Come spend a few days in my elk camp

[BlackDog]

Super hunt! Great pics and story. Thanks for taking the time to share.

[Terry Green]

WOW.....thanks for taking time to share that awsome hunt with us.  Great to see guys taking lots of pics.

Congrats!!!!

[Nala]

I enjoyed all your pics and descriptions.

How would someone who wanted to go on a self guided Elk hunt with a few buddies ever find such a place?

I would love to do that someday.

Thanks for sharing.

Nala

[Missouri Sherpa]

Nala,
Use the Internet to scout.  If you are in pretty good shape and can handle the high altitude I would recommend looking at wilderness areas in OTC units.  You might want to spend a summer vacation to scout out a couple of likely areas where you might want to go before you actually commit to hunt there, which is what I did.  I am getting to be an old man, overweight and with limited lung capacity compared to my youth but I am still able to get up there.  If you are faced with those limitiations that I am then you need to have plenty of grit and determination to get there.  You need to have the perserverance of a snapping turtle and never quit.  I prefer timberline hunting areas myself and look for units with plenty of ground above 10,000 ft. and up.  I scour over topo and ariel photo maps and look for an area that is at least 4 miles in from a trailhead.  That keeps most foot hunters out of the picture.  If you are going much farther than that you will want to have horses, which are available for rent.  It seems to me most outfitters will often place their camps 6-8 miles in, so that gives you a pretty nice buffer zone between the day hiker hunters and the mounted outfitter hunters.  If I were to do last week over again I would have my buddy and son keep hunting and plan to call a horse packer to take out the second elk if they were able to connect.

[Lee Viv]

Those photos just confirm my desire to eventually go out there and hunt, fish,  relax, enjoy the view, etc.

I keep trying to tell my wife that we should be living out west somewhere!  She just gives me that look that basically just tolerates my rantings.

Thanks for sharing!

Lee

[James Young]

WOW..... Thanks for sharing the pics and excitement of the hunt.. Im leaving next week for an elk hunt and this does NOT help in calming the excitement.. Man what a great photo essay and story.  Congrats on the bull.  Thanks again for sharing

James Young

[Doug Campbell]

Awesome photos and story, congrats and thanks for taking the time to post it all.

[Whip]

Thank you, .....for taking the time to take us along on your adventure!  This is just an outstanding thread, and shows exactly what I feel every time I head into the mountains.  I share your love of the high lonely places - it's like nowhere else on earth I have ever been.
11 days from now I will be packing in to hopefully create my own adventure - I only hope it is half of what yours was!

[initialimage]

Really enjoyed that a lot.  Thanks for posting and allowing me to enjoy the outdoor adventure.

[JEFF B]

HEY SHERPA AWESOME PICS MATE. BLOODY AWESOME MAN YOU GUYS ARE LUCKY.JEFF          

[HARL]

Great Stuff !! I really enjoyed this trip.

[Autumnarcher]

AWesome story, and pics. I depart in 9 days for my second go at elk with a longbow, and this just added fuel to the fire in my belly.

Congrats on a well earned bull.

[Chuck Mullaley]

Beautiful!

[Lewis Brookshire III]

WOW!!!!!! I dont even know what to say. You just gave a detailed disception with pics of my dream. That is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen!!

[royalfox]

I will never be able to go , but through you I feel like I have been. Thanks for the pics!      

[Rico]

Very goog story I have hunted the San Juans in Co. steep if there was a creek going by you could get a drink standing up. LOL

[Gopherhunter]

Great posting.  Thanks for the pictures.

[D Wood]

Awesome hunt. Congrats on the great bull.
Nice shot!
Thanks for sharing.

Dave

[kerry]

Thanks for sharing and taking the time to post commentary.  Its does me good to see the high country cause I'll not be there in person this year.

[bohuntr]

Fantastic stuff!!! You really did a great job of documenting your hunt with pictures. Awesome shot on a beautiful bull. Thanks for taking us along with you.