How many days did it take to kill your most recent elk?

[Diced]

Last year I killed this spike on day 5 of a 7 day rifle season. The heat and bright moon made it super hard. The only branch antlered bull we saw was a few miles away and we only knew he was there because a mule deer hunter spotted him for us with a big swaro spotter. Absolutely thought I was eating my tag.

My previous 3 elk were all killed on opening mornings.

 

[Pitbull44]

Struck out in ‘21 & ‘22.

Killed this bull on day 3 (9/4/23).

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[Novashooter]

I voted 5, but that's not really a fair assessment. I hunted 4 days in WY in an area that turned out to be a dud. Tag was inexpensive, and it was a good time, so no harm no foul. I then shot my last elk in SD on the very first morning. Even that isn't really fair because I had a decent amount of experience in the black hills prior to this, plus the day scouting before I could shoot one, which may or may not count as a day hunting. I didn't show up one day to a new area and shoot an elk on opening morning by accident is what I'm trying to say.

 

[rclouse79]

I marked day 3 for just this season. If I went back previous years with my bow it probably would have been more like day 89. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.

 

[Tick]

Day 2 this season archery and last year rifle. I'm due for a strikeout.

 

[rodney482]

7 days

 

[Drew@selway]

5 years of close calls, misses, and 2 non-fatal hits before I was able to seal the deal this year.

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[insanelupus]

7 days this year.

16 days last year.

 

[taskswap]

I think the area and season matter too (but I know there's no way to construct a poll like that here). In my regular haunt, probably 80% of the animals taken during Rifle 1 are done day 1, and 80% of the rest day 2. (We keep notes of the shots we hear from other hunters.) But archery or rifle 2 are a totally different story - day 5 is probably more typical.

 

[Marble]

I didn't kill it. But I called it in and the hunter killed it. Opening morning at 0950. 2 weeks ago.

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[well_known_rokslider]

3 guys and I was the only one to tag one on day 5.

 

[TripleJ]

Day 5 this year, bow hunting. Day 3 last year rifle hunting.

 

[Dos Perros]

Day 3 is my day I feel like. Had a lot of excitement on day 3 over the years.

 

[Jake Larsen]

2 days this year. 3 last year. 14 the year before that. I had some serious grind seasons early on. 23 days one year. Lucky to have some of the best elk country in the world in my backyard.


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[robtattoo]

9 frikking years between my first day of hunting elk & my first dead cow.

 

[bucksnbirds]

This year, 17 days solo in CO. Have never hunted that hard in my life. Spent the first 13 days in a unit with 0 action, jumped to a new unit for the last few days and was into elk every morning and evening.

 

[DertyBert]

Seems like I average 4-10 days for a decent bull, if not more.