A
ARTJR338
Guest
I have wished to post this question for quite some time, but am now finally getting around to it.
I was wondering if anyone recalls an article in the 2003 OCT issue of Bowhunting Mag written by Randy Ulmer and Bob Rob, describes Ulmers super lite weight styile of early (durring the bugle) season bow hunting for large bulls and or herd bulls.
In it he describes that he wears only a good pair of light weight running shoes, and carries litterally only the bare essentials to hunt and kill an elk. Ulmer states in the article he does not where a pack of any kind and carries no food, water, or survival gear of any kind so as to keep as light as possible to be able to quickly circle around and get in front of a bull on the move.
My question is to thoses with more early season elk hunts under belts than I is, how wise is it to where only running shoes in the mountains while pursuing elk? I only have two elk hunts ( both durring the bugling season) under my belt so far, but as a result spent a combined six weeks of chaising elk all over the place, and I cant help but wonder and be concerned about a pair of running shoes giving sufficiant ankle suport. Nothing else can bring a swifter or more compleat end to a elk hunt, and even possibly put your life at risk, than a badly twisted or worce broaken ankle.
I am some what interested as I where size 15 Xtra wide shoes, and a pair weighs nearly four pounds, and New Ballance makes alot of running shoes in my size.
As far as the rest of his suggestions, I think for a non-res like me it borders on the fool-hardy to go afeild in unfamilure elk mountains with no food and especially no water. The hunting method he described would no doubt be the bees knees for anyone familure with the area thay are hunting though, but even then I would not go afeild without at least water.
Whats been anyones experience, and what do you all think of elk hunting in the mountains wearing running shoes?
I was wondering if anyone recalls an article in the 2003 OCT issue of Bowhunting Mag written by Randy Ulmer and Bob Rob, describes Ulmers super lite weight styile of early (durring the bugle) season bow hunting for large bulls and or herd bulls.
In it he describes that he wears only a good pair of light weight running shoes, and carries litterally only the bare essentials to hunt and kill an elk. Ulmer states in the article he does not where a pack of any kind and carries no food, water, or survival gear of any kind so as to keep as light as possible to be able to quickly circle around and get in front of a bull on the move.
My question is to thoses with more early season elk hunts under belts than I is, how wise is it to where only running shoes in the mountains while pursuing elk? I only have two elk hunts ( both durring the bugling season) under my belt so far, but as a result spent a combined six weeks of chaising elk all over the place, and I cant help but wonder and be concerned about a pair of running shoes giving sufficiant ankle suport. Nothing else can bring a swifter or more compleat end to a elk hunt, and even possibly put your life at risk, than a badly twisted or worce broaken ankle.
I am some what interested as I where size 15 Xtra wide shoes, and a pair weighs nearly four pounds, and New Ballance makes alot of running shoes in my size.
As far as the rest of his suggestions, I think for a non-res like me it borders on the fool-hardy to go afeild in unfamilure elk mountains with no food and especially no water. The hunting method he described would no doubt be the bees knees for anyone familure with the area thay are hunting though, but even then I would not go afeild without at least water.
Whats been anyones experience, and what do you all think of elk hunting in the mountains wearing running shoes?