Thanks for the motivation DeepCountry! That should get my buddy pretty excited.
Fire_9 I am pretty much sold on the air taxi idea, and very excited about it too. We are really hoping to come across both elk and deer. As far as our dates set for hunting, I am expecting my first born child...
Thanks Buzz and JLS. I will definitely look into a rattlesnake bite kit.
Brymoore and Buzz, very much appreciate your insight on locations to fly into. I am thinking now that I will most definitely fly there, now just to decide which aviation company and which location.
I just called middle fork aviation to inquire and you're right, it's relatively inexpensive. We are looking into all options. Do you have any ideas where you may fly into? We aren't going with any outfitters so we are going to rough it and hope we come across some good game
A buddy and myself got OTC tags, one elk and one deer. We are hiking-in September 30th and coming back October 9th. He has a 7 mag and I have a 270. Last year we hiked in California, we were able to move about 7+ miles a day with our packs, estimating a 600ft elevation climb, so we are in pretty...