my plan

[bracer40]

When you set up your blind try to put it in position so that you can pull back without the animals seeing your movement.

[bowhunterforever]

Sounds like a good plan to me Good luck

[RadSav]

Some good advise so far.  Only thing I might add is not to get too carried away with trimming shooting lanes.  I've ruined more than one good hunting spot by changing things too much and scaring the animals away.  We've had bear bait sites (back when it was legal) that held multiple bear eating over 100# of scraps per week.  Trimmed a few too many branches and had every last one of the critters hightail it out of there.  Sometimes less is more!

[buglebuster]

I would only need to trim about 4 branches fromone tree... Should be fine right?

[haulinbass]

Apples= bears. I know a guy that had the same situation and the elk stopped coming in land all he had on his can was beards. But I am not telling that it won't work just what we have experienced.

[buglebuster]

Well the spike is coming in daily. Dumped a 50lb sack of cob and some apples out on the 11th, along with trim my shooting lane, and brush in my spot to sit. Him and a few cows were on site only a few hours later. Hopefully he keeps at it!

[johnr060]

I'm excited to see how this plays out on the 3rd

[sjoshea]

I've found a few yards of camo burlap make a great blind.  Easy to pack too.

[buglebuster]

I'm excited to see how this plays out on the 3rd

Me to this poor spike dont even have a clue lol. Hopefully he sticks around. I plan to dump more grain and apples the night before, and come into my blind opening morning after its light enough to shoot, just in case he's already there.

[ghosthunter]

If you use a ground blind get some good scent killer and spay it down good. Inside too. I hunt out of a ground blind a lot and elk will walk right up to it if placed and brushed.

If there are dark shaded areas near by with in range place it in the darkest area you can. Lots of guys like to leave all the window open so they can see. Dont do it. open only the windows towards your shoot lane. Darken all the rest. and darken your face.

Dont forget a bottle to pee in with a sealed lid. A 2 gallon zip lock works well.

Good luck

[ghosthunter]

Also I like to step 30-40 yards away from my blind and than take pics of it. Than I look at the pics to see how it looks.

[MattySuto]

They only issue I see with "building" a blind is you say the elk are already coming in on a regular basis.  Ive never been one to disturb the surrounding area to much once they are coming in.  Kind of like when you see the guys on TV that put up a ground blind on a water hole to hunt antelope.  They do it well in advance to get the game used to coming in and seeing it there without any harm coming to them.

  took the words right out of my mouth.  I would set the blind up well in advance.  Even though elk come there everyday it something is different or looks different it will deffinatly make the elk more suspicious and will be more cautious. Good luck

[buglebuster]

I already did it last week, and they came in everyday just as normal i didnt really build a full out blind, i just used the branched from the shooting lane i cut and propped them around where ill be sitting.

[Brad Harshman]

Whatever your doing it sounds right.  Good luck this season and be sure to pics of your success.  You definitely earned that spike this year.

[oldleclercrd]

Good luck I hope you stick that guy