Recent content by COCamper

Picked up a Cascade Mountain 80 qt cooler from Costco a year ago, think it was around $250. Very impressed with it during a 10 day camping trip, as well as two different 8 day hunts and a few summer parties where it was the beverage station. It's big, but will easily hold 4 quarters and keep...

Awesome bull! Congrats!

Nicely done, congrats! I agree, that picture with the other bull in the background is very cool.

Wow, reading this and it sounds soo familiar, just change the small town to Florence, SD. Small world... Hope you have a great hunt, I'm hearing solid reports from an hour NE of you.

Sure hope the weather starts to cooperate. 1st season elk hunting was tough going. Lots of hunters went home with tag soup. Hot, very dry and windy on the north side of the flattops. No fires allowed, we had to use propane for heat in the wall tents for the first time in 30+ years. Hunting...

I would spend a day or two exploring the Lost Canyon area. Lots of areas you can get vantage points to glass from, good variety of terrain from sage brush to dark timber. Please have a set of chains with you and know how and when to use them. Every year I see guys get in trouble that could...

Sorry to bring back an old thread... Cliff notes: We will be hunting unit 66 3rd season, I have ideas of where we will go based on a scouting trip in August, would welcome any other tips. Long version: My dad and I finally decided to cash in our preference points (13 resident)- primarily...

What area of unit 55 are you heading to? Had a nice buck tear the crap out of the willows near me last year while elk hunting in the unit. Actually I was parked on a FS road with cell reception checking in with the family! Hunted various parts of unit 55 for 30+ years, seen the deer herd...