learntohuntnyc
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Hey y'all,
Just finished my first elk hunt in western CO after a lifetime of whitetails. I brought the Eichler Elk silo from Montana Decoys along, thinking it could be helpful. It looks great to me, and I thought I had it set in a good way, but the only elk that saw it was immediately alarmed, and might have cost me my opportunity if it had been a legal bull and not a spike.
Who has experience with these things and can offer some advice about how to set them up correctly?
Here's what happened in detail:
I had mine set 80 yards from the dark timber line, right against the edge of some thick willows, facing the spot where I expected them to enter the field from the timber. I was in between, 35 yards from the timber in willow/timber mixed cover. I had thought it might draw a young bull in front for an easy shot. A spike came to the edge, was alarmed as soon as he saw it, and spooked without ever knowing I was there. The sun was set so it's unlikely there was a shine effect. I passed the shot he offered because I wasn't sure he was legal, but if he had been legal and I had waited to draw, I don't think I could have shot him because he turned towards me before spooking.
Just finished my first elk hunt in western CO after a lifetime of whitetails. I brought the Eichler Elk silo from Montana Decoys along, thinking it could be helpful. It looks great to me, and I thought I had it set in a good way, but the only elk that saw it was immediately alarmed, and might have cost me my opportunity if it had been a legal bull and not a spike.
Who has experience with these things and can offer some advice about how to set them up correctly?
Here's what happened in detail:
I had mine set 80 yards from the dark timber line, right against the edge of some thick willows, facing the spot where I expected them to enter the field from the timber. I was in between, 35 yards from the timber in willow/timber mixed cover. I had thought it might draw a young bull in front for an easy shot. A spike came to the edge, was alarmed as soon as he saw it, and spooked without ever knowing I was there. The sun was set so it's unlikely there was a shine effect. I passed the shot he offered because I wasn't sure he was legal, but if he had been legal and I had waited to draw, I don't think I could have shot him because he turned towards me before spooking.
