Connected early this year

[762 ULTRAMAGA]

Ambushed this bull on day three,
I've recently changed my strategy from calling to waiting on travel corridors due to the massive archery insurgency leading to super call shy elk.
Here's some advice fellas, put the calls away and do some stalking/observation

 

[Rob5589]

Nice, congrats!

 

[Daniel15]

Ambushed this bull on day three,
I've recently changed my strategy from calling to waiting on travel corridors due to the massive archery insurgency leading to super call shy elk.
Here's some advice fellas, put the calls away and do some stalking/observationView attachment 447720

Heck yea. Congrats!

 

[swampokie]

Dude u got a ton of skeeters on ur face!

 

[Fullfan]

Congrats. Wondering if all the the calling is in Colorado?

 

[NYyotekiller]

Awesome!

Would love to hear how the hunt went down for you.

 

[5MilesBack]

Heck, without the calling.......might as well be hunting the rifle season. All the calling and interaction encounters is the only reason I'm out there. Take that away and I'm just camping with my bow.

Congrats on the bull.

 

[762 ULTRAMAGA]

Heck, without the calling.......might as well be hunting the rifle season. All the calling and interaction encounters is the only reason I'm out there. Take that away and I'm just camping with my bow.

Congrats on the bull.

Do what works for you but in my part of Idaho there's way too many guys in the woods over calling, and the elk have dramatically changed their behaviors.
I had a bull bugle so quietly that I barely heard it from 75 yards away, it's actually kinda sad

 

[Indian Summer]

Are there wolves where you hunt?

 

[Ridge Ghost]

Congrats!

 

[oake]

Congrats on the bull and executing your strategy!!

 

[mnduckhunter7]

Congrats on the nice bull! So many different ways to get it done, its great to see a plan come to fruition!

 

[HighUintas]

I typically hunt the first couple weeks of archery season (Aug 19 and 31) while the elk are relaxed and leave the September bugling contest to everyone else. I enjoy still hunting in woods that has fewer hunters.

Aug 20 I had a perfect stalk in to a very hard to access wallow. Wind was perfect the whole time, which is a rarity for that spot. It had been raining so the ground was dead quiet. I stopped just in view, probably 40 yards from the opening, to look around the edges to see if there were any bedded. While I stood there a big one jumped up to my side and took off. Sucker was bedded in some tall foliage that I couldn't see in to but apparently saw me.

Congrats! I'd like to hear the story on how you got him!

 

[5MilesBack]

I had a bull bugle so quietly that I barely heard it from 75 yards away, it's actually kinda sad

I like those bulls that are pretty close that return with a very low quiet almost growl.....just one. That's always been a really good bull with cows from my experience, and I get excited in a hurry when I hear that.

 

[robby denning]

Congrats on the bull and the ambush. Buncha fun doing it that way. WAY back when I elk hunted, I put a treestand in a saddle and had great action. Killed a cow elk the 2nd time I sat, and almost had a raghorn but didn’t keep the bow in my hand and he saw me move and squirted out.

 

[BravoNovember]

Congrats on a nice bull!

 

[PaBone]

Congrats on the nice bull.

 

[Finch]

Congrats!

 

[cmbbulldog]

Good job!

 

[BRTreedogs]

Sweet, looks like you made an excellent shot as well.