Man, I do not know if I can wait until End of August!  Already day dreaming bad at work, I have been in Elk camp since about first of March, in my head anyhow. Anyone else have these symptoms. ELK FEVER, I need sick leave I quess

I feel the same way.. I wont be hunting elk but mule deer  are just driving me crazy.I have been doing just a little turkey hunting but it just isnt the same!!!

You didn't catch this fever until March?  :confused:   I've been feeling kind of like that since, oh, about early last October or so!    
Four months doesn't seem so bad anymore!

Elk fever can drive you mad.I get it every year and I am a flatlander.Atleast you live in an elk state and can go to the mountains and do some scouting or hiking.

I have to settle for a tread mill and memorys of past hunts,Keeps me motivated though.Last year in Montana on top of a mountain with Peter I. and Curt(Guru)I swore I would get in better shape and stay that way.I have been in the gym ever since and can't believe the difference,I am down 22 pounds and still going(shooting for thirty)It feels great and I can't wait to get to the mountains again.

By the way I have hunted all across Oregon and loved it all.I would like another shot at a rosie and those awsome costal mountains.Now I am going to be up all night thinking about elk hunting.Atleast its a fever and it comes and goes.

Tracy

Saw some elk tonight while turkey hunting, saw them in a spot I always wanted to try too!!!! I know where I will be going this year!!!!

The fever has ahold of me too!!!!! BAD!!!!!!!

Jake

I can relate, Usually planning my next hunt on the way down the mountain. I live in an area that the elk winter in so I see them all winter long. Every time I see one all I think of is how I would stalk it and look at the spot for my arrow. It doesn't even matter if its a cow or bull, always looking for the spot and how to get it there. Start my scouting trips as soon as the snow goes away enough for me to get back in.

I knew I shouldn't have read this thread before going to bed.Three hours of sleep    

But it sure was fun thinking about all off the great elk hunts I have had,And that I will be going on in the future.Half the fun is just planning the trip.

Tracy  

There is no known cure for elk fever. We just have to deal with the symptoms. Keep making arrows, shooting, reading hunting mags, watching videos, talking about it with support groups(like this one), planning hunts, working out....I've got it too. When spring comes around I get it bad! By August I am basically worthless at work. When the mailman comes in we talk about elk, I get gas at the station we talk about elk, at the bank there's a teller I talk with...about elk! What really helps me is getting out into the woods to do some scouting. Okay, I can't stand it. I'm going turkey hunting this weekend and look for sheds!

Got 3 inches of snow today at the house and along with it saw 3 bulls right down the road.

Going to Colorado end of Aug. for Elk. Around Montrose.  First time.  Used to watch Roosevelt Elk in Northern California growing up, had the fever since.  Anyone else going to Montrose area?

fall cant get here fast enough can it???

i also saw some elk turkey hunting last night.  one nice bull already sticking way out past both ears, gonna be real wide.

QuoteOriginally posted by DTS:
Going to Colorado end of Aug. for Elk. Around Montrose.  First time.  Used to watch Roosevelt Elk in Northern California growing up, had the fever since.  Anyone else going to Montrose area?

I will be in ridgway co in the middle of october for my first ever elk hunt also

yeah I tried to get to my camp for the last 2 weeks but the ....Ohhhh 7-10 feet of snow up there has been keeping me back.  In the meantime, I'll keep molesting my bow; build some arrows and watch my videos.