elkaholic

which one would you shoot ----- gotta love fall strutting toms -- gobbling every morning

i'm pretty sure they mean "retired veterans" as they can get clearance for restricted areas too. i dont think any veteran will get preferernce before active enlisted --i'm a vet and doubt i'll get preference lucky to even draw when i diid

regular hunting civilian tag holders have never been allowed to go into the restricted areas .to hunt-- you still need a regular background type check to hunt the depot as a civilain seeing how they reduced the number of civilain tags - i highly doubt they will ever change the rules and allow civilian hunters into the restricted areas now if an wounded animal gets into the restricted area from the buffer zone ,they have allowed a security escort to recover the animal pretty sure that now civilians hired to work on the base do have access to the restricted areas for work and are usually monitored by base security but not for hunting-

have drawn depot tags before- will never apply agin though I did fill two elk tags and staying in the barracks is way cool -- lots of rules/ regulations can cancel any hunt - area without notice- closed so a birfull bird could use rifle range to qualify - then he doesn't show - lost a days hunting time reduced number of civilian tags so now not worth the hassle in my opinion --working base civilians and active or retired got it made almost a guaranteed tag especially in second chance draw most put in general hunts and if not f drawn always afew leftovers and few people able to apply sorry jack but you do know how the game is often played on the base!!

Happy to see you tagged a big old bull- Glad you had a great adventure on your elk hunt. A tagged bull - meat in the freezer and a safe trip. way to go Bob - next adventure - ARIZONA bound!

^ the ultimate blindside as we sit - " ripe for the pickings" not believing its possible!

what did you do Bob - fall asleep for 2 days - lol

whatever the caliper / bullet - rifle - pistol when the shot is placed in the vitals - it will usually mean a clean kill and a tagged animal However -- do not forget good optics are needed to be able to make the shot! practice makes for a better more confident hunter while taking the shot

might be after the extra salty chips - that often go with campouts - lol

Don't know how I missed this post - lol great job - second best thing to hunting - a freezer full of game meat -

makes me want to kick myself in pants for not picking one up at an estate sale - great buy if you need one very dependable motors

just so you know - there are a few articles on rendering bear fat but this makes one say ohhh- it would be worth finding someone to do it if necessary Bear Oil Bear oil which is from rendered bear fat sells for $14.00 per ounce or $0.50 per gram plus shipping Bear oil has many uses. Besides culinary and soap making, it is used in crafts, medicine, conditioning leather and hair, oil lamps, as a lubricant, as a skin softener, in cosmetics, as aphrodisiac and rejuvenator, to promote hair growth and countless other uses.

Start a new Thread - Bob's BS ( bull story ) lol

you can use a spent shell casing to whistle in elk if needed - they may answer to just about anything- goose calls - peacock calls - heard of one that came into camp - stood screaming at a running generator a friend said I snored one in , one night but I can't say its true or not - lol I like it when someone says they were hunting elk and some guy was making the worst sounding elk calls he ever heard - "guy doesn't even know how to blow a call" seems to usually turn out to be a huge old bull - watching young bulls bugle -getting ready to go at each other tearing up trees spar - hear this weird sounding bugle kept getting closer and they basically split - thought fer sure some hunter -- nope big old bull that probably had whipped these young'uns before - they knew his call and decided it wasn't worth hanging around

if you are looking for something bigger than your avatar -- Pass

Keep us posted - still haven't decided on spring hunts - lol

that's a baby faced fatboy - doesn't have the big scared long snoot like real old bears but layered in good bear STEW MEAT - somebody going to get a lot of rendering fat off that bear - hope they don't waste it .

meat in the freezer - things were tough for a lot of guys this yr.

I have no doubts that 350+ 5x5 bulls are around - so a 370 isn't out of line at all several units around the state that often produce huge 5x5 racks

Bob's on the road home - sure we'll get pictures and story soon !

Ok anybody got any info - I just barely caught the sign as I drove by - traffic didn't allow an easy turnaround so I'm putting out the question to CWT and any locals here . I stopped and chatted with Troy at the chino taxidermy shop but he didn't know much either and couldn't give a number or knew of anyone with recommendations just askin as it's always nice to have a few different processors around don't even know if he does wild game meat

do you have a name of the business and or a contact number ?

high 80's

access to Horseshoe is walkin only and only for experienced hikers locals won't even take horses in there - to rough - access has been closed a couple of seasons - probably a few monsters roamin around - go on google earth and check it out the rain washed everything away- google shows 2013 they have had severall bad storms after those images . should be able to take fs 42 over the top and glass a lot of country - no sure how good any of the roads are but 42b can get you into remote locations just try to get there a couple days early to prescout and check roads

Just wondering what has been seen or tagged in 10 this yr . Tales of no real bugling in and around the s/e portion of the unit . no sightings of hanging elk or in back of trucks heading to butcher No news of BO success yet