Well I'm happy to say I had a great time elk hunting. Yet sorry to say I won't have any elk meat in the freezer this year. It was a "hair tag" for elk with a muzzleloader. Unfortunately we only had one small snow and snow is a great asset in locating the elk. The day before it snowed, it was blowing and raining and I was able to get with 80 yards of a herd. I shot at a cow, but missed. Don't know how I missed, but I tracked for 2 miles and never found blood. I also went back to the same area the next day and followed tracks from the same herd. I found their tracks and beds, but never found any blood. The day before I shot a coyote right behind the leg at 92 yards, so I felt really comfortable shooting at the cow, but I'm wondering if the strong winds affected my shooting.
The next two days I was into elk over and over, but if I was in the thick woods I didn't have a clear shot, and if I had a clear shot, it was to far.
Never saw antlers (on elk...I saw some awesome mulies), but saw a lot of elk, and hiked my legs off.
Here are a few pics of the country. Lots of burned timber.
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