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High country elk in September!
Wolf Watcher:
Pat: Congratulations on your up coming hunt! Its not your age that can be the problem. Its that rarefied air thats hard on a low altitude fellow! I am a lot older than you and I live and hunt in the high country so not having enough red blood cells can be a problem. The wolves have our elk and deer hunting messed up as the big herds have been chased out of the traditional areas and because they are concentrated in certain hunt areas it is almost impossible to draw a tag. Like winning the lottery. There is hardly anytime during the day that we can't see white tails from the house and I never drew a tag this year. I still have a lot of fun with calling the bulls. Its been my experience that more bulls a driven off than called in by inexperienced callers. The cow call is a lot easier to master and works just as well. Looking forward to some elk down pictures and a story in the PA mag. Good luck and good hunting. A/Ho Joe
gstoneberg:
Katt, we're gonna do it. Starting my exercise program today.
Good luck Pat.
George
PeteC:
That sounds great Pat. I hope to do it some day myself. My wife and I are headin' up there in 2 weeks to do some fly fishing and mountain climbing in the San Juans. Hope the best for y'all on your upcoming adventure. God Bless
Little John:
Joe Man that is too bad about the wolves, it is not a good thing to have more predators than prey. We have no wolves here that I know of, but golf courses and urban sprawl in the wintering areas is what hurts our elk. At least we can get over the counter elk tags but have to draw for everything else.
George Hope you really do get to come out and experience a wilderness hunt.
Pete Hope you enjoy your trip. Didn't you post a while back about going to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison? Never been there but I bet it is beautiful.
Kenneth
mullet:
Kenneth, you'd love the Black Canyon. The company I worked for had an office in Gunnison. I used to get to work up around Tin Cup. We would just camp in a little campground near there that had a trout stream flowing through it and save out motel money.
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