elkshooter
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All,
I gotta whine a little about elk season this year and my personal lack of success - AGAIN!
I was up in unit 231 with 3 buddies the second week of the season and damn it was crowded. Tons of out of staters all hudled together in a small area. Throw in the sheep herders pushing sheep around and there was hardly an animal to be seen.
We did manage to get on one cow that I shot and hit in the front shoulder. After several hours of looking and not finding any blood we gave up the track and figured she was coyote food. I found the arrow and it only went into her just about an inch beyond my steelforce broadhead. She broke it off in some trees right at the ferrell.
I then hunted the last weekend of the season and heard/saw nothing in unit 15/231.
I've been bow hunting elk now in Colorado for about 6-7 years and am yet to close the deal and am starting to get frustrated. I've been close every year...blown stalks, wind changing directions and seeing nothing but white behinds, stupid mistakes on my part, etc have all lead me to come home year after year without an animal in my truck bed.
I know that's the beauty of bow-hunting and that's part of the challenge. I've shot elk with a rifle and it's great for the meat, but it really isn't the same as getting 5 yards from one and beating it at it's game - the thrill of the bow. I just wish I had some meat in the freezer to show for the boot leather I've worn out over the years.
I heard all kinds of stories about how many elk people have seen in 231 and saw a few lucky guys with racks in the back of their trucks. I must conclude that I must be doing something wrong, or some people are full of stories...perhaps both.
I know the state average for bow hunters is 10% or 1 every 10 years...maybe next year. I figure the law of averages has got to shine on me the next couple of years.
I've bow hunted mostly in the Steamboat area, backpacking in the Zirkel wilderness area, units 141, 231, 15, etc ...thinking maybe next year I'll head southwest. I keep hearing that the DOW says that there are more elk in the NW part of the state than anywhere, but darn if I have seen them over the years. Don't know...still just waiting to see that big bull at 20 yards...like everyone here.
Just wishing/hoping the good lord sends me some good luck next season and puts me on a collision course with a big boy.
I'm sure you other guys feel the same way....
Signed,
Scott the no elk meating guy again this year!
I gotta whine a little about elk season this year and my personal lack of success - AGAIN!
I was up in unit 231 with 3 buddies the second week of the season and damn it was crowded. Tons of out of staters all hudled together in a small area. Throw in the sheep herders pushing sheep around and there was hardly an animal to be seen.
We did manage to get on one cow that I shot and hit in the front shoulder. After several hours of looking and not finding any blood we gave up the track and figured she was coyote food. I found the arrow and it only went into her just about an inch beyond my steelforce broadhead. She broke it off in some trees right at the ferrell.
I then hunted the last weekend of the season and heard/saw nothing in unit 15/231.
I've been bow hunting elk now in Colorado for about 6-7 years and am yet to close the deal and am starting to get frustrated. I've been close every year...blown stalks, wind changing directions and seeing nothing but white behinds, stupid mistakes on my part, etc have all lead me to come home year after year without an animal in my truck bed.
I know that's the beauty of bow-hunting and that's part of the challenge. I've shot elk with a rifle and it's great for the meat, but it really isn't the same as getting 5 yards from one and beating it at it's game - the thrill of the bow. I just wish I had some meat in the freezer to show for the boot leather I've worn out over the years.
I heard all kinds of stories about how many elk people have seen in 231 and saw a few lucky guys with racks in the back of their trucks. I must conclude that I must be doing something wrong, or some people are full of stories...perhaps both.
I know the state average for bow hunters is 10% or 1 every 10 years...maybe next year. I figure the law of averages has got to shine on me the next couple of years.
I've bow hunted mostly in the Steamboat area, backpacking in the Zirkel wilderness area, units 141, 231, 15, etc ...thinking maybe next year I'll head southwest. I keep hearing that the DOW says that there are more elk in the NW part of the state than anywhere, but darn if I have seen them over the years. Don't know...still just waiting to see that big bull at 20 yards...like everyone here.
Just wishing/hoping the good lord sends me some good luck next season and puts me on a collision course with a big boy.
I'm sure you other guys feel the same way....
Signed,
Scott the no elk meating guy again this year!
