MammothBrad
FNG
All of the passed down wisdom from one side of the family is that you get up early (4:00 am) and jam breakfast. Get on the trail by headlamp by 4:30 and hike by headlamp the first mile at a good pace. Then start to slow it down at 5:00 am for the second mile. Then turn off the headlamp at 5:30 and begin your creep to your favorite rock. Sit down on your rock at 6:00 am....minimum 30 minutes before shooting light. Sit and shiver until 9:00 am. Then you have a choice, go eat and sleep at camp. Eat and sleep on your rock. OR!!!! Man up and start walking through the woods. This side of th family would say, "if you don't catch 'em as they move fom the low land through the sage to the aspens to the pine, you'll never catch 'me on foot by walking around." LOTS OF ELK KILLED THIS WAY OVER THE YEARS.
The other side of the family I hunt with says, "4x4 up to the hunting ground at 6:30, and sit in the truck until shooting light. Get out of the truck and fan out to your favorite rock. Get there quiet and fast. Hang out for 30 minutes. Then start your movement from there. Don't go sideways! Go up! Hunt all day long if you are young and dumb and really want to shoot an elk. The higher you are the better the chance.". LOTS OF ELK KILLED THIS WAY OVER THE YEARS.
Both groups REALLY know the area and the movement patterns of the animals in the area and where they will be "if they are not here".
So far I have never bivy hunted. Generally speaking we are never typically more than 5 miles away from camp of trucks.
Reading this site is an eye opener. Surrounds like the wisdom is truly to get away from people, roads, trucks, and camps.
Thoughts?
The other side of the family I hunt with says, "4x4 up to the hunting ground at 6:30, and sit in the truck until shooting light. Get out of the truck and fan out to your favorite rock. Get there quiet and fast. Hang out for 30 minutes. Then start your movement from there. Don't go sideways! Go up! Hunt all day long if you are young and dumb and really want to shoot an elk. The higher you are the better the chance.". LOTS OF ELK KILLED THIS WAY OVER THE YEARS.
Both groups REALLY know the area and the movement patterns of the animals in the area and where they will be "if they are not here".
So far I have never bivy hunted. Generally speaking we are never typically more than 5 miles away from camp of trucks.
Reading this site is an eye opener. Surrounds like the wisdom is truly to get away from people, roads, trucks, and camps.
Thoughts?