Elk Anyone?? Pa, Ny, Nj, Ohio or around area guys

Teeton

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Ok now that all the draws are up and I didn't draw anyplace and my friend that I was going to go with drew and muledeer tag and can't do the elk hunt with me. So I'm looking for a partner. So if ur in the area of Pa.. ( i live in Northeast Pa and drive out on I 80 thru Ohio )

I/we are going to do our old standby which is going to be Colorado elk.. I've been doing elk hunts out west for the last 20 plus years. I drive out and meet up with friends out there. 1 of them lives in Colorado one lives in Louisiana. Between the 3 of us we have 200 plus days in the unit we hunt. The first few days we hunt 2 spots that's hunted from the road. If the elk are not there we backpack in to other spots we know.. So U'll need good or have to get good backpacking gear.. I've been a backpacker all my life so I can help u with gear if needed.

This unit is not a easy unit in any of the places we hunting. So being or getting in shape is very important. Hunting can be at 8500k to as high as 12k. So the air can get thin.

This is a 2 week hunt with about 10/11 full days hunting. I will be leaving Pa (driving) on Friday 9/12 after work and try to be back home on Saturday 9/27 trying to have 2 nights in my own bed so I'm rested for work on Monday. We will be hunting the last 2 weeks of their archery season.

Some other note's..

We drive mostly straight thru. Leaving around 5pm Friday the 12th and hint Denver Co about 6/7pm western time on Saturday. Sometimes we get a hotel room west of Denver and sleep. Some times we pull off the road and setup a tent on the million's of acre's of pubic land Colorado has. We will most likely start hunting Sunday afternoon. We most likely will leave to come back to Pa on Thursday the 25th. I/we most of the time drive straight thru back home, but not always. All fuel costs are split on trip. Fuel costs will be around $400 to $450 each at $3.75 a gallon. License cost (elk) this year will be around $600. This is not a fly by night hunt and will be a fair chase with all the Colorado Dow rules being followed.

I really would like someone that's hunted out west before, but if ur very willing to get well prepared all around.. I can look past that. If interested pm or email me at [email protected] in the subject line put Colorado Archery Elk ....

Thanks for reading Ed

Ps If you send me a Pm please post on this thread that you sent me one... Thanks again,, Ed
 

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Hey Ed. That's an awesome offer you are throwing out in this thread. Especially to someone who would be new to hunting out West. I live outside of Philly and my hunting cabin is on Forkston Mntn west of Tunkhannock. Although I cannot do CO this year(AK and Iowa), I am planning on doing CO elk next Fall. My last two bow trips were solo as I am tired of waiting for guys to commit and or cancel at the last minute. I hunt the NW corner of CO in the Routte NF. Great huntin and not alot of hunters. I will send you my contact info. Maybe we can get together up by you sometime for a beer and shoot the shit alittle. Sounds like you have some experience with living out of the backpack. Where I hunt, I'm operating out of a base camp, hiking in and out daily. Which is a ball buster!! With the new gear I have accumulated for my AK hunt, I really want to develop my backpack living skills. Sounds like you may be able to school me.
Hope to talk to ya soon,
Dan
 
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Teeton

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This spot is filled pending face to face meeting in a few weeks.. It's not 100% so keep this in mind if this thread pops back up.. Again thanks to everyone that looked it over..Respectfully ED R
 
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