Experienced hunter and back country user...... in the past I have offered myself as a mentor but now I have a request for a mentor myself
I am looking for a person or small group that can show me the ropes of elk hunting in BC.
I can travel anywhere , have a grizzly 550 atv , a lifted Jeep XJ hunting rig and a custom 8ft hunting trailer
completely self contained with all the gear for getting anywhere, anytime.
So here's the thing. I am somewhat disabled and that affects my pelvis and lower back. I manage that with perscription and health canada licensed cannabis. Some may balk at that but most other hunters I have hunted with have had zero issues.
I am declining in physical ability but I am very capable and have excellent bush sense and skills.
On my bucket list is a mature bull elk..... I don't care if it;s a trophy animal, just a legal mature bull
I have spent all this time chasing region 2 blacktail and region 3&5 mulies/whitetail and region 6 moose but the only elk hunt I have been on that was successful was a region 7 cow draw. One success out of 3 draws.
I am looking for someone who knows elk and can take me along , someone who maybe might want to hunt blacktails?
I've hunted the same GPS coordinate for blacktails and hybrids for over 20 years now with an incredible success rate. I generally fill both tags plus friends get thiers too. Some very respectable blacktails and blacktail/interior mulies(west of fraser) hybrids run thru my area. They are meat hunts for me but I know some spots on the mountain where the big guys like to travel too.
anyhow, just throwing it out there.
I don't really have a hunting crew anymore as my former hunting partner is mostly in europe august to end of october. Don't really think it wise for me to pursue elk solo these days. I am a successful moose caller and would like to pick up calling elk as well.
I know how to keep a spot to myself as well. When I was shown my blacktail spot over 20 years ago, it was by way of some old timers who had hunted there for several decades. The father of one of those guys was the forestry planner for that area wayyyy back.... So well over 50 years of deer hunting success out of that camp. I didn't share it with anyone for years until those old timers were no longer coming up the mountain each year. They are probably all passed on now. Anyways, probably a long shot but figured I would throw it out there.
I can't hunt sheep.... which are also on my bucket list. I've taken a 40+ inch bull moose on my call...... a bull elk is till on my bucket list and I don't have many seasons left to figure it out and I'm too poor to be paying an outfitter LOL