Strategy for high pressure area

[chili370]

Take some luck out of the equation and start practicing your 900yd running shots to maximize opportunity

I was thinking on getting a ghillie suit and popping up from the grass for a rear naked choke as they head to water. Orange flak jacket too; should work out.

 

[nphunter]

You would be surprised how many elk use the sage. Elk were historically plains animals. I have killed a couple of nice bulls miles from the nearest patch of timber. If those timber patches are getting hammered the elk will move to less pressured areas unless it is thick enough that they can just move around people.

Unless it's prior to Oct. 10th, most of the bulls at least shooter bulls will have isolated themselves away from the rest of the elk.

If you insist on hunting with everyone on top just go into the timber and still hunt slowly. No reason to glass if the elk will be pressured constantly. They will be moving continually, if the country is big enough, find the places others can't see in from above and still hunt them. Most of our rifle elk were killed while still hunting timber, I took my sister on her first elk hunt last fall, we cut bull tracks and followed them for a mile or so on a steep slippery slope and shot him in his bed. He was alone with no other tracks in the area, if you seeing lots of elk during rifle season your probably in the wrong spot to kill a nice bull.

 

[nphunter]

Has that worked for you on elk in the past?

We did this for years rifle hunting, we would put older guys on major trials in draws or on ridges and all of us younger guys would still hunt the timber. We've also used this tactic for elk coming up out of private, find the most likely paths to get to cover and post people on each one. We've probably killed over 100 elk this way over the years, mostly cows and spikes, but probably a dozen or so big bulls as well.

I killed my archery bull last year by ambushing him, we watched them coming for over a mile and remembered that while hiking in, I had crossed a big trail in a ravine coming up off of the river. Once we saw that the elk had crossed onto our side of the canyon, I hiked back to that trail and arrived just in time to see cows feeding up below me. My bull and 4 other 6 points were right behind the cows, I made one bark to stop them and killed him right next to that trail.

 

[roosiebull]

I was thinking on getting a ghillie suit and popping up from the grass for a rear naked choke as they head to water. Orange flak jacket too; should work out.

I would be prepared for both, regardless, you better start hammering now…. And of course…. Keep hammering