What's Your Elk Hunting Weakness?

[ElkNut1]

Mine is evening hunts! Just rarely hunt them. When hunting 23+ days in Sept. I may hunt 2-3 evenings. With that means I rarely if ever hunt all day, I just flat out get to antsy & bored! (grin) My goto time is daylight till 1pm.

What's yours?

ElkNut

 

[Conrad101st]

1. Being too far away to really scout pre season. 20 hour one way drive.

2. Getting old enough to where moving back country camps is too taxing on my knees. Hump in once and run and gun from there.

 

[WMag338]

Getting too impatient/excited and blowing elk out while stalking

 

[mtwarden]

I can’t sit for very long, even when I know I should be. I’m always thinking, just get to that next ridge and you’ll be in elk, when in fact I probably was already in elk.

You’d think with age you would have more patience (and less hiking!), I don’t.

 

[Walkstoomuch]

Patience. I’m wired to be constantly moving or doing something. If Im not in contact with elk I need a location to work towards or have a good glassing setting I’m a mess and make poor decisions. Like bumping elk I didn’t know were there because I was so convinced they had moved to the next drainage.

 

[MightyWhitey]

Getting up early. I hate it.

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

I can only find and kill them in the nastiest/steepest areas. Haven’t figured out how to kill those easy open country/meadow ones
Also, my approach is usually fairly aggressive, could be a little more patient at times.

 

[87TT]

I guess I have the patience thing a little but not as bad as when I was younger. My biggest weakness I guess is nerves, when the big on comes in hot. Or rushing the play.
I’ve come to enjoy a nap in the woods and it helps me stay out longer.

 

[Elkangle]

I think my biggest weakness elk hunting is I like to hunt deer too

 

[WKR]

Lack of tags!

 

[bcnorth]

walking to much, no patience to stay in one spot or small area for too long. Feeling like the elk are gone and leaving the area when they were quietly bedded. Afraid of busting out the herd bull instead of making a play

 

[Bwblodg]

I would say the feeling of constantly being under pressure. If you have spotted an animal there are probably other people that have as well. It seams there are more and more hunters and less places to get away from them on public land. But it still beats working. Never had a bad hunting trip. Some frustrating ones though.

 

[rambo2345]

Hunting pressure. If other hunters are near I am always vacating the area.

 

[Dust Rider]

patience and time.

 

[Ross]

Passing on to many solid 5 pts waiting for a 6pt

 

[Geewhiz]

One of my weeknesses is I suck at sneaking. I’ve blown more stalks than I can count. My solution to that which is another thing I have trouble with, is learning patience in ambush situations. Since I have so much trouble closing the distance to the animals, more often than not these days I set up and wait for them to come to me. It is not easy sitting for hours on end when you can hear bugles you want to chase, but as it turns out it has been a very effective strategy.

 

[mikeafeagin22]

Patience. I’m wired to be constantly moving or doing something. If Im not in contact with elk I need a location to work towards or have a good glassing setting I’m a mess and make poor decisions. Like bumping elk I didn’t know were there because I was so convinced they had moved to the next drainage.

Same. And giving up on a calling sequence too quickly just to have one that’s coming in quiet blow out to the next state over

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Putting in for 20 years and not drawing a branched bull permit of any kind. I have to be the most unlucky person in this state drawing tags.

 

[khunter]

Mine is evening hunts! Just rarely hunt them. When hunting 23+ days in Sept. I may hunt 2-3 evenings. With that means I rarely if ever hunt all day, I just flat out get to antsy & bored! (grin) My goto time is daylight till 1pm.

What's yours?

ElkNut

Wow, that is a glaring ‘weakness’ especially if hunting far from home. Can’t imagine what I would do all day sitting around camp when I can be glassing, hunting, napping in close proximity to the herd, etc. all day.

A weakness I have is perhaps aggressive tactics which is productive till it is not and knowing where/when to draw that line.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

I can’t sit for very long, even when I know I should be. I’m always thinking, just get to that next ridge and you’ll be in elk, when in fact I probably was already in elk.

You’d think with age you would have more patience (and less hiking!), I don’t.

This is me right here!