Hand Me Down Elk Spot

[Mark]

My thoughts are you should leave the spot when you're done hunting it and let someone else find it on their own. For all you know, you're giving up someone else's spot.

Most likely if you drove cross country, parked, stepped out of your vehicle and just stumbled upon it, others already know where it is. Why spread the word on the internet and risk giving up a spot that others already hunt?

 

[under h2o hunter]

There were shiny clump droppings the size of a coffee cup too Bitterroot...I backed out thinking it was a moose. Dpat that is not correct. They didn't want to believe I didn't have help, but I located this spot in my own. Someone wanted to help but without GPS coordinates didn't mean anything.

You have to realize that most didn't believe I could just drive out there, stop somewhere, locate elk and kill one..Some still don't believe. Found a spot in Idaho the same way. I say this to encourage others.

Do you have a picture of the trackt? Do you have a picture of the bull you got?

 

[Jason Snyder]

My thoughts are you should leave the spot when you're done hunting it and let someone else find it on their own. For all you know, you're giving up someone else's spot.

Most likely if you drove cross country, parked, stepped out of your vehicle and just stumbled upon it, others already know where it is. Why spread the word on the internet and risk giving up a spot that others already hunt?

Great point Mark. I don't specifically name spots for this very reason, even if I no longer hunt them.


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[Frito]

I left my honey hole last year and ended up in some of the roughest country in Colorado, getting really skunked. I'm kind of a newby too, so I'll be going back to ole' faithful next year if I draw. I've been threatened by my buddies to keep quiet about it, but I always run into other hunters there.

 

[TJ]

This is public land. So really anyone who finds it, it's their spot too!

There's likely a lot more people hunt this area than the OP is aware of.

 

[Matt Cashell]

There's likely a lot more people hunt this area than the OP is aware of.

Not just hunters, but also the rancher trying to find the angus bull that left that track the OP saw.

 

[Frito]

This is public land. So really anyone who finds it, it's their spot too!

There's likely a lot more people hunt this area than the OP is aware of.

Yep, I've travelled clear across the country and just randomly landed in a conversation with complete strangers that were hunting the same mountain in Colorado, the same time I was....twice. These were non-residents and it was our secret spot. Nothing you can do....it is what it is.

 

[TurkeyBowMaster]

I don't use the standard approach for elk hunting so I usually end up where few are hunting.

 

[KHNC]

I don't use the standard approach for elk hunting so I usually end up where few are hunting.

Whats your secret? Maybe you should write a book about your methods.

 

[elkyinzer]

Definitely auction to the highest bidder...throw in some autographed memorabilia to drum up interest....hmm...what could go wrong?

 

[Bar]

No, I wouldn't give it up. I feel a big part of hunting is finding the game. Telling someone where to hunt is doing their hunt for them.

You found the spot, so others will too. Someone else is probably hunting there in other seasons that you don't know about.

 

[Live Montana]

The 380 pic was awesome.. Yes, there are a lot of great bulls in there. I was in that unit on a depredation hunt in August. The bulls I saw were incredible. Problem is as a non-resident I think you have a 1% draw chance with 5 points... Montana is a bonus point state so mathematically you have a chance, very slim, but a chance...

Even as a resident you need a ton of bonus points to increase your odds. <smile>

 

[Jon Boy]

I don't use the standard approach for elk hunting so I usually end up where few are hunting.

Lol you must be paying a trespass fee then.

 

[Hayguide]

I give them to my sons and Daughter- in a log book. if they choose to not go then some other hunter will find it anyway and take ownership that it his secret spot. Have you ever wondered- who over the years including native Americans knew of Your spot and went back yearly? That fascinates me.s If the spots could tell stories that would be cool. I often see old trees with initials from old hunters 20 years ago- I daydream for a minute and see them carving on the tree-dressed in there old hunting outfits toting old guns- carrying old memories themselves.

 

[TurkeyBowMaster]

Whats your secret? Maybe you should write a book about your methods.

People are reasonably predictable and follow terrain features and inviting visuals and pretty much end up in the same places. It would be amazing to track everyone' and see all the holes that go undisturbed. Once you figure out people and what they do and start doing something different then you will begin to figure it out and develop new patterns for yourself and those will work anywhere. So far it has worked for me but I do run into a few folks not overall not to many. Here is one tip... call all the agencies you can to find out info on hot spots and wherever the top spots are don't go there because that is where a lot of hunters will be. Go to the places they never mentioned and see how many hunters are there.

 

[Mark]

People are reasonably predictable...

I couldn't have said it belter myself. Some are far more predictable than others.

 

[TurkeyBowMaster]

People who want to get away from the crowds need to study people and there is no better place than these forums. How many times do you reads someones plan of packing 6 miles deep. I don't know what it is about the magic 6 miles but I bet it's crowded in there. The backside is another hotspot as is property lines.

 

[Mark]

People who want to get away from the crowds need to study people and there is no better place than these forums. How many times do you reads someones plan of packing 6 miles deep. I don't know what it is about the magic 6 miles but I bet it's crowded in there. The backside is another hotspot as is property lines.

You will learn very little on forums about elk hunting in the real world. The only way to learn it is to put boots on the ground and hunt. The rest is mostly shiny coffee cup sized bullshit.

 

[belly-deep]

There is something fishy about this thread. First the OP says he wants to give it up and there's no big bulls. Then there's a herd bull with an 8" track bugling away and he's had 100% success in the spot.

I'm not really sure what the truth is other than the OP likes drawing attention online.

 

[Mark]

I'm not really sure what the truth is other than the OP likes drawing attention online.

Nailed it! And I think he's killed two elk so it's a 200% success rate based on his home brew statistical analysis.