Colorado Tradgang Elk Hunt Story

[cecilm]

Setting here coffee cup in hand and truly enjoying your hunt, Thanks for taking us along, Good hunting to every one else. 'Congrts on cow'

cecil

[Randy Morin]

Nice Doug on the Cow.  Thats a pretty cool deal with that set-up.  Lookin forward to more. Did you mention which mountains you were in??

[Doug Treat]

We're at un undisclosed location in the Colorado Rocky Mtns.  :^)

[Doug Treat]

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Congratulations!

[S.C. Hunter]

That is absolutely looking like a good time. Good luck and be safe.

[NorthernCaliforniaHunter]

FREAKIN' AWESOME!

[FerretWYO]

That is awesome Doug. I did not get to make it up there like I had hoped but what beautiful country. Congrats to you and your son on the elk.

[DELTA]

Doug i went to Colorado this year for deer.Next year i want to go for Elk,maybe i can hop aboard the TRADGANG train?Good job on this post.      

[Doug Treat]

Here's some camp meat (Blue Grouse) that I was able to skewer.

[Matty]

Very Cool Guys Looks Like a great time was had by All!

[lonstand]

[Jack Shanks]

Sounds like an awesome adventure for all! Used to go with a group friends almost every year back in the eighties and early ninties. It was 93 the last time I was there. The pictures sure bring back some fond memories.

[Doug Treat]

Here's one more for you guys:

[sticbow]

did anyone notice the porcupine is in the tree and the moose has quills in his back        was the amimals close togeather? thats a good picture..

[reddogge]

They look more like dead pine needles.

[kennyb]

that is absolutely just too cool, doug! great job and isn't it awesome to be a free American?
thanks
kennyb

[Doug Treat]

Yeah, the bull had just got through scaring me to death by raking the ground when I walked by at about 15 yds.  It's pine needles on his back.

[Overspined]

those are beautiful views, great hunt. What unit has mountains that look like that? I have hunted many places in CO and haven't come across such barren tops...neat looking

[BobinTN]

Guys;

Just got back to TN this morning.  This hunt was the best hunt I have had the pleasure to go on.  Doug did a great job setting up a base camp for us out-of-staters to use.  the gang was great.  We had quality hunting and quality time around the campfire.

i will post some pictures in a bit but am still settling in back home.

Tim (from NC) and me rode together.  We spent a total of 9 days hunting.  
I spent 3 days on a bivy hunt alone after I got there.  There were some areas on the map that I just had to check out.  Plus, I just like some along time.  The areas i checked were not that elk prolific, but i still had run-ins with two bulls at less than 50 yards and found fresh wallows (cloudy water).
After this i spent time in base camp and went on another 3 day bivy with Tim and Darren.  on this bivy I had plenty of contact with elk.  had lots of fun chasing the bugling elk around the  mountains.
When it was all said and done.  I had had  8 spike bulls within 20 yards ( 6 within 10 yards).  But the bulls had to be 4 pointers or better so i could not shoot.   I had cows and larger bulls within 50 yards but not close enough to shoot.  i saw plenty of moose and even had a mountain lion sighting.  Also we ate fresh trout caught from a local lake/pond.

It was my 3rd elk hunt, but my first with bugling bulls and close encounters.

I cannot thank Doug enough for setting this up.

I will post pictures and more detailed accounts later.