Thanks every one for the input. It is really hard to say what exactly happened with the herd for the last few days of the early season. The rut was probably just over the week before. There was a bit of success with calling in some spikes as well. There are 5 of us that hunt the property and we...
Thanks Wrench. Our bulls stopped at first light yesterday. Made it real tough to find them. My stepdad got a spike yesterday that he about stepped on in the thicket. 20 yards with a muzzleloader. Dogging the herd is what I was leaning towards. This is only my 3rd year hunting. Last year was a...
I hunt with a small group of guys on private land in E. WA. This year on the property there are a lot of 1-3 year old elk. We have game camera photos of only one large bull. He was the herd bull of the largest group of adult elk. He was killed by one of our party today and I will be heading out...