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Re: ELK HUNTING TIPS
« Reply #15 on: March 18, 2011, 04:26:12 PM »
Hunt North facing slopes and pay attention to the thermals...

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Re: ELK HUNTING TIPS
« Reply #16 on: March 18, 2011, 04:34:44 PM »
look at topo maps,in high hunter areas you can find escape areas,and places most wont trek...it takes a very small area to hold a bull later in the season

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Re: ELK HUNTING TIPS
« Reply #17 on: March 18, 2011, 07:32:15 PM »
Be quiet. wawy wawy quiet.
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Re: ELK HUNTING TIPS
« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2011, 07:02:23 AM »
I think scouting has been key for me in the last few years

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Re: ELK HUNTING TIPS
« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2011, 08:20:30 AM »
Learn the area you plan on hunting and know it well. Even if you spend a few years learning a unit it will pay off.
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Re: ELK HUNTING TIPS
« Reply #20 on: March 19, 2011, 08:30:14 AM »
dont hunt the  blues,no elk there.
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Re: ELK HUNTING TIPS
« Reply #21 on: March 19, 2011, 12:41:24 PM »
No elk in the Blues's....
Bigfoot in the Clockem....
Wolf's in the Yakima area......



Only place left is the West Side  :o :o :o
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Re: ELK HUNTING TIPS
« Reply #22 on: March 19, 2011, 12:49:25 PM »
No elk in the Blues's....
Bigfoot in the Clockem....
Wolf's in the Yakima area......



Only place left is the West Side  :o :o :o

But its REALLY wet over here. Besides we only have little baby Roosevelts......
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Re: ELK HUNTING TIPS
« Reply #23 on: March 19, 2011, 01:36:19 PM »
hunt hard , wind in your face always , hunt from the top down , if you don't attempt a stalk you'll never have a chance , don't hesitate if a shot presents itself, hunt till dark then start hiking out , oh yeah don't call bulls inless you have a bull tag !!!!!!!!!!!
My wife told me that I hunt way more than I did when we first got married. I said yeah I know isn't it great !

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Re: ELK HUNTING TIPS
« Reply #24 on: March 19, 2011, 01:37:44 PM »
Bugle with a coyote howler. Im telling you, it works like a charm.

Watch the wind and enjoy the fact you're hunting elk.

Cow call every hundred yards or so once you get to where you want to be...dont know how many elk I would have walked right on by if I hadnt done this.

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Re: ELK HUNTING TIPS
« Reply #25 on: March 21, 2011, 02:28:46 PM »
Hunt hard all day...... Put 10 miles or more.... Keep the wind in your favor..... Move very slow.... Keep your eyes peeled... Elk can be very sneaky just as they can be loud.... Almost go insane when three guys come riding up to you on quads in a non-motorized area when you were lining up a nice spike at 30 yds in the brush just waiting for the lungs to get clear...... Jump a 330 class 6 point on the way back because you're to pissed and not doing all the above, while Dad is 1/4 mile away with a bull tag..... Get back to camp late and then you have to listen to these guy's who've been back at camp since 9 am drinking. Didn't know the area at all... Never even been there in fact.... Had 5 head of elk come into camp.... One fills his cow tag and the other two both knocked down the spike.... That's how you elk hunt!!!   

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Re: ELK HUNTING TIPS
« Reply #26 on: March 21, 2011, 02:44:17 PM »
Wow Kowsrule glad that didn't happen to you!! :chuckle:
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Re: ELK HUNTING TIPS
« Reply #27 on: March 21, 2011, 03:25:40 PM »
Marry an Indian.... Seriously ...... Marry and Indian.....  didnt say it was good advise.    :chuckle:
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Re: ELK HUNTING TIPS
« Reply #28 on: March 21, 2011, 03:39:40 PM »
Always carry a BIC Lighter - Best thing for checking the wind.

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Re: ELK HUNTING TIPS
« Reply #29 on: March 22, 2011, 06:55:45 AM »
Hunt hard all day...... Put 10 miles or more.... Keep the wind in your favor..... Move very slow.... Keep your eyes peeled... Elk can be very sneaky just as they can be loud.... Almost go insane when three guys come riding up to you on quads in a non-motorized area when you were lining up a nice spike at 30 yds in the brush just waiting for the lungs to get clear...... Jump a 330 class 6 point on the way back because you're to pissed and not doing all the above, while Dad is 1/4 mile away with a bull tag..... Get back to camp late and then you have to listen to these guy's who've been back at camp since 9 am drinking. Didn't know the area at all... Never even been there in fact.... Had 5 head of elk come into camp.... One fills his cow tag and the other two both knocked down the spike.... That's how you elk hunt!!!   

And it still sounds like a better day than being at work.

 


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