who else is hearing the seductive call of elk season?

[addicted2hunting]

I'll be scouting this weekend and elk calling seminar next weekend.  http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,127288.0.html

im looking forward to the shoot and seminar!

[saylean]

Nothing, NOTHING like elk hunting....love to hear em bugle, be surrounded by elk mewing and calling, heart pounding, wind swirling, senses all razor sharp, pulling back that bow string and hearing the THWACK!...

fresh blood, fresh meat and a cut tag....

backstraps on a stick over a campfire anyone?!

[Elkrunner]

I never stop thinking about it.

[pianoman9701]

We need a 12-step program. "Hi. I'm John and I have an elk problem."

[vandeman17]

My dad and I are going to Oregon to chase elk the last week of early season. I talk to him a few times a week on the phone and every conversation has at least 5-10 minutes of talk about gear, shooting, strategies etc. 

[addicted2hunting]

We need a 12-step program. "Hi. I'm John and I have an elk problem."

along with some good sleeping meds!

[Shawn Ryan]

Hi, I'm Shawn, and I'm an elkaholic.  Its been 185 days since my last elk hunt.   [clapping and 'atta-boys heard all around].  I've been an elkaholic for 36 years.  [muffled "sorry man's" and "its OK's"].  I got hooked when my Dad took me for the first time at age 14 into the Wenaha when it was OTC for any bull.  [EA Moderator: "A lot of us got hooked by our parents--they didn't know any better.] I'm stuck on Step 9. I made a list of the elk I had offended and tried to make amends, but I sneaked in, cow called, and pulled back on them instead. [Head shaking, beard rubbing, and eyes tearing up.]  Maybe by saying that, I've moved on to Step 10...? [I step down amidst head nodding, clapping, more 'atta boys, and "you can do it, man."] [I go to a meeting every few days, but I know I'll re-offend in 77 days (unless I draw Wenaha East and then its only 75 days!)]