Go Deep boys, Go Deep...

[cnelk]

It’s great to read all the posts about how everyone is going deep to hunt elk this year.

I went up to my haunts the other day and the elk are still right next to the road, where I left them last fall.

This pic was taken in a popular OTC unit, in a spot many drive right on past.

Go deep - please.

 

[muddydogs]

Well don't advertise it. Let the road hunter road hunt and the think they need to go deep guys go deep and you and I will hunt the inbetween.

 

[Topo_trekker]

What unit? What road is that? How far down? Please share your honey hole! Any info appreciated!!!!


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[durangobrad]

I think some of us also enjoy the adventure of backpack hunting vs car camp. I know I dont need to but it is certainly more rewarding for me.

 

[Beendare]

Too funny Brad.

I was in a cast, broken ankle one year...and we were in a certain CO otc unit that we had hunted as far as 10 mi in from a TH the previous years.

i was hunting a spot within 400yds of a road guys were driving by me for miles to get to the end of the road and start hunting- including my buddy. I shot a small 5 point that year. An elk pocket is a pocket...no matter where you find it; 8 miles in or just off the road.

 

[elkguide]

It’s great to read all the posts about how everyone is going deep to hunt elk this year.

I went up to my haunts the other day and the elk are still right next to the road, where I left them last fall.

This pic was taken in a popular OTC unit, in a spot many drive right on past.

Go deep - please.

I hope that you are at least going to get out of the truck to shoot.

 

[ArrowForester]

Who needs to shoot.....just accelerate......

 

[ArrowForester]

Thanks for the reminder cnelk. I was just thinking this morning about my planned 7 mile hike to a hunting area.

 

[cnelk]

Another pic, same morning, taken from the window of my truck. Different OTC unit

 

[bozeman]

From an out of state point of view- this is difficult for me to grasp. If a whitetail is near a road in AL, it’s getting shot at from the road. Also- gettting ‘back deep’ in the country and seeing the terrain is just as enjoyable to me as shooting an elk. Wish you all the best this year, hopefully I will draw again next year!

 

[CX5Ranch]

My first elk fell 3/8 of a mile off an extremely well used ATV trail. I worked 2 bulls across the same trail the next year. But for me....I like to pack in deep and see how tough I am. Or is it how tough I think I am?

 

[Gobbler36]

I agree
You guys go play backcountry billy badass

 

[Topo_trekker]

Gotta love this type of post on a hardcore western hunting forum. What ever floats your boat.


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[bwlacy]

I'm not that proud to have to pack in. I've done it, enjoy it, and plan on doing it this year. But if I could shoot one 1/4 mile from the truck I would! I've never shot one and this will be my second try, I'll take anything

 

[Btaylor]

Who needs to shoot.....just accelerate......


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I got full coverage too.

 

[Sled]

when hunting, all miles aren't created equal. i'll take a 10 mile walk through the woods over a 1 mile sufferfest in the steep and deep. too bad i usually take my elk in the steep and deep. i still won't take one deeper than than i'm willing to pack out. i hunt solo so that is a bit limiting.

 

[lang]

My first bull a friend had taken me around a mountain so far I had no clue we were above a main paved road when we got a response. After hiking miles and miles we went back to the truck drove around to where we heard the response. We had a great pissing contest for a half an hour before he stepped out and gave me a shot about 200 yards off a paved road.

 

[cnelk]

I’m not saying NOT to go deep.
Hell, I was going deep before it was cool.

I’ve found that since 2009, ‘deep’ was getting crowded so I’ve adjusted my tactics.

Remember, Father Time is undefeated and sooner or later that ‘S’ on the chest is gonna fade and slip
And when it does, there are elk to had closer than ‘deep’

Good Luck in however you hunt

 

[RallySquirrel]

Not even one, "that's what she said". I would have bet 1 million Schrute bucks and lost on that one....

 

[oldgoat]

Stop giving the secrets away dude, this is as bad as posting a unit number!