robtattoo
WKR
After 7 days of scouting, spotting, freezing, a missed shot & watching a herd of 150+ elk get blown out of my binos by a guy who never even knew they were there; I finally managed to get it together & connect with a cow!
This was my 6th year of watching others tag out & fill freezers while I dreamt of just that one opportunity.
I learned a lot too.
I think the major lesson was to find the elk BEFORE you start hunting them. Just hiking up a mountain, as I've done previously, is a recipe for never seeing anything. Also don't hunt them where you'd like to, hunt them where they are.
Their noses are beyond amazing. The herd I watched disappear over a bald knob were at least 1000yds downwind of the guy that spooked them. No way he could've seen them, no way they could've seen him!
Don't just look out beyond the horizon. Sometimes the damn things are RIGHT THERE!!
They're bigger when they're dead.......
My buddy & I doubled up on a cow & calf in about 30 seconds. We were 30 minutes late getting out, headed to the meadow we'd narrowed them down to & just happened to catch a glimpse of them 200yds from the road. It was literally over & done with in under a minute!
This was my 6th year of watching others tag out & fill freezers while I dreamt of just that one opportunity.
I learned a lot too.
I think the major lesson was to find the elk BEFORE you start hunting them. Just hiking up a mountain, as I've done previously, is a recipe for never seeing anything. Also don't hunt them where you'd like to, hunt them where they are.
Their noses are beyond amazing. The herd I watched disappear over a bald knob were at least 1000yds downwind of the guy that spooked them. No way he could've seen them, no way they could've seen him!
Don't just look out beyond the horizon. Sometimes the damn things are RIGHT THERE!!
They're bigger when they're dead.......
My buddy & I doubled up on a cow & calf in about 30 seconds. We were 30 minutes late getting out, headed to the meadow we'd narrowed them down to & just happened to catch a glimpse of them 200yds from the road. It was literally over & done with in under a minute!
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