Crazy Mountain Elk

[MTSasquatch]

Never asked for spots buddy, I'm new to the elk game and looking for advice on types of areas to find them. Whitetails are what he have in Wisconsin and elk remain a mystery. So thanks for your help, maybe I came to the wrong forum.

Finding and killing elk on public land is not a secret mystery. There’s probably no less than 100 threads on the forum covering the topic. You can use the search forum feature and read to your hearts content. But I’ll save you the read: it’s work. And work some more. When you think you’ve worked as much as you can, work harder and more. I’d wager 90% of guys who don’t kill elk on public land every year don’t succeed because they don’t put in the requisite effort. Welcome to the forum. One tip though- don’t post road names, range names, and other area-specific data asking for information. Folks generally don’t like that. Best of luck this season!

 

[Trapperbrad]

Finding and killing elk on public land is not a secret mystery. There’s probably no less than 100 threads on the forum covering the topic. You can use the search forum feature and read to your hearts content. But I’ll save you the read: it’s work. And work some more. When you think you’ve worked as much as you can, work harder and more. I’d wager 90% of guys who don’t kill elk on public land every year don’t succeed because they don’t put in the requisite effort. Welcome to the forum. One tip though- don’t post road names, range names, and other area-specific data asking for information. Folks generally don’t like that. Best of luck this season!

Sorry for posting the area and road, I just figured other guys on here would want to know where I'm at. Thanks for your help

 

[wind gypsy]

Never asked for spots buddy, I'm new to the elk game and looking for advice on types of areas to find them. Whitetails are what he have in Wisconsin and elk remain a mystery. So thanks for your help, maybe I came to the wrong forum.

Around here posting a thread with a mountain range, naming a river valley, and asking where to search for elk now could reasonably be interpreted as asking for spots.

If you're only asking where you should search for elk on MT public land in mid Nov, it's not that complicated:

1. In shitholes that nobody else wants to go to or pack an elk out from - you just have to embrace the suck
2. Near private/public boundaries where an elk could slip up and step onto public - good chance you could end up with 10 other dudes in the shooting gallery in some of these locations

 

[Trapperbrad]

Around here posting a thread with a mountain range, naming a river valley, and asking where to search for elk now could reasonably be interpreted as asking for spots.

If you're only asking where you should search for elk on MT public land in mid Nov, it's not that complicated:

1. In shitholes that nobody else wants to go to or pack an elk out from - you just have to embrace the suck
2. Near private/public boundaries where an elk could slip up and step onto public - good chance you could end up with 10 other dudes in the shooting gallery in some of these locations

Thanks for the info, sorry rookie mistake on the location deal.

 

[AaronMColeman]

Thanks for the info, sorry rookie mistake on the location deal.

It's all good. Some people get all bent out of shape if someone mentions the unit. Truth is there aren't many undiscovered holes anymore...draw, otc, public, or private land. You pay the cash for private or you fight the masses. I have my spots that I'd love to keep secret, but they're also 100 other guy's spots too

 

[Bighorner]

It seems like it is best to not really narrow areas down beyond north america. Personally I dont even like to let people know what I'm hunting for when I ask for some help hunting it. If I have to ask about units I like to use a type of code, I take the unit number multiple by 3 and then subtract the first two numbers of my license plate. It is pretty hard to interpolate the info I don't get for the area I didn't ask about, but it's the only way to know that the honeyhole I dont have dosen't get discovered by the person I haven't met, in the place I won't go. Please keep this on the down low, if this gets out in the forums I'm ruined. I hope this helps you understand what's expected as far locations. I hope you get your elk!

 

[AaronMColeman]

It seems like it is best to not really narrow areas down beyond north america. Personally I dont even like to let people know what I'm hunting for when I ask for some help hunting it. If I have to ask about units I like to use a type of code, I take the unit number multiple by 3 and then subtract the first two numbers of my license plate. It is pretty hard to interpolate the info I don't get for the area I didn't ask about, but it's the only way to know that the honeyhole I dont have dosen't get discovered by the person I haven't met, in the place I won't go. Please keep this on the down low, if this gets out in the forums I'm ruined. I hope this helps you understand what's expected as far locations. I hope you get your elk!

I prefer to go to random classic car forums and ask for hunting tips. No locations, no species, no time of year. Maybe we can make a hobo code sort of thing: carburator is mule deer, alternator is whitetail, exhaust is elk, and so on? Each state can have a code word too: "sputtering" is colorado, "black smoke" is montana. Make of the car could refer to season: buick is late, ford is archery etc. And we can just type unit numbers backwards: "I've got sputtering exhaust from an 86 buick"....hunting late season elk in colorado unit 68?

 

[Trapperbrad]

It seems like it is best to not really narrow areas down beyond north america. Personally I dont even like to let people know what I'm hunting for when I ask for some help hunting it. If I have to ask about units I like to use a type of code, I take the unit number multiple by 3 and then subtract the first two numbers of my license plate. It is pretty hard to interpolate the info I don't get for the area I didn't ask about, but it's the only way to know that the honeyhole I dont have dosen't get discovered by the person I haven't met, in the place I won't go. Please keep this on the down low, if this gets out in the forums I'm ruined. I hope this helps you understand what's expected as far locations. I hope you get your elk!

Thanks for your help.

 

[Bighorner]

You bet man. Keep stomping around and you'll find them. It's just miles and luck. Wish you the best.

 

[peterk123]

Interesting thread. We recently purchased a small townhouse in Livingston. I'm not out there yet. For now my daughter is using it. My wife and I are hoping to retire or semi retire by June of next year and leave our miserable State behind. My plan during our first year of residency is to do a lot of hiking and camping on public land. Partly for fun and to take some great wildlife pics, but mainly to learn the lay of the land and begin to understand where elk live and how they move. My world right now is to climb a tree and wait. I can't wait to explore.

 

[Elk97]

There are some block management places in the Shields valley and nearby. I'm not there but from the weather reports I'm seeing I'd guess the elk are starting to move out of the mountains, if they haven't already. Good luck!

 

[Trapperbrad]

There are some block management places in the Shields valley and nearby. I'm not there but from the weather reports I'm seeing I'd guess the elk are starting to move out of the mountains, if they haven't already. Good luck!

Thanks for the information, I'm hoping for the weather to get nasty to really push them down. They were on the Blm the first couple days of the season then it really warmed up. But I'm going to give it a go a see what happens.

 

[2ski]

Thanks for the information, I'm hoping for the weather to get nasty to really push them down. They were on the Blm the first couple days of the season then it really warmed up. But I'm going to give it a go a see what happens.

BLM =Bureau of Land Management. BM would be Block Management. Now there is some BLM right past where the Shields slows into the Yellowstone. I have no idea if it sees elk. Its steep.

As to your one post about the dude giving you bad info, he may have given you okay info. Snow and cold like we had the first weekend is pretty rare that early. It's been crazy so far. A 3rd into November and we've seen it snow and warm up 3 times. Supposed to be 43 on Sunday and it just showed Wednesday and hasn't been above 29 since Sunday. Opening weekend being negative, I dont know if I've ever seen that.