Camp site: We will probably be hunting an area in Colorado where the trailhead is about 9000 ft and the peaks are about 11500 ft. We will be hunting early in September.
Does the altitude of your camp site make a difference?
If it's early season and the rut hasn't started or the bulls are still higher up should we be camping up there?
If we are camped high and the morning currents move downward does that spoil the immediate area?
When I read/hear that the bulls may still be at higher elevations early does that mean above the treeline or just at the upper
elevations that are still wooded?
Game bags: How many or how much bag capacity/volume do we need for one elk?
Any legal bull: We will be hunting an OTC area with a lot of elk and a lot of hunters. Probably normal success rate 9-10%. It is my understanding that areas like this do not have larger bulls because the biggest elk generally get hunted hard every year.
With this in mind how does that affect the herd dynamic?
Will there still be recognizable herd-bulls that are just smaller than you might see in more controlled areas?
Or, is it a free-for-all, where younger bulls can only round up smaller numbers of cows?
Thanks. This forum is great.
Does the altitude of your camp site make a difference?
If it's early season and the rut hasn't started or the bulls are still higher up should we be camping up there?
If we are camped high and the morning currents move downward does that spoil the immediate area?
When I read/hear that the bulls may still be at higher elevations early does that mean above the treeline or just at the upper
elevations that are still wooded?
Game bags: How many or how much bag capacity/volume do we need for one elk?
Any legal bull: We will be hunting an OTC area with a lot of elk and a lot of hunters. Probably normal success rate 9-10%. It is my understanding that areas like this do not have larger bulls because the biggest elk generally get hunted hard every year.
With this in mind how does that affect the herd dynamic?
Will there still be recognizable herd-bulls that are just smaller than you might see in more controlled areas?
Or, is it a free-for-all, where younger bulls can only round up smaller numbers of cows?
Thanks. This forum is great.