I thought I would update you all on the hunt. It took 8 days of hard solo hunting but I was able to fill my tag. I tried everything from spot and stalk, still hunting, and sitting on water. I was seeing a lot of bulls but very few cows. Sitting water, in the evening of day 4, I almost got it...
I have a pair of swaro el’s and have no complaints. The viewing experience is amazing. The Leicas I have looked through are also spectacular. I am sure you cant go wrong with either. It might just come down to price.
Thank you for the tip! I had no idea about bottles at water holes with peoples names. That is a good thing to be aware of. I have been on onx looking where the guzzlers are in relation to good feed in August. If things are not going well hunting spot and stalk, I plan to sit water!
Oh man that sounds exciting! Thank you for the tips!! I am a little nervous that the archers will push them around a bit but I can’t do anything about that but look where they got pushed to. If I find a good bedding area I will give this a try. Hopefully I will be bringing you some liver!
I have a 3 and 5 year old and they have very cheep plastic binos we got on a vacation. They love them and typically look through them backwards. When we see game I let them look through my swaro's supervised. Once they are 8 or so i will get them some Leupold or similar.
Thank you both for the feedback. Sound like I will need to scout out some good glassing spots. Thank you for the info on there daily habits. This will be a big learning experience for me.
I drew my very first Elk tag, a Muzzleloader cow elk hunt in Nevada. I have never hunted elk before but spent a fair amount of time admiring them in the schell creek range and northern sake range doing field work in college.
I have been studding the maps and have read the biologist report. I...
it depends on how old the burn is. If its a year old burn I like to hunt the edges of the burned-unburned interface. There is good feed in the burn and they will bed just inside the unburned tall brush or unburned trees. for older burns, say 5 years and older, the bucks will bed in the burn as...