Northern New Mexico is beautiful. That's where they filmed the old Grizzly Adams TV show, as well as the Clint Eastwood movie "Pale Rider". Colorado is beautiful, as well. My little brother drove out there from Virginia with a bunch of guys about 3 or 4 years ago and got himself a nice elk. Shot the 6x6 pictured below just south of Sunlight Ski Resort, Colorado.
Ya'll know, they did a "poor man's guide to elk hunting" a while back. Said you could do it w/o a guide for less than like $700 per hunter if you go with a group of 3 other hunters, and drive a truck pulling a camper. It could be a little more or less, depending on what you wanna eat, but you have to eat at home too, so that wasn't included. In a couple years, before my FIL gets up in age too much more, I'd love to take him out on one of them hunts for a week or so.
Ya'll know, they did a "poor man's guide to elk hunting" a while back. Said you could do it w/o a guide for less than like $700 per hunter if you go with a group of 3 other hunters, and drive a truck pulling a camper. It could be a little more or less, depending on what you wanna eat, but you have to eat at home too, so that wasn't included. In a couple years, before my FIL gets up in age too much more, I'd love to take him out on one of them hunts for a week or so.
That's kind of what my brother did. I think they had 8 or 9 guys and 3 trucks (big 4 door diesel 4x4 types). Drove straight thru from VA, stayed in a cheap hotel, split the meat. I think they killed 2 elk, and 3 mulies, but maybe they did better. I'd be up for a trip like that, even if it was doing it tent style! Biggest expense per person would be licenses/tags. That and enough coolers to get the meat back home!
Coolers aren't an issue for me. I have two 120qt and three 54qt coolers. The cheap motel might be the best route, if you can find one, cus the extra fuel to haul a camper might be more than the motel. The tent route wouldn't be bad, but it would definitely be a bit more uncomfortable than a camper or motel.
I got a dually four door diesel 4x4 that gets 18 MPG on the highway... When we going? Tbone, AKA Papaj has plenty of money to pay for food and license/tags for at least two or three of us and we'll pay for the fuel and cheap motels for him... When we leaving...
