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Originally Posted by Rastoff
OK, the next day. Is that a common practice? All the hunters I know around here dress the animal the same day and pack it out then. I agree with Kanewpadle, going back the next day makes it just that much more dangerous.
I haven't spent any time hunting in that area or using mules to pack a kill out. However, every hunter I know, usually dresses out the animal right there.
So, I ask again, is this a common practice?
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The news report said they, Chubon and Uptain did not or could not locate the elk on Thursday evening as darkness fell.
It's very common to recover game the next day in the back country....
The guide takes the client out, they leave before daylite and travel miles from camp.
If lucky, kill what ever they are hunting for. If in the afternoon or late evening,
you will have to return to camp to retrieve pack frames to pack the game out on foot or pack mules or horses, etc....
So, yes sometimes it is going to be the next day or so.
A personal friend of mine that outfitted/guided out of Cody, had one of his guide jumped by a bear while readying an elk to be packed out. He survived.
It's just a hard way to die, I'd say.
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