Archery Elk Season Preparedness?

[WapitiTalk1]

Sooo campers, what would you say your level of preparedness is for the pending WA opener which if my calendar is correct, is less than two weeks away 

Conditioning for the hunt and pack out?
Gear locked and cocked?
Weapon (broadhead accuracy) proficiency (been practicing and bow is tuned nicely)?
Calling is on the mark (for whatever types of elk sounds you use)?
Transportation to the elkwoods and tool kit for potential problems is ready to rock?
Home front is squared away so no issues arise when you're gone?

What is your archery elk season preparedness level for the rapidly approaching season?  Are you a so ready you could head out tomorrow (10), or, are you somewhere in between "holy hell, I've got a ton to do" and a 10 

[zackmioli]

I'm about as ready as I can be. I leave on Monday for 8 days in Alaska for a vacation then come home, do laundry and head out Thursday morning to hunt Thursday-Sunday!

[lostbackpacker]

8.7

[4fletch]

Almost there

[_TONY_]

Pretty much there! 9

Gear is prepped and tuned, and my calling is sound.

Last thing on the list is to rebuild the transmission in my truck. Come this Saturday,  I'll have it finished  and ready to put back in the truck.

Getting pretty jacked!!

[splashcaster]

making a bunch of food tomorrow to can or freeze... I'll be out day one so if I'm hoping if I make it I won't need it  other than that, 10

[Todd_ID]

I'm at a 2 or 3...about where I'm normally at.  Scouting and map work, calling and shooting are ready to go year-round.  The rest will fall into place this next week.  I may even clean the camper out from last year's hunts....maybe.  I plan to put a cow in the freezer from WA and a nice bull from ID, too.  I've been bowhunting elk for a long time, and I've learned well enough what needs worrying about and what doesn't to be consistently successful, and I've learned the home front will never be squared away well enough so you might just as well go hunting. 

Now if I can just find my license envelope from my spring bear hunt......

[RadSav]

Truck is ready!

Bottle of aspirin in every pocket and glove box for that assuming heart attack.
 
Finished fletching arrows yesterday.  Will get them cut tonight.

Rest and peep sight should go on the bow tomorrow.  Hope to get everything sighted in Thursday or Friday of next week.  Need to decide on a quiver

Almost have enough room cleared in a freezer for an elk.  So Lorraine has the green light.  For me it had better have horns, I think.

Would rather be mule deer hunting, but the wife/slave prefers elk hunting.  And elk are closer to the house/business.


So pretty much like every year since I became self employed

[rover758]

Best girlfriend in the world.  She's going with me Friday the 29th to help set up camp and then exiting Sunday.  Just wants my debit card and pin number and tells me to have fun for 2 weeks while she's at the casino.  Prep meter pegged at 10.  Excited meter off the chart.  Put 1500 miles on the truck back and forth checking game cam.  Not in shape for the packout but I'll git er done ... hand me 'nuther beer please.  Will have to check into the aspirin thing.  Bow has been ready for months.  Wore out two targets practicing.  Don't know 'nuttin 'bout callin'.  Wish I did.  Hey!  Where's that *&^% beer!!! 

[motg9_6]

aaahhh fair to midland!!! 
LOCKED COCKED AND READY TO ROCK
MEN ITS HUNTING SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[northcoast]

Definitely a 9.  Going up tomorrow for the last time before the season.  Heading up 8/31 and staying till the 7th. 

Been hiking a minimum of 4 miles a day sometime 8 just depends on how much time I have. Shooting several times a week. All equipment is dialed in.

Homefront is as ready as it can be with kids going back to school. My son passed Hunter's Ed so he'll be coming up the last weekend of the season.

I keep dreaming of the monarch bull who is so old he's a spike again and that silly Disney commercial keeps playing over in my head... Eight, eight more days!

[hogslayer]

I am not to impressed with my scouting this year.  Having a kid makes it a little harder to get away for the weekend.  As far as gear goes, I would be ready to go right now.  I shoot and call year round so I feel good about that.  I am going for 7 days so I hope I can get one down. 

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

I'm a 7 from where I want to be.  Got 11 days to hunt.  Should be a good year.  Two legal bulls located. 

[Sliverslinger]

I would say a seven. The most important things are done. I've shot my bow almost every single night since early July and with broadheads for the last week. It is absolutely dialed in and my confidence is through the roof. I have all of my gear, although it is still very unorganized. For some reason I bought a new pair of boots last weekend that I'm now working to break in. The truck got done at the shop yesterday. And I've practiced calling on the way to work frequently.
However, I have a trench in my yard, 24 yds of river rock, and 300 ft of French drain to lay before I can hunt. I also am in the middle of switching from propane to wood heat, so I need to build a wood shed and start accumulating wood (would have been done at the beginning of summer if I could have afforded it then). Those two things have me concerned.

[elkoholic1]

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