![]() I had scouted the area in September and knew where some elk had been hanging out. Joe’s call concerned me because I had seen elk in that area earlier in the year. I told him what I knew about that particular area and have yet to find out if he was successful. He reported that he was seeing elk but not as many as he had hoped. He had come down for archery hunting season but wasn’t able to close the distance and made another trip down for rifle season. He wasn’t able to come out on a guided hunt so I told him what I knew about hunting the area and he called when he needed advice which I was happy to give. He was fortunate enough to draw an out of state bull tag for that area. We had supper that night and discussed our options for the next morning.Ī gentleman by the name of Joe called me that night. They were fortunate to have good roads on their way up from Lubbock, Texas. Richard and Steve arrived the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Richard and Steve agreed and we set the hunt up to start the Sunday after Thanksgiving. ![]() Because of the potential to hunt trophy bull elk in this area I thought proper etiquette was to let the bull elk hunters get the first three weeks to fill their tags. It started on the first and ended the last day of the month. The elk rifle hunt for this area occurs in November. So we put Richard and his friend Steve, who had come up in 2010 with Richard on his first antelope/deer combo hunt, in for Wyoming elk hunting area 113, first choice – type 4 (cow/calf permit) in January of 2012 and I received a call from Richard after the draw. It had been six years since he and I had met on his elk hunt in Pinedale. He didn’t care if it was a cow, bull or calf he just wanted to hunt elk. I continued to probe and come to find out Richard thirsting for a good hunt elk again. “Well yeah, is that what you’re thinking about doing instead of building your points for the bull tag?” Richard had never asked me about hunting cows before so it took me by surprise. “Do you think I could get a cow elk tag in 2012?” he asked. We had been putting Richard in for preference point for four years hoping that he could draw a bull tag for our elk hunting area in 2012. The conversation eventually led to elk hunting. To pass the time while glassing, we kept the conversation going by telling each other hunting stories and exaggerating a bit when we thought we could get away with it. It was the third day of a four day deer hunt and I was beginning to get anxious because we hadn’t seen a trophy deer. We were sitting in the pickup on a high bald ridge looking for a trophy deer the land owner had seen before the hunting season. In 2011, Richard and I were hunting deer on one of Peak Adventures properties. Unfortunately, Richard was not able to harvest an elk on that trip so his pursuit for an elk would have to wait. I guided two of his friends on that hunt but Richard and I hit it off when we had the chance to visit during the evenings. ![]() He and a group of friends, six total, had booked a mule deer and elk combo hunt. I was just getting Peak Adventures started and was supplementing the business by guiding for other outfitters. I had met Richard in Pinedale, Wyoming in 2006.
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