbrother
07-Oct-16
orionsbrother's Link
otcwill's 400 miles
From: orionsbrother
07-Oct-16
orionsbrother's Link
idyllwild's highs and lows
From: orionsbrother
07-Oct-16
orionsbrother's Link
huntmaster's WY elk take two
From: orionsbrother
07-Oct-16
orionsbrother's Link
grossklw's 2016 WY DIY
From: orionsbrother
07-Oct-16
orionsbrother's Link
Hunt's Bulls of misty mountain
From: orionsbrother
07-Oct-16
orionsbrother's Link
Gotta have extra pics
From: orionsbrother
07-Oct-16
Please add any good ones that you can remember and find.
From: orionsbrother
07-Oct-16
orionsbrother's Link
Kevin Dill's 15 Days Alone Not Elk, but a great story and a buddy thought it should be included.
From: midwest
07-Oct-16
midwest's Link
BB's "A Season on the San Jaun"
From: Deerial Killer
07-Oct-16
There was one about a guy just learning to call, on his first hunt in Idaho. He almost froze one night. he had two buddies but spiked way back by himself to find the elk. Called it from the opposite ridge and met it in the bottom. That was a good one.
From: orionsbrother
07-Oct-16
Can you remember the title of it or who posted it? If you can think of it and search it up, post a link.
From: midwest
07-Oct-16
That was Steve Jo's "Idaho, solo, ultralight". I found it but it comes up in Bowsite mobile for whatever reason so no pics!
From: midwest
07-Oct-16
midwest's Link
Adam Greentree's NM elk hunt. Fantastic story and photos!
From: orionsbrother
07-Oct-16
orionsbrother's Link
Revived link for Steve Jo's Idaho, solo, ultralight
From: orionsbrother
07-Oct-16
orionsbrother's Link
otcwill's come september
From: Kolbeck
07-Oct-16
I think it would be interesting to see a list of all posts sorted by highest # of replies. Maybe Pat could add a more extensive search function that could do this by a selected date range also.
From: The last savage
07-Oct-16
Thx guys I really do appreciate all of the story's,and help..I Have never hunted elk but have bowhunted for 40 yrs,all of your travels,hunts,stalks,mistakes,are a great learning tool..I'm planning an 2018 diy,otc hunt.ill use EVERY bit of knowledge I've gained here.win,lose or draw I can't wait..thanks to you all.. Pat
From: orionsbrother
08-Oct-16
orionsbrother's Link
JLS's When 0 plus 0 equals 10
From: orionsbrother
08-Oct-16
orionsbrother's Link
[email protected]'s Let's go elk hunting solo style
From: orionsbrother
08-Oct-16
orionsbrother's Link
Not really an elk story...maybe with a stretch it fits under advice...nonetheless, gotta include the manscaping thread.
From: orionsbrother
10-Oct-16
orionsbrother's Link
Deerslayer's Epic 2014
From: Scoot
10-Oct-16
Scoot's Link
A couple of mine from the past.
From: Scoot
10-Oct-16
Scoot's Link
Wrong link- ignore.
From: Scoot
10-Oct-16
I may have another one coming soon too...
From: Scoot
10-Oct-16
Scoot's Link
Wrong link again- ignore please. I'm losing my mind...
From: Scoot
10-Oct-16
Scoot's Link
Try this one...
From: Scoot
10-Oct-16
Scoot's Link
Or this one...
From: Scoot
10-Oct-16
For some reason I can't find the link to the story I wrote up in 2014 of our WY elk hunt. That was a fun one... If someone else can find it, please post the link. I'm obviously not smart enough to run a computer today!!!
From: orionsbrother
10-Oct-16
Scoot - Thanks for posting those links. Great stories and pics.
From: LUNG$HOT
10-Oct-16
LUNG$HOT's Link
Here's my 2014 write up of our hunt. It was a good un!
From: Barty1970
11-Oct-16
http://www.wapititalk.com/Hunting/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8012
Fuse lit...
From: cnelk
11-Oct-16
Dont waste your time reading the link Barty1970 posted...
I want those 10 minutes back...
From: orionsbrother
11-Oct-16
I'm with cnelk. I'm not a big fan of how he comports himself, however I think his attitude highlights the extreme differences between the authors of every other story on this thread and Steve. I think that I would consider myself fortunate to share a camp with any of these other guys.
I hope that others will continue to post links to their stories or the quality stories of others that they've enjoyed. My lurking buddy has been reading voraciously and I've had fun revisiting them as well.
From: Barty1970
11-Oct-16
He he he...profuse apologies...but I couldn't resist
From: orionsbrother
11-Oct-16
Yep. No need to apologize. Someone drew my attention back to that link. Apparently that forum reached saturation and made the decision to discontinue further stories from Steve. Bounced him and locked the thread.
From: orionsbrother
14-Oct-16
orionsbrother's Link
Hunt's Following the noise.
From: orionsbrother
01-Nov-16
ttt - for another friend to check out
From: Scoot
01-Nov-16
Scoot's Link
I just finished mine up...
From: orionsbrother
01-Nov-16
orionsbrother's Link
Scoot's story. His link is to a different thread.
From: Scoot
02-Nov-16
Bwahahahahaha not sure how I could have mangled the links in this thread anymore than I did!
Thanks Orion!
From: orionsbrother
02-Nov-16
No problem Scoot. Fantastic story again.
From: orionsbrother
09-Dec-16
Got a PM and thought I'd bump this up. Please drop in a link to any of your favorite hunt stories. Resurrect them for others. Enjoying a story or two over the holidays will be nice.
It was a new elk hunter that prompted this thread, but the stories don't have to be elk stories.
From: elkstabber
09-Dec-16
Thanks Barty1970. I'd like that 15 minutes back.
From: orionsbrother
09-Dec-16
orionsbrother's Link
Jake's Cabin Fever
From: orionsbrother
10-Dec-16
orionsbrother's Link
Jake's Polar Bear Hunt
From: orionsbrother
10-Dec-16
orionsbrother's Link
Jake's Mountain Caribou
From: orionsbrother
12-Dec-16
orionsbrother's Link
Jake's Sitka Blacktail
From: orionsbrother
12-Dec-16
orionsbrother's Link
Jake's Tom Edgington Desert Bighorn
From: orionsbrother
13-Dec-16
orionsbrother's Link
Thanksgiving, Friends and the NA29
From: bud
14-Dec-16
Thanks for starting this great thread orionsbrother. Really enjoying it. Also your user name is cool.
From: orionsbrother
10-Jun-17
Bumping this up for Shane
From: Brun
10-Jun-17
My favorite is BB's story about unit 61 called something like "Of broken horns and broken dreams." I can't find it in the archives and I probably don't have the title exactly right. If anyone knows the exact title or how to find it, i think it would be a good one to be on here. Great thread by the way.
From: Treeline
11-Jun-17
BB definitely had some awesome experiences and takes some unbelievable photos! I tried looking for that one and couldn't find it either.
From: stealthycat
11-Jun-17
one of my most memorable hunts ... and not in a good way
http://forums.bowsite.com/TF/bgforums/thread.cfm?threadid=281325&forum=5
From: orionsbrother
11-Jun-17
orionsbrother's Link
Jake's Tom Edgington Desert Bighorn Story
From: orionsbrother
11-Jun-17
orionsbrother's Link
Stealthycat's Disaster
From: orionsbrother
12-Jun-17
orionsbrother's Link
From: Crusader dad
21-Jun-17
Back up for the new guy. These stories are amazing. My son printed them all so each is on its own page. Most of your hunts I am right there with thiu. Thank you.
From: jordanathome
26-Jun-17
Wow......gee thanks Rick.......concentration blown and a bunch of late nights reading ahead......... :)
From: Charlie Rehor
26-Jun-17
There is no place to gather, learn and experience the most incredible bow hunts you guys have experienced and shared than Bowsite. Thx all! C
From: orionsbrother
28-Nov-17
ttt for Joe
From: Old School
28-Nov-17
Old School's Link
BB's recap of his Colorado 61 elk hunt
http://forums.bowsite.com/TF/bgforums/thread.cfm?threadid=373244&forum=5
From: Lark Bunting
28-Nov-17
Lark Bunting's Link
If this doesn't belong let me know and I can edit the post. This is my brief story of how my son and I began hunting a few years ago. I was finally able to place my tag on an elk this season. So grateful.
From: elkmtngear
28-Nov-17
elkmtngear's Link
A little "elk poetry" ...for the Holidays...
From: orionsbrother
10-Oct-21
Thought I’d kick this collection of stories to the top.
From: orionsbrother
10-Oct-21
Had somebody say something to me. I originally started this thread for a new hunter or anyone else to have a spot that some of the great stories from Bowsite past would have links that were recommended. I posted some of the pearls that I could retrieve from my oyster of a brain.
There are all kinds of great hunt recaps that I wish that I could remember the names. It’s like the name of the song that you can’t remember, but a snippet keeps rolling around in the back of your head.
If you remember a good one, post the link.
Help us all revisit the great ones.
If your favorite, or your personal epic recap isn’t here and you’d like to share it, post it up.
We can all enjoy them and I don’t have to feel like Chris Farley talking to Chris Farley again.
“Remember that one thread?... It was a hunt?... It was by (Lou, Kevin, Paul, Jake, Hunt, Ike, Scoot, the Pauls, on and on...)?... It had great pictures... Yeah. That was great! ... What was the title? I don’t know. It was great!”
From: WV Mountaineer
10-Oct-21
I enjoyed the story 5 seasons ago Rick. Good to re read it again.
From: Hancock West
12-Oct-21
Hancock West's Link
Otcwill - Bugles over Bourbon
From: Treeline
12-Oct-21
Treeline's Link
This one was after your compilation thread. My 2017 elk hunt.
“An elk hunt worth the wait?”
From: Treeline
12-Oct-21
Treeline's Link
A classic Hunt Man story:
“Two more sticks!!”
From: Treeline
12-Oct-21
Treeline's Link
Paul’s classic:
“BUCKET LIST BULL”
From: Treeline
12-Oct-21
Ike’s great description of real elk hunting:
“The highs and lows of elk hunting”
From: Treeline
12-Oct-21
Treeline's Link
Missed the link!
From: SIP
12-Oct-21
I dont remember the year, but the Paul's brother did a wilderness raft moose hunt together, 3 or so years ago? I believe there was a last minute bull near camp? …i cant find the thread. But it made my palms sweaty each time i read it i do remember that…. Been so long itll probably be like reading it anew. Anybody got a title?
From: Treeline
12-Oct-21
Treeline's Link
SIP, here you go! The Pauls brothers epic moose-a-palosa!
“4 years in the making”
From: SIP
12-Oct-21
Oh baby! Thanks treeline!
From: Beav
12-Oct-21
Love this thread and enjoy going back and reading many of these!
From: orionsbrother
12-Oct-21
Thanks Treeline. Those are some of the threads that I was trying to remember.
From: Treeline
12-Oct-21
Yeah, but still missing a few. One of yours that was excellent from around 2015 and another couple from otcwill…
From: Treeline
12-Oct-21
And several that are up right now…
From: orionsbrother
13-Oct-21
I appreciate the compliment Treeline, but that thread of mine is old enough that the pictures won’t come up.
From: Scoot
13-Oct-21
Some GREAT stories and pics posted above! A little walk down bowsite memory lane!
From: orionsbrother
22-Oct-21
orionsbrother's Link
Hunt’s 2021 recap
From: Treeline
05-Dec-21
TTT
From: c3
05-Dec-21
c3's Link
Never really had a good place to put this one.
Here's a video log of a buddy and me on unit 54-9 in Wyoming from the second scouting trip to the very end.
From scouting trips in season the year before to epic adventures for the next full year. For me nothing gets much better. Twofer part 2 is my bull and Twofer Part 3 is my buddy 50 yards from a 370 bull laying on bare ground with no options.
Ya, well, what a season is all I can say. Had an epic this year as well without such great results, but being solo is no where near as cool as doing it with friends
https://rumble.com/c/c-308175
Cheers, Pete
From: orionsbrother
16-Dec-21
Having my windshield replaced. Stuck in a waiting room with some guy who’s every other word is “Bro” and he’s playing crappy Rap “Music” at full volume on his phone. Enjoying re-reading these stories, but wishing that someone would add a few others.
From: Cazador
16-Dec-21
Cazador's Link
Couple
From: Scoot
16-Dec-21
Scoot's Link
My story with my son from this year.
From: orionsbrother
05-Nov-22
orionsbrother's Link
