Looking_4_Jerky
09-14-2015, 01:19 PM
So last year we decided to swap our elk hunt in the East Kootenay (lots of animals & high past success, but 9 hr drive for us) in favor of exploring an area of the West Kootenay (tougher access, seemingly fewer animals, but less than 4 hr drive). Although we were successful, we really scoured inaccessible basins on foot to locate the animals.
As I'm among the eldest of our hunting party, I was determined to be well conditioned for this year's hunt. I got out for a couple training hikes and started running at lunch. Last Wednesday when I got back from my run I noticed that I seemed to have a light pull in my right calf muscle. I managed to baby it for a few days, but I'd totally forgotten about it and on Thursday evening, while playing tag with my 7yr daughter, I pulled the sh*t out of it or possibly tore it to some degree.
Long story short, We leave for our elk trip this Thursday. Given that I can still barely walk on it, I doubt I'm going to be able to access any severe country on foot, let alone pack elk out.
I'm curious to hear people's perspective. Should still attend and ATV hunt cut-blocks and the limited high country that is accessible? Have people had reasonable success road hunting elk in rugged terrain like the West Koots? Is there still a reasonable chance to find elk in steep cut-blocks? I've seen a number of bull elk from the truck in the east, but the densities are obviously much higher and I seem to see them in all sorts of terrain types over there, not so much the slides and basins like the west.
I know that I won't get one from my living room, but I do have limited escape-credits and the time off could be put to use in coming moose LEH & GOS moose hunts. Thoughts?
As I'm among the eldest of our hunting party, I was determined to be well conditioned for this year's hunt. I got out for a couple training hikes and started running at lunch. Last Wednesday when I got back from my run I noticed that I seemed to have a light pull in my right calf muscle. I managed to baby it for a few days, but I'd totally forgotten about it and on Thursday evening, while playing tag with my 7yr daughter, I pulled the sh*t out of it or possibly tore it to some degree.
Long story short, We leave for our elk trip this Thursday. Given that I can still barely walk on it, I doubt I'm going to be able to access any severe country on foot, let alone pack elk out.
I'm curious to hear people's perspective. Should still attend and ATV hunt cut-blocks and the limited high country that is accessible? Have people had reasonable success road hunting elk in rugged terrain like the West Koots? Is there still a reasonable chance to find elk in steep cut-blocks? I've seen a number of bull elk from the truck in the east, but the densities are obviously much higher and I seem to see them in all sorts of terrain types over there, not so much the slides and basins like the west.
I know that I won't get one from my living room, but I do have limited escape-credits and the time off could be put to use in coming moose LEH & GOS moose hunts. Thoughts?