west side drop camps

[hoytem]

it would frustrate me also if an outfitter happened to put a drop camp in one of my honey holes. but if you are hunting public land it's just something you have deal with. I also would love to do a drop camp in a very remote wilderness area if i was going to fork over the kind of cash it takes. I have ran in to guides with customers before which i thought was funny because the area i was in was very easy access and not great hunting at the time. Sometimes you just have to roll with the punches.

[rasbo]

rasbo: i dont think you know the situation, have you bowhunted elk with several camps around 8miles or more back in                                                                                         still doesnt change anything in my mind.I always expect to see somebody now days, if not bonus.I have hunted a long ways in on horse back in Idaho.how far it was I dont know.It was wilderness and I ran into hikers,and hunters.Just made the best out of the situation,there was ten of us 5 tents all wall tents.bargermen creek,outside of elk city

[ICEMAN]

Houndhunter, I hear ya'. Nobody likes a bunch of newbies showing up in their favorite spots, either guided or not. I too have felt pushed out of a great area. Too many people, too little land.

[halflife65]

I guess that I'm annoyed when I hike way back into an area and someone else shows up.  However, I'm never annoyed at the people - just the situation.  If they walked in, then they earned it just as much as I did.  If they came in on horseback then they either worked hard all year to be able to afford to pay someone or they spent the time/energy on their own horses (I have a few myself and it's a HUGE investment.)  Either way, it's an issue of being able to get away from people, not a problem with the outfitters.

[finnman]

I just hate it when all those archery hunters(HIKERS) fly up the trailhead heading for the so-called golden hunting grounds several miles in and chase all the elk to our group that bush wacked in 3/4 mile to where the elk really are at!!!