CO 2nd Rifle Tips

[sram9102]

No I'm not asking for your honey hole or even mentioning a unit. I drew a tag this year in a unit that a guy I know killed a bull in a few years ago. Nothing location specific, if you were going to give a first timer a tip, pointer, etc. What would it be?

 

[SonnyDay]

Stay out from first to last shooting light.

Keep the wind in your face.

Don’t over-invest in an area with no fresh sign.

By second rifle, there should be snow… which makes determining freshness easier.

Bring tire chains!

 

[KClark91]

Stay out from first to last shooting light.

Keep the wind in your face.

Don’t over-invest in an area with no fresh sign.

By second rifle, there should be snow… which makes determining freshness easier.

Bring tire chains!

This will be my first time out for second season. What’s your go-to mid day strategy? Get up high and glass, boots on the ground looking for fresh sign, or slow hunt dark timber?

 

[SonnyDay]

Get up high and glass, boots on the ground looking for fresh sign, or slow hunt dark timber?

Yes. Yes. And Yes.

It just depends on what's going on with the animals, the topography, weather, etc. If you're not sure, do one of them and the next day you'll probably have a better sense of which one makes sense.

The only wrong answer is going back to camp/town during the day.

FWIW, we usually come back to camp after morning ambush to grab a heartier breakfast at 8-ish... and then head back out until last light. Often we're moving, looking for sign, and getting to glassing places we think will hold elk.

I shot a bull last year during 1st rifle at 2pm on a bright sunny day... came across his tracks in melting, wet snow, and 10 minutes later he was dead. We were headed to glass some chutes a few miles away... but never got there!

 

[Beendare]

Study the topography and let the other hunters push them to you.

 

[rayporter]

Study the topography and let the other hunters push them to you.

listen up here


get up earlier than anyone else and get up there first

 

[Marble]

Find a glassing point that can see a large area to hunt. Glass either evening or morning. After you find animals, go chase them.

My best success is glassing in the morning, wat hinge them go in to timber and then riding up to kill them.

Also very successful, but not as much, seeing animals feed out in the evening and being there at first light.

If there is a big snowstorm, wait it out. Be out there the morning (or evening) after it's done. The elk take refuge during cold winter storms and then feed like pigs afterward and usually lay on south facing slopes to warm up.

If you are sneaking through timber to try and find elk, use a walking stick. You can move sticks out of the way and use it to cushion steps as needed.

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