Whitetail to Elk

[TimberRunner]

Similar experience. Have 5 elk now. Have adopted this. Put to bed in afternoon, try to kill one in the morning. If I couldn't find elk to bed, try to find a spot to ambush in the morning. Be prepared to move lots of different basins. Get in good spots to glass.

Like anything else, there's a lot of ways to kill elk. The above works fairly consistently, but it's hunting.

 

[Scoot]

Indian Summer is 100% spot on. Gman, no doubt killers can be killers, but for those who simply try to apply whitetail tactics and logic to elk hunting, most don't fare too well. Given how I hunt whitetails and elk, the main difference is: whitetail = patience and persistence, and elk = aggressiveness and persistence. I hunt elk with a totally different approach and mindset than I do deer.

Not saying the way I do it is "right". But... what IS said is really true most of the time.

 

[Wrench]

Be loud.....don't try to be sneaky. Break branches and move quickly.

Don't think you can keep up with moving elk. You can't.

Elk will not always use the same bedding area, trails nor anything except food and water sources.

Elk tend to be in much bigger groups with a lot more eyes open and they tend to spread out quite a bit.

Most whitetails will not go very far when bumped, elk will put 15 minutes of their pace on with little thought.....refer to the keeping up with them part here.....you can't.

I think elk are easier to kill than mature whitetails.