New from Michigan

[Adam Gibbs]

My name is Adam, live in mid Michigan. Joined so I could start learning about western hunting. Kind of bored with sitting in trees. Started building points for Wyoming elk a few years ago. I plan to hunt there around 2020-2021. Until then, Im going to make the trek to other states to get my feet wet in spot and stalk and hike in hunting. Planning a trip to SD next fall for mule deer, may somewhere for OTC elk the year after. Ill be asking many dumb questions between now and then.

 

[ST52v]

You might want to hunt for cows in the unit you want to hunt in Wyoming. We did that for two years and learned a lot. We will not burn our points in that unit for a bull hunt.

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[Adam Gibbs]

You might want to hunt for cows in the unit you want to hunt in Wyoming. We did that for two years and learned a lot. We will not burn our points in that unit for a bull hunt.

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That would definitely be a consideration so we can get some exposure to what we'd need for when we go after bulls. Thanks for the tip!

 

[Northernpiker]

Welcome to Rokslide Adam, you can get some good info here. Great name!
Terry Gibbs.

 

[Greg Beck]

Welcome Adam!

 

[Blackflht05]

Welcome from SE MI, do my MI Deer hunting up there in Mid-Mich, southern half of the lower peninsula is some of the hardest hunted area in the US.
Tons of great info on this site, learning a lot myself.

 

[Steve O]

You might want to hunt for cows in the unit you want to hunt in Wyoming. We did that for two years and learned a lot. We will not burn our points in that unit for a bull hunt.

This is awesome advice. It will help you tune in your gear and technique. Even a scouting trip during the season you will be hunting without a tag in your hand. I have 19 elk points in Utah and took a trip a couple years ago to my unit the last week of September. I have a much better idea what to do and where to go when I finally draw a tag.

Be careful, once I started hunting out west, it gets extremely difficult to get excited about hunting in Michigan...