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Double elk kill
My son and I did, plus his friend had killed one there just hours earlier on the first day of archery season. After taking the friend's elk in that morning to hang in the butcher shop, the question came up; how long will it be until that place is good to hunt again. Obviously it wasn't long. -
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Wallow Strategy
I agree with Coveyleader if you are hunting from the ground. I hunt wallows and water holes 95% of the time. I hunt all day every day. I just go high. Occasionally a down draft will hit me, and it can be a problem, but that is actually quite rare. I go high so my scent does not go to the... -
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Wallow Strategy
Set up in a tree stand about 25 feet up. Sometimes I go higher if I am down in a basin, and may go up less if I am on a hillside or ridge. I would recommend you select a tree position where the elk do not see you as they come in, and if possible have some limbs and branches behind you so they... -
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Oregon Elk Archery
I would find a couple of water holes where good trails come together and set up my tree stand and wait. Find a new place where others are not going to be and wait it out. That country is good for tree stand hunting and poor for calling. Be prepared to move if after a few days nothing is... -
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How rare are they in 2020?
I have never seen a 380 Oregon bull in the field. That includes my entire hunting life and many years working in the National Forests. I heard several reports about the 400 class bull near where I was hunting. When a friend killed it, the critter had shrunk down to 327 P&Y green score. :) -
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Please make it stop!!!!
I have never asked anyone online where to hunt, and don't feel inclined to tell you where even my camp will be. I have talked with Forest Service field folks and stopped in and talked to biologists at the State game office. What's the difference? No one is twisting anyone's arm. If you... -
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Best Beginner Online Course
It really depends on what you want from your elk hunting experience. I have a library of good books on elk hunting. Different hunters enjoy different styles of hunting and have different expectations. Some books are just a joy in themselves as the author takes you along on their hunting... -
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How Do You Decide on a Unit?
I changed units three years ago. I went to a unit I knew from earlier experience and had some familiarity with. I scouted it for a week in the summer for a couple of years before I made the change. Unfortunately a new elk hunter from back east can' just do that. I assume you have no one to go... -
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Fishing while on an Elk Hunt
If a good buck walks in front of me and wants to commit suicide, I will accommodate him, but I don't hunt them or even give chase. As for fish, it is out o the question. If I am just out camping, fishing is fine, but when I am elk hunting I stay laser focused. If in the end I go home... -
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What 270 round for elk
I prefer the 140 grain Sierra spitzer boat-tail myself, but any good 130-150 all will get the job done. My choice is based on the idea I would use it for both deer and elk over a wide distance range. The 140 is very versatile. -
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Pre rut feeding sources
To add to Elknut's advise, I will add that even attractants like salt or Deer Cane don't help. As a tree stand hunter I have tried to spice up my stand locations with something that would encourage elk to come more often. After trying for years, I have come to the conclusion that you need to... -
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Hike or raft for pack out?
I would never go back in a place like that by myself. The only way I would shoot an elk that I found back there would be if it let my put a leash on it and lead it back close to the truck. That said, my advise would be to take a load of meat out first. Take some salt back with you and put... -
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Contacting a Biologist.
If I wanted to talk to a wildlife bio. that was familiar with the elk in their area/district, I would plan on making two calls. The first call would be to get the name of an elk biologist that spent a lot of time in the field. I would ask when I could call back and talk with him/her, or if... -
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Best book for beginner?
Hunting elk is easy. Legally killing public land elk on over the counter units is a whole other matter. -
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Elk kill kit
I have used an old bed sheet many times. I have gone to a quality motel and offered to buy some that they would not reuse. They were all washed and folded when I got them free. The only thing wrong was some small stain that did not come out in the wash or a minor tear. -
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BroadHeads for Elk hunting
A guy shooting a much faster, lighter arrow of weaker spine will find that setup more critical of the BH choice....those setups can be very picky on what shoots well and what doesn't. Beendare Good thought. On a fast shooting setup, a large blade broadhead is harder to get to fly consistent... -
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BroadHeads for Elk hunting
My Slick Tricks have stainless steel ferrules. I have never broke one. I have never seen or touched an I.W., but stronger can't be that big of a selling point. Broadheads with an aluminum ferrule will break, but it has been my experience that they break after they have completed all of... -
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BroadHeads for Elk hunting
Roughwater: No offence intended, but if a S.T. broadhead does the job 90% of the time, what is the percentage with Day 6 broadheads, and what is your basis for making your assessment? I tend to think all, or almost all failures of quality fixed blade broadheads are really shooter errors, and... -
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BroadHeads for Elk hunting
Personally; when I find a quality broadhead at Walmart for $3.00; I'm buying. I bought every Slick Trick broadhead in stock for about that price a couple of years ago, and when they restocked I bought them out again. I kept going in to see if I could get more even though I already had a...
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