Well i am!!!!!!! lol... i will be leaving Aug 25th and returning sep 10th i am so excited this is my 1st time to Elk hunt. i will be meeting my dad in denver. he lives about 1 hour outside of denver. he has a great place picked out for us. we will be packing in on the 26th and not commin out unitll september 9th or a dead elk is down.. what ever comes 1st. i can wait. i will be taking my BW recurve PSA 53lbs 600 grain arrow.
who else is going elk hunting this year and what are your bow specs?
good luck to all
My hunt starts Sept. 19. Be my 25th+ elk season but I am still terribly antsy for it to get here. Bow is 58# at my 31" draw with arrows around 575gr. Good luck
1st time for me also. In the 8th and out the 18th unless we all get an elk. Using a Bighorn recurve, 51#s and 556 +/- grain arrow, 2 blade greenie razorheads with bleeders.
Back up bow is a 48# sister to the first
1st time in CO this year also, 5 years doing DIY in Idaho and NM. can't wait...packing and packing again!
55@28 bear TD, Doug fir 30" with grizz, eclipse, or old simmons interceptors...have not decided which will be primary yet but they are all very sharp and fly well! Approx 650 grains.
I'm going the same time you are...my First time for Elk.I'm taking my Holm-Made Osprey by Chad Holm. 52# @ 30" 600 gr. Cedars with 125 gr Ribteck up front! It's getting close now.......
Yup, 50# Northern Mist Classic 600 gr cedars with 200 grizzlys. Hill T/D cheetah 53# 615 gr cedars 200 gr grizzlys
I use the T/D when I use my mountain bike.
Unguided public land CO.
Headed to WY this year. My first "premium" tag so my hopes are HIGH!
You first timers I must warn you....once an elk hunter, always an elk hunter! This may be your first. But it won't be your last, guaranteed!
When that morning comes that you are in far and deep away from the world as you know it and you enter into the world of the wapiti and you hear his song echo off the canyon walls...you will understand! This is the hunting you've been looking for, have been yearning to experience...nothing like it baby! haha
I'm heading out of state to Utah with a limited entry tag in my pocket that took years to draw. Excited? You bet! Leaving on Aug. 30, staying until I kill a bull or until Sept.16th. Going with a great friend who is a good caller. I think he is as excited as I am. He said he had a dream that he called in a big bull, I shot it, and just when we were going to cut it up he woke up. Perfect timing, just when the work was about to begin!
56#@28" Blacktail Elite recurve, 585 gr Surewood Shaft douglas fir arrows, with 150gr Phoenix 3 blade single bevel, teflon-coated broadheads.
Adam and I are headed to UT next week, Adam has a LE Youth Bull tag and I am OTC.
We both shoot 50# ACS bows with Fir arrows and ABowyer heads-total weight is 625 gns. The only thing we are missing is a cooperative Elk. :archer2: :archer2:
To Northern Alberta with my son ,his friend and dad.Quading and Atv's 20+ miles into the bush for 1-1/2 weeks.In the mountains Sept.19th .coming out Oct.2 for Elk and Moose.What bow really not sure,probably FoxTD longbow,New Talon11 or My widowSA111 All 55-60# Cedars,Surewoods or Alum.all around 600gr.with Zwickey 4bl. or VPA term.3bl.200gr. CANNOT wait!
Oh yea off to Idaho from opening day til close of bow season think that gives me like 32 days. For elk ,and deer done shot my 2 Idaho bears in the spring so more time for elk this year.Will pack in on foot for a week then out to hunt some private then back in a week then the last week on the private again.Bear T/D 67# at 30in , 700gr GT with RazorHeads or Simmons TreeSharks. Good luck to all and be SAFE,,,,,,,Sam,,,,,,,,
I drew a cow tag in the Highwoods, and I am stoked!
i think alot of us are very jealous, :wavey: i know i am, god luck guys....take lots of pictures for us to drool over..
I wish, good luck all!
I am. Colorado 9/16-9/24. Griffin 55@28, 600gr carbon tipped with WW/snuffer.
If all goes as planned, I'll be in Colorado with my buddies the last week of September.
We are having a Dryad Bows board meeting in Idaho the 2nd and 3rd week of September this year. John Havard, Jason and I will be attending and discussing the new years objectives. OH. . .maybe a little elk, deer, bear, cougar and grouse hunting will take place too.
Miek
WY for me, Jackson Hole area, my kid lives there so I'll be taking a hot shower every night!! Hunting from the "road system" will be a different experience for sure. Leaving Aug. 20th, doing a little family vaca in the Libby, MT area, then down to WY for the Sept.1st opener, 'til about the 15th. Taking the old BW SA, 64# @ 29.5", GT 5575 tipped w/ 190 gr.WW elites = 575 gr. And my Predator, 54#, GT 3555, 190 gr. WW elites= 500 gr.
Back to familiar haunts in New Mexico for me this year. I've fallen in love with the area and can't wait to get back! I drew the second period - Sept. 16-22. Things should be going hot and heavy right about then!
Headed to New Mexico for the first time. Will be shooting my Fedora #53 and WW heads. Never been in the area so the anticipation of hunting someplace new is always exciting. Looking over maps and google earth makes your heart start to race.
Will be hunting new territory in the WA Cascades for Roosies this year with my son!
We have already been scouting and have been into them so now it all comes down to
OPPORTUNITY + PREPAREDNESS = SUCCESS !!!
Have a great 2011 hunting season!
Shoot straight, Shinken
:archer2:
Colorado patiently awaits me and my widow. Second week.
I'll be in Colorado for the last week of the season carrying a 57# Chekmate H2 with 55/75 GT's and 225 grns worth of Snuffer up front.
It's the only big game tag I'll have this year,I'm pretty pumped. I been seeing a few good bulls on the mountain to chase but I'm limited to my hunting time this year. I get sundays off but I can hunt most nights after work. I think everyone I know has drawn a good bull tag this year so if I do get lucky and get a weekend off I'll be helping one them with thier tags. Good luck and have fun on your first elk hunt. 64@28 585 grains with 160 snuffers and grizzlies.
Colorado, Unit 22 + Meeker, Rifle and Rangley.
Most of the season on public, then the last week on private dirt.
55# Blacktail, 555 grain with WW...a proven performer.
Bob
August 27th can't come soon enough. Hoping to get 15-20 days in this year. Good luck to all, and safe travels to those of you making the long trip out west.
Unit 61 in Colorado September 9th till the season ends or the tag is filled! Can't wait!!! Assenheimer TD recurve approx 60 lbs at my draw length. Shooting Easton Axis arrows with 100 grain brass inserts with 150 grain Magnus Singer 4 blades (approx 600 grs). Good luck everyone, especially you first timers! :thumbsup:
I have the whole season here in Oregon planned out. Going to spend a little time over east with a friend, haven't decided which unit yet, don't really care... the final week I was invited to go hang out with a friend and his wife where they're hunting.
The first week I'll hunt the local Cascade elk, unless I get access on some private property in central Oregon.
Might even sneak around in the brush behind my house and kill one of the backyard elk, not to mention the 40 head that are browsing a new strawberry field down to dirt about a mile down the road.
This all may change between now and Aug 27th, but I guarantee I'll be hunting elk with my Blacktail Elite (60#@29) with doug fir arrows tipped with Wensel Woodsman 125 gr heads.
Idaho for me! Sept 19-27th
Colorado 9/8/2011 - 9/25/2011. Harrison El Lobo 62" 60# @ 28, Abowyer Brown Bear heads.
DIY backcountry elk hunt in the Mt Zirkel Wilderness Area, Routte National Forest. It can't get here fast enough for me.
Good luck everyone.
Gil
QuoteOriginally posted by rolltidehunter:
...who else is going elk hunting this year and what are your bow specs?
good luck to all
Apex Predator Ossabaw HP longbow ala Marty Thompson, 62", 59lbs @ 30".
31-3/4" footed Beman Bowhunter 340's with 285 up front, for a total 608 grains.........launched from a super quiet/silky smooth Oliverstacy 450+ skinny string.
Joshua
I am too, Idaho for 14 days, got 57 pound critter gitter special, 600 grain arrow,magnus 2 blade, am real fired up!
Western Washington, Lake Quinault area, Rosevelt bull Elk. I've been shooting my Bill Stewart multi-cam takedown long bow every day for months. 200 grain woodsmans, legacy 2219 shafts. Last archery hunt was 25 years ago, I am ready and exicited!
I go every other year. This is my off year
Leaving for Colorado on the 22nd. BAckpacking into wilderness area for the entire season with my son.
Im using my Thunderstick MOAB takedown longbow 56@27".
He's using a MOAB as well, 57@28".
Bring on the bugling bulls!
I'll be heading to Durango for 6 days in the San Juan Mountains. Backpacking in.
Taking my 60" osage static recurve selfbow as my primary bow and a 60" boo backed hickory/osage tri-lam as back-up, both made by me and both are 56#@26". Arrows will be either hill cane or full tapered ash, both with self nocks and both about 650gr. Broadheads will be either trade points, WW or Grizzlys.
WY with my wife as tracker/spotter...19 days and a wake-up. Talltines longbow, 56 at 29.5, Goldtip 75-95 with 250 gr of badness up front. Can't wait :archer2:
Just outside the Rattlesnake wilderness in MT first week of Oct with a cow tag. 55# Zipper SXT, 600 total grn arrow set-up: FMJ 340, 75 grn brass insert, 175 grn VPA terminator. Going out there this week to scout a little.
Wy. 1st week of Sept. cow tag.
I'll be using an ACS 58# at my draw with cx 350's and AB wapiti heads + 125 gr.inserts ( 730 gr.)
Hope all have a safe and successful hunt.
Bill
ME! Colorado, first 8 days of season.
60@28 Big River R/D
CE350's w/ Grizzly EG = 756gr.
I live in elk country and I love it!
62" Toelke Whip drawn to roughly 64 lbs at my 31" draw length. Full length GT 7595 trads with 100 gr. brass insert, 100 grain broad head adapter and 165 gr Simmons tree sharks...total weight guesstimated in the low to mid 700 gr range.
Like Trumpkin, I'm lucky enough to live in prime elk country. I usually take two hunts. One the first week of Sept and one the last. Same spots the last few years. We hunt a jem of a spot for the opener. Here's the bull video I posted last year of the bull we called into camp the evening BEFORE the opener! We were just messing around bugling and this toad brought his harem within range. I ended up taking one the satellites in the area. But this year may be the year? I'll keep you posted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPMwK15oXT0
Oh and I'm hangin up the widow PL and shooting a Toelke Lynx longbow this year. 58# @28 with a 650 grain Goldtip 55-75.
Heading out 9/1/11.To creede Colorado. 13 mile ride in by horse. Hunted there before killed nice 5 by 5. Good luck to everyone,Randy
Leaving 9/1 to be back 9/14. Hunting the Bighorns of WY. First time elk hunting and sure it won't be my last.
Taking two Silvertips both 58".
72# shooting CE Heritage 350 with 150gr Stingers
74# shooting Beman Bowhunter 300 with 150gr Stingers.
Hope to have a freezer full of meat follow me home (and a rack too).
Eastern Oregon for me. About 10 days total, have to break it up a little due to work. Wallace Royal 55@28 66"td, Beman MFX-100gr inserts-200gr Muzzy's. Not to many things I'd rather do than chase elk. Good luck everybody!
Unit 52 in New Mexico again for me.
New Saluki Ibex, 65@29 and a Centaur Chimera, 65@29. Arrows are MFX 340's with 150 grain Steel Force broadheads.
Northern CO for me with a few other Tradganger's. Hackbow will be getting to Indy from Pittsburgh Thursday 9/1 and we'll make the 18 hour drive for a backpack hunt until 9/11. I've got several spots marked on the GPS and pretty much have spent the last 2 weeks touring it on Google Earth. Putting the finishing touches on my elk missiles in the next couple days. I'm using the bow I received from the TG Bowyer's Bench bow swap.
(http://hedgerowselfbows.webs.com/photos/General-Photos/100.JPG)
I'm dialing it in and getting decent groups nowadays. I'm hoping to get out this weekend for a backpack squirrel hunt to test some of my long range shooting skills in the mountains of Indiana.
One week to go then off to Northern Colorado...The group has shrunk to just me and Charlie [Cyclic-Rivers] but we are going anyway and plan to have a good time on our first Elk adventure. Starting to pack and sort gear and checking things off the list!
Week and a half to Idaho. Approx. 10 day hunt. New Black Widow PSAV and KUIU gear including the Icon frame and 3000 pack..
Jerry
I'm heading to Co. 9/14 with my son and 3 others for 10 days, can't wait. Got to start getting things put together,less than a month to do it in.Did I say I can't wait?
24th yr hunting NM. BEEN BLESSED 53@30 fOX TRIPLE CROWN 580 CE250 SASQUACH UP FRONT
I am giving them a go once again this year. Didn't draw a tag, so I bought a leftover cow tag for the Bighorns. Maybe this will be a lucky year. Sept 1 opening
I'll be heading to Colorado unit 74 the 25th - Sept. 4th. First time elk hunting and my bags are already packed.
9 days to go :banghead: ....
....and 30 days to make it happen :pray:
I'll be putting in my camp probably next week,can't believe it's time already.
I will be hunting weekends only this year, not setting up a camp. Black Widow PMA 57@30, really hoping to try out an aboyer bh.
yup.... The same old haunt we've been hunting for 21 years now.... 9 days and counting
a little slide show here....
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Northern CO. 1st week of the season.
68" Big River R/D 50 lbs at 29"
Doug Fir arrows. Tipped with a 130 Stos for a total of 679 Grains.
I am a virgin elk hunter :confused: :bigsmyl:
I feel bad for you guys who are only hunting a week or so. Leaving NJ 8/29 and don't have to be back to work until 9/29! Drew a Unit 49 tag in CO and plan on getting one even if it takes about the whole season!! Good luck to everyone and a word of caution to the virgins, it's like other things in life, once you do it you can't stop :goldtooth:
Unit 49 is a great unit. You should get something.
I cancelled my vacation because I didn't think the guys could go I was planning with. Things changed but my vacation spot was taken by another employee. So no trip to CO this year for ELK.
Good Luck to everybody!!
IM CLIMBING THE WALLS!!!!! I leave for CO monday at 0600. I love the drive out there, hate the drive home. 33 days in the backcountry with my son. T....i....c....k t....o.....c.....k . I think my clock has slowed to a crawl...........
Headed to CO Elk hunting with two other MI Trad Gangers and one guy that stays away from computers. We leave MI on 9/8, pack in on 9/10 and out 9/18. We'll buy our food and supplies in CO or WY on the 9/11. We are hunting public land in unit 6 where it is foot and hoof traffic only. Hopefully the weather is not ungodly hot this year. I am packed and ready to go!
Gettin close now!!! Final packin this weekend and headin west Tuesday!
Yep ..to Co the last 10 days of the season. Little over 3 weeks away ... seem like forever!
Drew the Gila again this year. Hunt starts 9/19 so I have to be patient for a while yet.
I'll be on Elk creek the last week of the CO season. Two days walk into the wilderness. As we all know its how we define ourselves. 60# 21st century Beeman mfx's Abower's up front 726 gr.
MAP
Packing now, leaave the 24 for Grand Junction CO. to My brothers house ,pack in on friday.Huntihg with 51# @ 30 inch Centaur. I draw 30 Plus Inches,Beeman arrows with 100 gr.brass insert and Simmons Interseptors about 590gr.
Harry
S.E. Idaho Sept. 4-14 can't wait!
I got my plane ticket a few weeks ago, my cow tag last week, shipped out my fully loaded pack yesterday and my bows and arrows this morning. Will be boarding a plane at the Asheville Airport at 5:30am on Sept 2 and arrive in Durango just before noon then driving 2 hours to the trail head and hiking 3 to 4 miles down to our camp at about 9500' along Salt Creek in the San Juan Mountains.
Best of luck to everyone...aim small, miss small!!!
Packing as we speak, making lists, checking lists, thinking about this and that. Getting the truck serviced on Monday......man it's coming fast. I know I'll forget something.......lol! :banghead:
Got the RV and trailer packed. Heading to Colorado on Saturday, spending next week at my brothers house in Evergreen (had a bull and 5 cows under his deck this am...), then meeting my buddies and traveling to the trail head on next Friday.
I'll be using a 54# RER LX, Sitka Spruce arrows tipped with STOS broadheads. Pick a spot, pick a spot, pick a spot.....
What a LONG week of work it's been already!
Good luck to all and be safe.
We leave sept 12th for eastern oregon. shooting legends bow 57lbs w/ trad-lite arrows @ 525 grains tipped with silver flame 100's. cant wait--this year is the year!!!! Gotta love that addiction!
I'm trying to get out the door right now. Need to get camp set by dark. I'll be gone for the next 25 days trying to fill 2 elk tags, and 2 deer tags.
I wish all you elk hunters the best.
Will be leaving on the 5th for nine days in the woods. Bamboo backed osage of my own making will be a first for me. Good freinds, charred food, and quiet woods.
Be safe.
Sure is a lot of fine bows making it to the woods this year for elk. Leavin sept 2 to ?? When I get back. Takin a Whiffen Comet, and Bowdoc Proto#2 take down. 54@28/60". StCharles cedar shafts and bear razorheads for all. Hunt Hard and safe, Best wishes