Claims of a 20 mile packout

[Poser]

Hunting related FB groups are hilarious.

 

[Jonathan_S]

If I couldn't get into elk within 10 miles of the truck, I'd probably quit elk hunting

 

[Ratbeetle]

I guess if it's cold enough to hang the meat for the week it takes you to pack it all out...

 

[Wrench]

While not IMPOSSIBLE, a September hunt that deep would require walking several miles down the road in North Idaho to meet those claims.....and given the possibility of hest and injury, it sounds like BS.

I'd bet there are not many places in the 48 that you can actually be 20 non internet miles from a road.

 

[Poser]

I reckon he also used to bench press “three fifty” back in high school.

 

[Elkhntr08]

Derek’s da man!!

 

[Wapiti1]

You guys aren't seeing his secret strategy at all. You park and hike 10-20 miles in one direction. He doesn't say that he didn't cross three or four roads in the process. This throws off all the other guys looking for his truck so they can smoke out his secret spots.

He shoots his elk near one of those other roads, rides his thumb back to his truck, and goes to retrieve it.

It's brilliant.

Jeremy

 

[Phaseolus]

Derek has some serious optics to watch elk climb 5000’!

 

[Mtslackcountry]

Trout Creek Couple Convicted of Hunting Violations - Flathead Beacon

A Trout Creek couple paid thousands of dollars in fines after pleading guilty to multiple hunting violations in Sanders and Gallatin counties, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks announced last week. Investigators say they launched an investigation into Derek and Cheryl Coon Ricks in October 2015...

flatheadbeacon.com

Pretty sure this is same guy...

 

[GetWestern]

Wish I had a dollar for every post I’ve seen like this on Facebook and instagram pages.

 

[THBZN]

I am going to start the "you gotta be less than a mile from the TH or truck" thread....seriously. When things come together and you tag out on a nice animal because you found him where you or anyone else wouldn't think to look, it's awesome. I like poking around in those small, tough to see but relatively easy to access hidey-holes. More times than not they are a bust, but every once in a while.....

 

[WoodrowCall]

Trout Creek Couple Convicted of Hunting Violations - Flathead Beacon

A Trout Creek couple paid thousands of dollars in fines after pleading guilty to multiple hunting violations in Sanders and Gallatin counties, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks announced last week. Investigators say they launched an investigation into Derek and Cheryl Coon Ricks in October 2015...

flatheadbeacon.com

Pretty sure this is same guy...

His picture on the internet from the story and his FB profile pic sure do seem to match...

 

[idahohikker]

Trout Creek Couple Convicted of Hunting Violations - Flathead Beacon

A Trout Creek couple paid thousands of dollars in fines after pleading guilty to multiple hunting violations in Sanders and Gallatin counties, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks announced last week. Investigators say they launched an investigation into Derek and Cheryl Coon Ricks in October 2015...

flatheadbeacon.com

Pretty sure this is same guy...

He appears to be trying to be tricksy with his 20 mile packin suggestion, keeping people off his baited fields.

You could get twenty miles in within the Bob, Frank, outside Yellowstone in WY. Never heard of anyone doing that without horses.

 

[Bubblehide]

Trout Creek Couple Convicted of Hunting Violations - Flathead Beacon

A Trout Creek couple paid thousands of dollars in fines after pleading guilty to multiple hunting violations in Sanders and Gallatin counties, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks announced last week. Investigators say they launched an investigation into Derek and Cheryl Coon Ricks in October 2015...

flatheadbeacon.com

Pretty sure this is same guy...

It must be hell packing all that bait in 20 miles

 

[tdhanses]

That guy is clueless. Try going 20 miles in and tell me how many roads are passed.

 

[OldGrayJB]

It sounds better to say "20 miles from the truck" than to say 20 miles from the horse trailer.

 

[tdhanses]

Hunting related FB groups are hilarious.

You should post the link In this thread to that post and ask him if he trains by packing bait 20 miles in

 

[mike.adams.467]

I called bs on his Facebook post, and he said he could do it in 4 trips (160 miles)... Sadly, some guys defended him.

 

[MThuntr]

Someone want to post the link to that page? Please!

 

[LaHunter]

It sounds better to say "20 miles from the truck" than to say 20 miles from the horse trailer.

20 miles even on a horse is a long way in the mountains.