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    Wyo Gen Archery II - Are you shooting?

    yes - I have passed several hundred whitetails, but never a bull elk. Just do not get that many chances at elk in your life time when you live in Michigan.
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    Hunting with camp on your back?

    I plan to hunt from my truck this year. No camp set up. Get in the back and go to sleep. I will have bivy gear with me if I do decide to go in over night. But the 3 plus day bivy hunt is a thing of the past. Hit one area then on to the next down the road driving my sleeping quarters with me.
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    Another newbie elk question

    "I'll always leave it alone for 2-3 days before hitting it again, so always changing it up." was stated above. This is true only if you know where other elk are located. Leaving elk to find different new elk is terrible advise. You have to hunt elk when they are in your lap. It is not like...
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    Do you leave your quiver on or off when elk hunting

    Always on and practice with it on full minus one arrow.
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    Kill kit weights and ideas. Lets see yours? Ideas?

    Well, I even number them. It is a good hunt when you are on "Kill Kit #2"
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    Reed calls

    Go turkey hunting. Learn to call turkeys with a diaphragm call. Elk calling is easy compared to all the sounds you make turkey calling. After a while it will not matter what call manufacture you use. Pop the call in your mouth and go at it. The car is the best place to practice. Just...
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    Let's talk Broadheads....

    Worry more about your tune and ability to shoot well under pressure. I would not change much on your set up. Guys that change there bow, arrows, heads for a "big hunt" are asking for trouble. Shoot what you know!
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    CO OTC Elk 2023 Questions

    Going in deep is all fine, but how you going to get the meat out if you are one the 8% that are successful. Solo, in more then 2 miles is a challenge unless you are just hunting off a major trail. Then you will not need to worry about any meat!
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    Struggling to find western hunting partners

    Not easy! Give up your own time hunting and focus on your kids lives. Spend time with them. Read to them. Help them with their homework. Play with them. Discipline them. If you love them and they love you, they will want to spend time with you. Even when they become adults. Hunting is...
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    Struggling to find western hunting partners

    I am lucky. I raised my hunting partners. Most of my hunting is done with my son and daughter.
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    Barb wire fence around blind for Cattle?

    So, in the past while hunting Wy I have put up barb wire single strand fence around pop up blinds to keep cattle from crushing them. It is a hassle. Has anyone had cows crush their blinds? Just wondering if I really need to pack in barb wire and posts?
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    How many days to you devote to an elk trip?

    2 full weeks - I am all archery for elk.
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    Getting Ready for Elk trip...a few newb questions (NOT Unit related!!)

    At base camp we do prepared frozen meals in portion size ready to eat in plastic containers. We have a small microwave we run off a generator or an inverter hooked up to the truck. 5 minutes and meal is done. Pop the lid back on the disposable container and into a garbage bag and you are...
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    Wyoming General Elk Draw Odds - Fair warning to rookies

    Massive reductions in Mule deer populations, loss of all eastern caribou hunting, and large reductions in pronghorn numbers and corresponding tag reductions for all have also contributed to more focus on elk hunting. Add to that the loss of easy cheap access whitetail hunting in the midwest and...
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    Wyoming nonresident elk draw thread!

    I am in the special with zero also. Got to try!
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