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It is starting! Good luck to all!

Postby Tigger » 08 24, 2018 •  [Post 1]

That time of year we all love is starting at daybreak tomorrow. To all the people on this forum, I wish you the best of luck and hope that some of the things you have seen here help you in your quest for wapiti. This is also a reminder to be safe and enjoy all aspects of the hunt. Whether you fill a tag or not, the mere act of hunting elk should be thoroughly enjoyed and cherished. Take the time to take pictures of more than just the elk. Take camp pictures and trail pictures and landscape pictures that somehow touch you deep down in your soul. Appreciate the fact that you are able to hunt elk as many who want to cannot and many more have no clue what they are missing. We are a special breed and rightly so for many of the masses do not have what it takes to enjoy our pastime. Good luck my friends, shoot straight and again, be careful out there!
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Postby WapitiTalk1 » 08 24, 2018 •  [Post 2]

Here, here. Nicely put Tigger! Good luck on your hunt sir.
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Postby Lefty » 08 24, 2018 •  [Post 3]

8-)
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Postby ElkNut1 » 08 24, 2018 •  [Post 4]

Thank you & best of luck to you!

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Postby Fridaythe13th » 08 24, 2018 •  [Post 5]

Good luck to all. Be safe. AND POST YOUR PICTURE ON THE MEATPOLE. I can't wait to see some elk, big or small.
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Postby rvanbw00 » 08 24, 2018 •  [Post 6]

For those of us (me) living vicariously others (you), keep the pics and stories coming. Good luck to all!
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Postby Elkhunttoo » 08 24, 2018 •  [Post 7]

Well said!!! Good luck to all!!!
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Postby wawhitey » 08 25, 2018 •  [Post 8]

I wont get to hunt elk until rifle season this year. Again. I get the first 3 days of september to hunt whitetail, then im headed up to the arctic on a long job. Wish i was retired. Got a long way to go for that.
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Postby Lefty » 08 25, 2018 •  [Post 9]

Driving down I-84 a pickup passed with all his gear, he looked ready to hunt
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Postby Roosiebull » 08 25, 2018 •  [Post 10]

We had a good morning, no shots fired, but I had 3 bulls answer my first bugle of the season. Good way to start.

Had lots of bulls going, the 2 big ones were fighting, for a good portion of the morning, every bugle was answered, but wind got us... back at it again tomorrow!

Good luck!
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Postby ElkNut1 » 08 26, 2018 •  [Post 11]

Slow Play them bulls this time of year, they will be yours, it requires serious patience but they will come!

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Postby WapitiTalk1 » 08 26, 2018 •  [Post 12]

Get em Rosie! Anxious to hear about your adventures and hopefully successs in your guys’ big bull hunt.
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Postby BullRun » 08 26, 2018 •  [Post 13]

That sounds like an awesome morning, Rosie! Can't wait to see pics of one of those big boys in the next few days. Also...can't wait for rifle season!!!
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Postby Roosiebull » 08 26, 2018 •  [Post 14]

Slow playing is the strategy! Had 4 bulls going in a big canyon this morning, wind kept getting us, but being up here without pressure, we kept getting back on them. Lots of time with bulls Inside 100 yds, just not close enough.

Have an ambush planned tonight, on a couple big bulls, and if that doesn't pan out, I may increase aggression a little tomorrow.

Pretty fun hunting, but it's crazy steep, and after first light the bulls are in the bottom, most ridges are 6-1200 ft elevation change, and it's a lot of up and down them.
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Postby saddlesore » 08 26, 2018 •  [Post 15]

Luke Kessler and his cousin got in to elk Sat. morning, but no shot opportunities. They saw a bull Friday night above their camp, abut none were talking yet.

I guided them into a spot I have hunted for years . I checked on them yesterday morning but had to cone home today for a funeral tomorrow.
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Postby saddlesore » 08 27, 2018 •  [Post 16]

Update.So far Luke and his cousin has seen 4 bulls and 6 cows plus one more bull Friday before the season opened. 3 of the bulls were spikes though that were not legal.
Luke does not have a tag fr the unit his cousin is hunting ,but in the next unit west, so he is only there to do the calling.Sounds like he has been pretty good at it
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Postby saddlesore » 09 01, 2018 •  [Post 17]

Two happy guys in Co this week.
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Postby WapitiTalk1 » 09 01, 2018 •  [Post 18]

Nice! Looks like they’re packing 8-)
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Postby Bullseye » 09 02, 2018 •  [Post 19]

Well said Tigger! Picked up my wall tent from Davis tent and awning last week for a repair (had a tree fall on it) and starting to centralize all my "stuff" in the garage. Still have another week and half before 3 of us head to Western Colorado. Ahhh ... the wait is killing me. Good luck to all who haven't headed out yet.
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Postby Lefty » 09 04, 2018 •  [Post 20]

rvanbw00 wrote:For those of us (me) living vicariously others (you), keep the pics and stories coming. Good luck to all!


I dont have enough action and always enjoyed others pics and stories: different hunts, different places, different expierinces.

Being retired maybe a few more hunt stories from me. :D
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