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First Time/Last Time Trips
Ive taken a couple folks hunting with me that made it 1 day and went home .... not sure they are still hunting, one is, unsure on the other 2.... wouldnt take them again anyway though so who knows, maybe theyre out slaying monsters -
Elk disease Nevada
Makes me wonder if either of the two was "struck by lightening" after seeing that previous bulls photo and now this one.... they look almost identical in placement of the "wound" and look of the "wound". Some sort of a disease? i have no idea Heck maybe they both got hit by lightening... -
Archery elk hunting with scope magnification?
be sure to check with the state regs your hunting in on whether magnification lenses are legal -
Reflections on 2024 Elk Hunt
What season is this? post rut elk ? I'm archery hunting elk pretty exclusively these days and i'm rarely on a trail.... but i have the benefit of listening for bugling elk to locate. IF its post rut elk, get on top and glass as far as you can and keep looking for differing views of... -
Constantly Swirling Wind
make those 2-3 hours in the morning with steady wind count - be at a place with elk before sun up and if the wind wont cooperate the rest of the day - back out and glass elk from a distance - put them to bed in the evening through the glass and be there when the sun comes up and the winds steady -
How many of you guys are just sitting your hunt?
A couple pine boughs to plant my @ss on and keep it off the ground and extra layers. Gets cold even in September on the ground in the shade. -
Hauling Antlers on a Luggage Rack
Bring some foam pads like you'd attach to the roof rack for a canoe, its a foam block with a groove that slips around the rail and the canoe both. Anywhere that rack comes into contact with anything .... rail, paint, whatever ... its gonna see some friction which will , at the least, remove... -
Elk
Ah heck just enjoy them. Some dandy bulls. They get that big there for a reason ! When i visit RMNP i get the same feeling but eventually just appreciate the big bulls doing their elk stuff. Beautiful animals and a lot of people dont realize just 100 years ago we had hunted them to near... -
How many of you guys are just sitting your hunt?
had a scenario similar to that some years ago... was sitting a wallow and a bull started going off just down the hill a bit... bugled at me for like 4 hours ... i was raking and splashing the wallow .... thought for sure he'd come in to the wallow.... so so so convinced... looking back i wish... -
Paonia Colorado
Sounds like you got an idea of what to do .... get out and hike a bit .... -
How many of you guys are just sitting your hunt?
I feel smarter today for this. I also owe my buddy a real conversation if he's been laughing at me for believing him all this time. Trust but verify i reckon. Ah well, good on him for making me believe haha -
Paonia Colorado
Hey Cmills, Generally frowned upon around here to post up the unit numbers. If possible i'd delete those from ... everywhere in your post, and maybe try to share your plan and a general idea of what your aiming to do? We could help with insight at that point but its gonna be tough to get... -
How many of you guys are just sitting your hunt?
Speaking of hunting east of the Rockies, im heading back to VA to see family for thanksgiving and think i might go sit a corner of a field for a few days on my uncles property and see if any bucks come out ! looking forward to it. I havent hunted whitetail in 25 years. -
Elk habitat to hunt
May not be the grass theyre after in those aspen stands.... have you paid attention to the small aspens ... like knee high? In elk heavy area, i find those small aspens are targeted heavily, with all the leaves picked off of them and eaten. I dont like hunting elk in those open areas anymore... -
How many of you guys are just sitting your hunt?
Id buy you a beer for the stabbed story at a bar any day, i'd keep slinging that story haha -
How many of you guys are just sitting your hunt?
nah he definitely broke his ribs, i have to assume his story was accurate with how he broke his ribs... i wasnt there but the after math i did see. Given who he is it is zero surprise to me. That said... maybe he just slipped and broke ribs and decided he needed an epic story..... -
How many of you guys are just sitting your hunt?
Rookie hunting story ... true story i have a hunting buddy who... is admittedly good at hunting... but got ahead of his ski's one year because he decided to sit on a branch over a game trail with a knife and wait for a deer to walk under it... Well deer walked under it.... he jumped out of that... -
How many of you guys are just sitting your hunt?
i end up doing a combination of both in a hunting season. Usually its a day or two of hunting hard in steep hell holes chasing bugles and then im usually beat up enough i sit on a wallow for a day .... unless im hearing bugles.... its always chasing when there are bugles Midday im gonna be... -
Uncommon elk hunting strategy
Do as the name go_deep says.... Go Deep! Also dont pull out...... gotta stick to those deep areas even when there arent elk.... they could move in at any moment..... commit commit commit! -
Uncommon elk hunting strategy
Shh... your spoiling the best kept elk hunting secret...... Its that.... Elk are where you find them
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