Last week myself and 3 other elk hunting buddies (included in the group was my 16 y/o son) hiked up the Indian creek area, mosquito valley and Blakenship meadows for a scout trip for our ML season. They name it Mosquito valley for a reason! :yike:They were bad, real bad. We are new to this area, spent 3 days hiking around and learning area. We saw only 4 elk, cows. Just before dusk. Heard a bull at night for a while but that was it. I really hoped to see and hear more elk. I think they were in the timber during the warm daytime, and nothing was pushing them around. Not sure, there's a lot of country up there for them to go anywhere. Very beautiful area up there, it was an awesome hike, even if it wouldn't have been a scouting trip! We found a few camp areas along Indian meadows about 5.1 mi in. Does anyone know are these taken by packed in guided hunts during ML season? We have some back-up areas to camp, but was just wondering how many people may hunt in there during ML season. I will be hunting up there during ML, sorry if I am encroaching on your hunting area, but we had to pick some where for our first ML season, after 25 yrs of rifle hunting.
We are interested in maybe getting some help from an outfitter to pack some supplies in. Any recommendations? I am trying this hunt for my son to show him another option of hunting and experiencing something new, other than just rifle hunting. Before I get much older and cannot back pack into an area. Does anyone know if the mosquito's are just as bad for a Oct. 1st opener? I am open for any comment's or recommendations for this hunt. Again, I am not trying to encroach on someones "honey hole". I guess that's why I am sharing info on this area from my scouting trip? I have been elk hunting for 25 yrs and could be helpful to someone in such a remote area if someone needed some help.
