ricebasher302
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Quote: "Have you hunted in the Rockies?
A deer or elk that goes a hundred yards can wind up a hundred yards below you - often in terrain that you can't safely navigate yourself.
Lower yourself down to an elk carcass with a rope, then look back up the 200 feet or so near-vertical slope and ask yourself how you're going to pack out several hundred pounds of meat up that slope and the several miles to the nearest road, along with the hide and antlers before the meat spoils or gets fly-blown."
Vern Humphrey, I'm from Wyoming, so I know what hunting in the mountians is like. I have indeed roped elk up near vertical inclines in hot weather, one particular episode comes to mind. I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment. All of my family shoots Behind the shoulder on deer and elk and have never really had a bad experience. We've all been very successful at recovering game. Perhaps someday that luck will run dry, but, for now, it's working well for me.
A deer or elk that goes a hundred yards can wind up a hundred yards below you - often in terrain that you can't safely navigate yourself.
Lower yourself down to an elk carcass with a rope, then look back up the 200 feet or so near-vertical slope and ask yourself how you're going to pack out several hundred pounds of meat up that slope and the several miles to the nearest road, along with the hide and antlers before the meat spoils or gets fly-blown."
Vern Humphrey, I'm from Wyoming, so I know what hunting in the mountians is like. I have indeed roped elk up near vertical inclines in hot weather, one particular episode comes to mind. I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment. All of my family shoots Behind the shoulder on deer and elk and have never really had a bad experience. We've all been very successful at recovering game. Perhaps someday that luck will run dry, but, for now, it's working well for me.
