Changing focus

[madtinker]

I have spent three of the last four years chasing bulls, hunting an easy-to-draw but hard-to-kill unit. I love the area and I love the idea of pulling a bull out of one of that toughest areas in the state.

But.

I am also tired of coming home empty-handed. I am thinking of changing my focus to a high-success area that is still easy to draw, which means a cow hunt. This way I still get to go hunting, I have a better chance of bringing something home, and I figure I can still learn a lot watching elk in a higher-density unit.

For people that have put their trophy dreams on hold, did you have any regrets? Did it speed up or slow down the learning process?

 

[Sled]

Ive never really had trophy dreams so I can't help you there. What I can tell you is chasing cows in an area with more elk means likely more elk contact. The more you experience and learn the better you become at hunting bulls later. I spent one season on a high density elk unit and honed my skills in many ways that would have taken decades the way I was previously hunting. So, I'd say go for it.