Elk hunt up north 2010

[Bill Dance]

It was awesome having 10 days off to go hunting but too bad everything else didn't cooperate. It rained almost every day not to mention where we hunt there was a lot of construction and there was a new gas drilling rig in our area so the traffic was crazy and noisy. We seen elk only 3 days on the whole trip and 2 of the days were before the season started. The other day it was so dark due to the rain, we couldn't tell if there was a bull in the bunch.

We seen these guys before the season opened for them.
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This was the camp setup.

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This is my hunting setup.

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[Steeleco]

Too bad about the lack of game, but I'd bet you still had a better time than if you'd stayed at work. Maybe next time!!

[lightmag]

nice tree stand, love the umbrella

[Bill Dance]

This is my buddy Adam's hunting setup.


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The elk around Adam's setup were coming in to eat the hay so he setup his blind there. I setup where I did because there was a good trail coming in to the field. I also put a trail cam up , tied down the top wire on the fence and put some hay on the other side of the fence.

These are some of the pics on the camera.

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[Bill Dance]

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We managed to get some black bears though.

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh125/Bill_Dance60/P1010003-2.jpg


All in all we had a pretty good trip. I'll be doing some elk hunting this weekend closer to home.

See you out there!

[blindguy]

looks like you had a good trip anyways. looks like you were in the same spot where we ran into you in nov deer hunting.Where are they putting the well site in that area?

Love it up there counting the days until nov 11th

[moosinaround]

Hey Jim, We had a tough go of it up there too! Seen fresh tracks and cows with calfs, spiker bulls, but no 3 or better!! Rained 3.5 out of 5 days!! No bugling being done, no answers. Covered a lot of ground but no elk. Seen tons of bears, coyotes, deer, and no moose either!! I will hunt the wapiti closer to PG aswell! See ya out there!! Moosin

[Mik]

Great camp set up. Congrats on the bears! And not to worry, the season is only beginning

[trigger]

well not all trips end with animals. but at least you had a good time. That right there is success