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Finally I booked my elk hunt in the middel of the month of September 2004 in the Three Forks Ranch Colorado. Adivises ? | ||
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Three Forks is a good ranch with a substantial elk herd. You will undoubtedly have a good time. I have spent some time on the ranch and have no doubt you will kill a bull. Do NOT expect to kill a 300 plus class bull. YOu should be able to kill a nice, mature 5 point or a decent 6 point, but the way things are in that area keeps real big bulls from being an option. Good luck! | |||
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Mario, I've seen some hunting shows and read a little bit about the Three Forks Ranch; looks like a really good hunt for 5 or 6 pt bull, in some beautiful country. Good luck to you,  Craig | |||
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Guys, thank you. I dont want the world record elk. Just a representative trophy. After one unsuccessful experience in Montana, with Billy Stockton, 3 years ago, where I saw many and many hunters and only 4 or 5 bull elks at the distance of one mile. | |||
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Good luck, Mario!  | |||
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Just listen to your guide, be in decent shape and be deadly within 250 yards. You could see literally hundreds of elk. Learn enough to set your expectations reasonably and don't shoot a little bull the first day. Should be a great hunt! | |||
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thanks friends, I will wait the elk of my dreams. I think to rent a car and drive from Denver to the ranch. Is faraway ? The road are in good conditions ? Another question is about the wheater: in middle September is warm, wet ? | |||
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Ok now that you have booked a elk hunt you are in BIG trouble. Why?? Because elk hunting is a disease. Once you catch it you are infected for life and it is incurable. The only 'fix' for it is more elk hunting. You will find yourself thinking of elk while you are watching a movie. You will almost drive off the road because you are day dreaming of where the next hunt is going to take place. Pictures of elk will be your screen saver. You will drive your spouse to the point of insanity practicing bugling. You will teach your son to bugle before you teach him to ride a bike. The list of symptoms goes on and on for pages so from one who has been infected for more than 30 years I offer my sympathies ahead of time. | |||
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Quote: Three forks is about 5 hours from Denver. The roads to Steamboat Springs are just fine, paved and regularly travelled. The road up to Three Forks from Steamboat includes some National Forest road that is maintained gravel. Unless there is heavy snow or rain it should be just fine even in a car. Weather in September is unkown. It can be in the seventies, and sunny or two feet of snow could fall. Watch the weather forecasts and be prepared for about any kind of weather. With a guided and outfitted hunt I am betting they will have appropriate accomodations if the weather takes a strange turn. | |||
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Yes ! My elk's fever begin in the year 1998 in Texas. Hunting the withetail in the Indiahead ranch I saw an incredible stag, with great Body and antlers: a bull elk. So, come back Italy, I begin to think to this incredible animal I have look for the best destination in America. When I went to Montana and I dont took the Elk, my fever is grow up. And this year I have decided to try again. I shot many and many animals in my life, I have a big hunting concession in zimbabwe with more 100 animals to take a year, but the elk remain in my dreams. I think is a real disease. | |||
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While QuietHunter�s advice to prepare for extremes should be heeded, and the weather can be variable, September is early in the season, so the odds are that the weather will not be as severe as it can get. (Knock on wood.) We passed through that area on the Wyoming side of the Colorado border during September last year. The change of seasons was in full swing, the aspen trees were magnificent, and it was a great weekend to be alive. Best of luck on your hunt! | |||
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Quote: Mario, The enthusiasm in your post reminds me of why I have had such a wonderful time in the two short visits I've made to Italy. Good luck with your elk fever -- remember, you can only treat the symptoms, never cure the disease. John | |||
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Good choice, but aren't you going a bit early? Which season are you hunting? Are you going for antelope also? I'm certain that you will have an enjoyable and successful stay there. In case of bad weather, you can also take the all-weather, paved highways from Steamboat to Hayden, to Craig, to Baggs to 3 Forks.The last 14 miles woiuld be a dirt road. Of course that's a bit longer but it would get you there. You'd see lots of antelope, some deet and perhaps even elk. Or, you could charter a plane from Denver to Baggs, Wyoming. Then you'd be within 30 miles of the ranch. Hopefully, I will again hunt that same area (about 14 miles from the ranch) this year as I have in the past 2. We could meet for a beer but I don't get there 'til the beginning of October. | |||
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I have decided to book for this period because until middle september the Courts in italy are closed (my job is criminal lawyer)and also in october in our moutains begin the hunting season. In our Alps mountains (where I live) the weather in September is a bit different, more hot, we are again in summer. Thanks for the help. I think driving from Denver to the ranch I can see a marvelous view of the mountains and sleep a night in some nice place. | |||
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Since Three Forks is part of Colorados Ranching For Wildlife (RFW) program, it allows them to set their own seasons for their guided hunts. September will be a great time for a number of reasons: Best bet for pleasant weather Elk will be in the rut, or in the beginning of the rut. Prior to the public land hunt so pickings will be at their best. I have no idea what they charge for this, but it is certainly going to be a great experience for Mario. | |||
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