Episode 547, Mike's Michigan Elk Hunt

The guys go over the elk hunt Mike went on in Michigan last week. Friday's mandatory elk hunt orientation Friday's meeting Hunter package 30 bull tags for the December hunt 70 cow tags Clif Bars Cabin at Toasty's (231) 525-8101 Wolverine, MI Exit 301 off I-75 Day 1 Hunt Private land cameras weren't showing elk Hunted on public land the whole week Pigeon River Area Two track traveling in deep into hunting area Pop up blind hunt first two days Setting on transition areas between swamps and fields Spot and stalk on fresh tracks Day 2 Hnt Got suckered by another guide Had to set up on the edge of a swamp No elk seen Day 3 Hunt Got to a different area in the morning and heard antlers slamming Watched two bulls fighting Saw a third gigantic bull Evening sat up on a snow mound with the snow coming down and froze Day 4 Hunt Piggy backed with another guide and hunter Forgot my hunting license Got to watch him take a 6x6 bull at 409 yards Evening hunted back in the area we hunted the first three days Talking with my guide Day 5 Hunt No Hunting -9 windchill and snow storm Walked 32 miles on the whole hunt Lost 10 pounds Workout paid off big time! Dressing correctly When to layer up Day 6 Hunt 2.6 mile walk in to hunt 6 to 9 inches of snow to walk in Working out is a must Had to set up short of our destination After morning hunt drove to backside of where we set up to see if we could find tracks Evening we set up back in the area where I shot my first buck Day 7 Hunt Set up for the morning hunt back in same area as previous day Hunt Stand App Missed our set up mark by 200 yards Elk skirted us in a low spot we couldn't see Mike's take aways from the hunt