You going to hunt archery or rifle? I have hunted a neighboring unit with the same terrain in the Winds. Until there is weather most of the elk are going to be up at 8000+ feet or at least most of the good bulls. That's why that unit with all the wilderness up high is a tough on for a NR. We...
If you have 2 weeks to hunt and go the last week of archery thru 1st week of rifle you'd almost have to not get out of bed to find a 250" bull. Archery is archery so killing one is always the hard part if you've not done it much, but if you are there for a week before rifle opens it should be...
You're missing that the 50% that is not public holds a majority of the elk during hunting season and there is not a lot of roadless area to get away from people. Not comparable to an LE hunt in most other western states. IMHO you can have a better hunt in an OTC area in OR if you know where to...
Yes, that is the type of zone I target. Overall lower numbers, but also high B/C ratios. What I have found is the rutting activity is very much sporadic, but can be good in pockets at times. What you don't want is low numbers and low B/C ratios. Like near where I live in the Cascades(I don't...
I prefer to hunt out of the main elk population areas because I don't like hunting around people. But you will likely need to adjust your hunting style if so. Lower density of elk usually means "less" callable not more callable. High elk density and high bull/cow ratios is what usually makes the...
Oct. bow hunting for elk is definitely more difficult. You can get into very vocal bulls in Oct. and spotting them can also be easy. Neither of those are really the issue. 1. You have to be prepared for the weather. It can be much more difficult in Oct especially in MT. Not always, but you...
Rest/Sleep near the elk and or up high and listen. A lot of times you'll hear elk during the middle of the day by just being still and quite rather than stomping around the mountain. Sometimes just one faint bugle is all that's needed to give away their location.
I will be there for my sons early archery hunt. I've been in thru 1 and hunted 27 before. I wouldn't worry about camp too much. Lots of places and I didn't see anything that made believe it was any different than camping while hunting anywhere else.
Yeah, that's the point. It's a joke. Sorry you had to see it happen. As someone who hunts all over the west, usually 2-3 states a year for elk. I have no interest in hunting spikes on the east side just because I want to put in for an east side archery tag. Like I said... I'll likely hunt WA...
All the calling you see in videos makes for good videos, but if you really pay attention to the bulls they are killing 90+% of the time they are not the bulls I'm targeting. Most of the time the are satellite type bulls without cows. I'm only ever after the herd bulls and don't want the smaller...
17 year old son drew 1 early archery. Not sure he really knows what he's got, but I know he'll make the most of it. Looks like he might need to do online school this fall! :)
Come out with them man!!!
This is killing me. Not only do I not know what unit, I don't know if the tag is going to me or my son.
Next year I will use different cards for each person :)
Didn't.... but who the F cares about WA elk?! I've lived in WA for almost 4 years, never hunted here, and will probably only hunt here once in my life when I draw a Wenaha tag.
I like the looks of that bino harness to get my Glock 20 and spray off my hip, but it does not look like the case has bino straps for it? One thing I like about my current bino holder is I can drop my binos quick if needed and they're a;ways strapped to the case/my chest. Maybe not a deal...
Amen! It's the new version of Primos videos. You gotta remember they are trying to sell you stuff! Much harder to sell elk hunting experience than it is to sell you a bugle. I hate seeing these guys making these youtube vids that are just running around the woods blowing calls all day. Really...
Like buying a book or going to a seminar on how to get rich from a guy getting rich off of selling you how to get rich. Get out an elk hunt! Everyone's tactics are different. Nothing takes the place of experience. Pretty sure Corey or Paul or any of them did not buy a playbook on how to do it ;)...