Syracuse.com - Camden bowhunter having a 'great year' as he arrows elk in Montana, 9-point buck locally

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" I trained all summer doing weighted pack hikes for miles every night to get ready for the Rocky mountain terrain (very steep, high elevation). Took the elk 5 miles from a base camp and had to call in horses to pack him out," he said of the elk.

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<p>This year's bowhunting season will be a memorable one for Kyle Holbritter, of Camden, as he arrowed his first elk during a self-guided trip to Montana in September.</p>

<p>He followed that up with his harvesting this week of an impressive, 9-point buck in Oneida County, which he described as his first "good CNY bow buck."</p>

<div id="asset-13643682" class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_right"><span class="adv-photo-large"><img src="/static/common/img/blank.gif" class="lazy" data-original="http://media.syracuse.com/outdoors/photo/13643682-large.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="Big Elk.jpg" /><span class="photo-data"><span class="caption"> Kyle Holbritter with an elk he took with his bow on a self-guided trip in Montana in September.</span><span class="byline"></span></span></span> </div>

<p><strong>He wrote: </strong><br />" The elk was taken on a 'Do it yourself hunt,' in Montana, meaning you put a tent in a back pack and hike the public land with the bow.</p>

<p>" I stayed for 10 days. It was the only elk we saw the whole 10 days.</p>

<p>"It's a very hard hunt to plan and execute. You need everything with you to live in the woods and you need to get it all on a plane to get to Montana.</p>

<p>" I trained all summer doing weighted pack hikes for miles every night to get ready for the Rocky mountain terrain (very steep, high elevation). Took the elk 5 miles from a base camp and had to call in horses to pack him out. It weighed 750 pounds and had a 5x5 rack.</p>

<p><strong>As for the 9-point buck, he wrote:</strong></p>

<p>"David, I did not get him on a hunting preserve. Wouldn't ever hunt one. Buck was taken on private land, though.</p>

<p>" It was a 9 pointer, weighing 210 pounds. I took it in Oneida County. All I'll say is that it was south of Utica."</p>

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