Wallow hunting vs stalking

[MTN Humper]

Sitting isn’t elk hunting. It’s deer hunting. I’d say only as a last resort. If they are silent and you can’t find them but they are sneaking in there. I’d use a camera first. Like someone else said that is boring.

What a load of . How many times on Rokslide alone have you preached about getting somewhere you can see and glass up elk? That’s boring too and must be deer hunting until you see an elk then it’s elk hunting? Just making sure.

There are days in many areas and units where the elk are quiet, terrain isn’t open for glassing and hunting a wallow is a viable option.

 

[Indian Summer]

What a load of . How many times on Rokslide alone have you preached about getting somewhere you can see and glass up elk? That’s boring too and must be deer hunting until you see an elk then it’s elk hunting? Just making sure.

There are days in many areas and units where the elk are quiet, terrain isn’t open for glassing and hunting a wallow is a viable option.

Glassing from vantage points means looking over MILES of country with breath taking views in places. It’s fun! You see all kinds of animals.

And it means looking for herds of elk out feeding. A much more productive method of locating elk including quiet ones.

Elk are too nomadic to put all your chips on one mud puddle. I’d rather watch over a heavily used travel route through a saddle leading from bedding areas to feed slopes.

 

[MTN Humper]

Are you sitting? In one spot for more than a minute? Sounds like your definition of deer hunting. Better make sure you have a deer tag for that unit too then!

 

[Pow]

If you hunt high altitude elk in wet places, hunting wallows is a waste of time. It is generally cool in September and water is everywhere, there are wallows everywhere. If you are going to sit something in that situation, it should probably be the trails transitioning from feed to bed. Better yet, sit a lick.

 

[TaperPin]

Personally, I’ve never had much luck with elk returning to wallows I’ve run across that were freshly used. So few that I’d never sit at one. It could be there’s too many other wallows since the areas I see them in are rather wet and boggy following small streams up the mountain. It would be cool to just sit a few days and whack an elk. Oh yeah, I can barely sit through a catholic mass, so watching muddy water settle out until it’s clear isn’t my super hero skill, so that’s a no go.

During the day, still hunting can include covering wallows, but is much more enjoyable and productive than sitting still.