Welcome Elk Finder & win 1-year access

[realunlucky]

Welcome this App looks pretty awesome and scary at the same time. I'll get you on the Rokcast to get all the details on this new mind blowing technology

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[kcm2]

Anything that could help me find an elk with a bow in my hand is welcomed......

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[NorthIdahoDude]

Thank you! A walkthrough video is one of my top priorities right now, along with a sample map people can view/test before signing up. I know it’s hard to evaluate a mapping tool from screenshots alone, so I want to make it much easier to see what Elk Finder actually does, how the layers work, and how I personally use it when scouting.

In the meantime, I’m happy to answer any specific questions about the data, layers, or how it works.

Welcome! I am perhaps the world's worst successful elk hunter. I've killed a few over the years, but I think my ratio works out to near 100 days/partial days hunting elk for every elk I've put in my freezer. So I would LOVE a test drive of a tool to help me perhaps not suck so bad at it, and would be a happily paying customer if it truly ups my game.

I've hunted rifle and bow over the years, but rifle only these days. No cow hunts in North Idaho for rifle hunters anymore, other than on the draw/controlled hunt system, so bulls only for me until the laws change.

 

[insanelupus]

Welcome @Jon Olson and Elk Finder. Bow, rifle, & muzzleloader, in that order!

Interesting concept and marketplace niche.

Questions:

1. What is the cost of the service?

2. Does the elk finding utilize information such as season, weather patterns, personal/ area anomolies (personal hunting styles, pressure from hunters/ season timing and/or increased predator populations, trail head/ human activity, fire activity, etc. ), as well as herd dynamics (population density) to predict elk presence? Essentially, is this an "elk are generally always here" model or an "elk are likely here today with the conditions you are currently facing/input" model?

3. What advantages does your service provide that I can't find from other mapping software using map layers for predictions/classifying of landscapes traits/qualities I may already be using to successful located elk based off of past experiences?

4. Does your system also provide an educational component allowing users to understand why elk are predicted in a certain area? It's one thing to give a fella a fish and something altogether different to teach a man to fish.

5. Is this a stand alone replacement mapping tool or does it interface with say OnX for waypoint export?


Neat concept, I am intrigued and curious. I love learning the why of things and see potential for my own uses.

I also have concerns in that, in my limited experience, elk do different things in different places. True, there are "elk things"which may be universal, but so many things local and regional affect season to season locations, I'm skeptical about a national product predicting elk locations.

And I would be untruthful if I didn't excpress my concern regarding pointing all folks to the same area. For years, I've had a pat answer for new folks in our area on where to hunt. Those two areas I refer folks to always have a large number of elk killed, but also a high hunter density. They are also areas I rarely personally hunt because I don't care to hunt with others.

For the right price, I'd try it out for a few months. To be a sustainable model for year to year use, I'd require it to be highly individualized rather than just a generic "elk are likely here" predictor I can gain from extra layer work in already subscribed apps like OnX.

I certainly applaud the work and effort as well as the creativity. Very neat concept if you can execute it well. I wish you the best with it and hope it is successful for you.