Just saying my buddy and his dad don’t put in for the lottery here. They chose to go out west 1 time. They hunted hard. They loved it. They were challenged. They were awe struck by the landscape and vastness. They both killed big bulls. Not giants...but they will reminisce about their hunt together for eternity. They batted .1000. It was something different and that’s what makes it special. Kentucky elk are just blah
So plans are being made. One of the founding guys who has the relationship with the guides is not in good health. The last trip was taxing on him. They are trying to plan something but it’s up in the air. I missed out on something special. Hopefully we can replicate it at some point.
Yes and no. Ky elk hunting is unique in its own way. The terrain, scenery and sometimes climate, to me, is the big difference out west. I think western elk hunters would be surprised hunting Ky, in a good way cause it would be totally different for them. Their canyons are our hollers. We have thick mature hardwood forest, they have juniper, pinion pines, or burns.
BG do you know what the KY success rates for the last few years? I do not. I’m guessing that there are some places out west where success rates are actually higher but I may be wrong.
Bull success rate is still pretty good. Cow, not so much. DIY success is very low, as well as public land. Our overall bull success rate is higher than any state out west. I believe our overall success rate is as high as any state out west, but bull results are for sure. Crazy thing is, success rates were 80% up until 2013-2014 or so... Our cow percentage is really down. The fact that we've killed more bulls than cows the last four years (over twice as many in 2020) should scream at those in charge, but it doesn't appear to even whisper at them.
Guess a person could look at the bull & cow totals on telecheck and divide by the total number of bull & cow tags allocated to get the success rates.
Ya think?
