AzDiamondHeat

Really? Smh Why?

Too many variables to have an opinion on that exact scenario. However, if I came in on another hunter I wouldn't have encroached unless I was "passing through". Not only to be courteous but also due to the fact that I have no desire to hunt an area already being hunted(unless I knew the area well and KNEW there was enough room for more than one and KNEW where the other guy was. Last year on an elk hunt I had only walked 50 feet from my truck when another dude pulled right up next to us and got out with his son. I was a little irritated at first but headed towards them to talk to them. Turns out they had been hitting that same area for the last week chasing a bull they had been scouting for months. They also were headed north and I was headed south so no big deal. We traded game plans as to not step on each other and went hunting. We were both happy and made a new friend. It's a big forest.

I think your buddy is the luckiest SOB on the planet as you got to shoot an elk and morally get to hunt more and shoot another one. Dude needs to put away his butthurt and realize what he has been given. TWO friggin elk hunts for the price of one!

A decent 6x6 walked across the road right in front of me today. Just sorta sauntered across. Gave me a good stare down and I swear I saw him stick his tongue out at me. They know. Jokes on him though, my wife has a COW tag!

This wind SUUUUUUUUUUUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fortunately my wife forgot shoes so we won' t have to hunt in the wind in the morning. It's the little things that make me thankful......lol

you bring a propane lantern in your pack? My thoughts exactly. I'm rather confused as to how the two of you drew the conclusion the lantern is intended to be carried in a pack. By the time you crammed in all the previously mentioned items, target, multiple sets of boots and sneakers, water proofing spray, gators, a big breakfast, multiple rolls of toilet paper and even a pound of enjoyment in there simply wouldn't be room left for the lantern. It is a handy item to have back at the vehicle if you need to spend hours in the dark boning out an elk. You're gonna chase Elk for miles, kill one, then walk back to your truck for a lantern then back out to the kill? I'll stick with a small flashlight In my experience it is generally easier to move the vehicle to the closest legal point and pack the shortest possible distance. I am also hunting with a partner. The one who shot it starts cutting, the other recovers the vehicle, and brings the lantern, pack frame and anything else needed back to the kill. I only shoot if they're close to the road I only shoot if they're close to FROM the road so I don't have to pack them out. Fixed it for you. We all know. No need to be coy...lol

well that's sad, christine has a tag and we are planning the whole season even if she tags out early can't wait, i'm setting up a spike camp tomorrow. I agree. Normally she is pretty into it but it is very difficult for me to argue with morning sickness....

I am hunting the entire time until my wife fills her tag. My wife wants to hunt exactly zero days. I told her the better she hunts the quicker it is over. I have a feeling it will be "over" quickly.... but not with a filled tag. lol

How/where do you guys carry your sidearm while carrying a pack?

I go back and forth on this. Does the guy with the elk tag take precedence over the guy out there hunting coyotes? If the guy with the elk tag says yes, I wonder what his opinion was 3 weeks earlier when he was scouting for elk in the middle of the early archery deer season.... The forest belongs to everyone regardless of season. I try to have as much "courtesy" as I can and respect what others are doing out there at that time. With that said, I am not going to refrain from enjoying the outdoors just because someone else might be enjoying it in a different way. A few years back I was elk hunting and was muttering about the danged wood cutters that were ruining my hunt. Later that day after I had shot an elk a wood cutter came by and spent 2 hours helping me track, dress, and load my elk. He wasn't out there being selfish trying to ruin my hunt; he was just getting wood for his family during the time he had available to do so. As for the guys out there calling elk when they don't have a tag, I am fine with it. If you are good enough at calling then the elk will not be affected by any other "education" they may be getting. I think it is more about courtesy and respecting others than anything else.

Went to the memorial a few years back. Serious humble moment.

I was thinking of doing the same thing with the advertising tarp! How was it installing the grommets? Also do you feel the vinyl makes it hotter than a normal tarp? Grommets are easy once you get the hang of it. It's not rocket surgery. The cheapy kits from walmart work just fine although they are not as efficient as a vice or plier type. The biggest challenge with the vinyl material is getting the hole punch to cut it where it is doubled up. That stuff is STRONG. I think the vinyl is cooler as it cuts more sun and provides UV(as far as I could tell). It is a bit heavy and more cumbersome than a poly tarp though. Hard wrangle with one person.

If you are willing to drive a little further to Taylor Kayce Turley has done right by me and many others on here. Great guy and very good stuff.

be careful to not go too cheap as although you may get "shade" you will not get uv protection. It will feel hotter under it than not under it. I bought a advertising tarp from craigslist and cut it to size and put grommets in it. Will last 10 times longer than the poly tarps. If you do go poly tarp, I recommend the heavy duty silver ones. Just my $.02

I'm headed up Wednesday.

Very cool. Sounds like an epic adventure and well earned reward.

In that 4th pic it looks like it has some mange going on. maybe just the way the pic is?

I need to start getting out of bed before noon.....

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eyeguard....

Just wait until they are walking away and shoot them in the brown bullseye....

Yea me too. Now he's famous. You guys admit to watching ch 3???

They coulds still be "perfect"....

Never shot one but did find a band in a bone pile under an eagle nest.

Nobody is ever "solo" in 4b......lol More like by yourself with 250 of your closest friends right next door! I'll be out there too(4b) if you need help.

Depends on where it is. If around our property it dies. Violently. Out in the desert....meh. It is just being what it is.