Quickie Post – Elk Jones
Yeah, this is a real short one, but I’ve absolutely gotta spout off…
I have got a SERIOUS elk jones right now. I’ve been reading the reports on Jesse’s Hunting and Outdoors from the guys coming in, as archery season passes and rifle seasons are getting underway. I’ve also been glued to MyOutdoorTV a lot lately, whenever I can get a break from work.
I didn’t get my elk last year, and didn’t get a chance to elk hunt this year with everything else going on. What makes it even worse is that I now have this Mathews Drenalin, and I’ve totally changed my attitude toward bowhunting… the memory of that bull bugling in my face last year has me totally flashing back to that Colorado scrub oak last September.
Anyway, I have no choice but wait until next fall. At this time next year, I should be wrapping up a CO rifle hunt with my brother and a couple of friends back at Dark Timber Outfitters in Montrose. But man… that sure seems an awful long ways off!
I hate how fast the season’s pass by. I can totally understand having to rant about that a little.
October 22nd, 2008 at 6:35 am
You didn’t get to elk hunt this year? *GASP*! You poor, poor man! When do you start counseling? You have my utmost sympathy – you should be receiving my “get well soon” card in the mail any day.
October 22nd, 2008 at 7:37 am
I’ve never hunted elk, and frankly, I’m afraid to try it. Afraid (actually, completely sure) I’d like it and turn into one of those crazies.
October 22nd, 2008 at 11:53 am
Be afraid, Josh…
I can guarantee that the first time you’re standing there in the Rocky Mountain sunrise, and that herd bull sounds off a hundred yards away or less… you’ll never think of anything else.
I love hog hunting, I truly do. But I’d dump a month of hog hunting and six weeks of blacktail hunts to spend three days in pursuit of rutting elk.
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Danny, the owner of Cypress Creek, and one of the other guides just got back from a do it yourself elk hunt in CO… unfortunately the weather went from very hot (no movement) to very cold and windy (no movement).
They did see one 6×6 with some cows, but that was on the day before the season opened while they were scouting! However they said they had a great time anyway. And that is what it is all about.
October 25th, 2008 at 7:03 am