Elk have an innate ability to find refuge spots that are hard to see into.
Glass a lot. Move. Repeat.
When you find one, move in for your shot. Be patient.
I e-scout the entire thing and pick three to four different options of smaller size within the unit. If I can physically scout I will so I can hopefully develop a plan A-D.
There is a balance between being persistent and stupid. I’ve hunted plan A for too long before and I’ve also moved on too...
You can adjust the sensitivity of this. I don’t exactly remember how, I think it’s the refresh rate.
If a bird is moving and your dog is relocating it’s hard to get a point alert unless you go with the faster refresh rate. The downside is battery life, which is more important to me.
I’d change...
I never said you can control anyone else. Obviously (I thought) the person handling the firearms is the one who must exert the proper muzzle discipline and firearms safety for this process to work.
Don’t drive drunk, passenger doesn’t die. Exert proper muzzle control, guide doesn’t die. Both are very preventable. Both CAN happen, but are very preventable. Call me out all you want.
Firearms are mechanical devices that can potentially fail when they shouldn’t.
The firearms handler, absent a fall or some similar event, can CHOOSE to maintain proper muzzle control.
Hard to say if this was a finger on the trigger issue or not, but proper muzzle discipline was clearly not...