When plan A and B burn, what’s plan C?

[RyoTHC]

Well it’s that time of year again!
but this year, being overly prepared comes with punishment !

My hunting partner and myself have booked off September back in the spring to chase elk for the first time after seeing a nice bachelor herd of bulls in our “backyard” all sporting some nice head gear with lots of time to grow! We had planned to hunt that area and at least get boots on the ground and start piecing together any sign and trying to get even a basic understanding of the local elk…

We even thought we were being smart and had a backup plan another hour further, with some intel and trail cam footage generously shared by a member here.. we had two potential areas to focus and some legal bulls in each…

fast forward to august, and as Lady Luck would have it.. both spots are burning, both will likely be closed to hunting for the season and I’m sure those elk have vacated the premise!


So now we are taking a completely new approach.. going to put a map on the wall and throw a dart at it…

but in all seriousness, even our local white tail spot is toasted in yet another fire, our hand is forced to travel to hunt this year so we have no attachment to either, but I feel like we have two options…

We can either go north to the Tumbler ridge area, and if I’m reading the regulations right during the time we could be there we would have the chance at, 3point or better elk, cow elk?? Any bull moose that’s 2pt tri palm or 10pt as well as 4Ptt mulie, any white tail buck and black bear…

OR

In the general area of Salmo, chasing 6pt elk, 4pt mulie WT bucks and bears..

We are both hunting with .308, each have a quad, all the camping nessesities inc inreach.

If you guys were in our shoes, what would you suggest? Looking at pretty much any and all options to salvage our hunt plans and best utilize our holidays to fill our freezers after a lack lustre spring bear hunt ! For us anyways.

I will note that we have absolutely no idea where to even begin in either area so that’s a wash, we will just put boots on the ground and put to use everything we have learned in the last couple years of hunting.. just general suggestions, warnings or tips would be appreciated! We have no problem working hard for our meat.