What would u do?

[longrangekiller]

So u got a bull tag and its only 2 days before the end of your hunt your walking an old road and you only got 45-30 min. Of light left and u hear a bull bugling in this hole about 600-700 yards away in the thick bottom. But he wont come in to any of your calls. You don't know if u can seal the deal or not before dark. What would u do? Let him bed down hopefully get on him in the morning? Head into the thick brush taking the chance of spooking him and loosing day light?

[billythekidrock]

I wouldn't want to bump him so I would leave him for the night.

[Tman]

  exactly..

besides, who wants to pack an elk out uphill in the dark..

[blacktail luv]

I'm a believer in taking advantage of every opportunity given, he may be gone tomorrow...I'd go for it!

[PolarBear]

I wouldn't want to bump him so I would leave him for the night.

Back out quietly!

[Hunterman]

Not enough time in the day left to do the animal any justice. Bed him down and come back in the morning and take your chances.

Hunterman(Tony)

[billythekidrock]

I'm a believer in taking advantage of every opportunity given, he may be gone tomorrow...I'd go for it!

And that brings up a great point. If other hunters are in the area it might be best to try for it. But if I had it all to myself my choice would be to wait.

[longrangekiller]

I'm right with u guys back out quietly and go in at day light. I seen a post on face book that was like this so I figured I would do one on here and 375 comments on there were guys all over the country saying " I'm not scared of the dark I would jump over the edge and chase after him" lol it's not about being scared of the dark it's a matter of using your brain to give your self the best odds in a sucsesful hunt haha

[big wood]

YOU ARE GIVEN THE OPPROTUNITY AND YOU ARE THERE TO HUNT. GO DOWN THERE AND PUT YOUR BEST MOVES ON HIM. ITS O.K. TO GET BACK AT CAMP AT MIDNIGHT. I HAVE PUT TO MANY ELK TO BED TO FIND THEM 2 DRAINAGES OVER THE NEXT DAY. WHEN THEY ARE RUTTING THEY COULD STAY OR BE PUSHED. WHAT IF ANOTHER HUNTER WHO WANTED IT KILLED THAT BULL AND THE NEXT MORNING YOU WERE GAURDING HIS GUT PILE! IF YOU HAVE TGHE CHANCE DO IT! YOU GOTTA WANT IT.

[Hunterman]

How many post have there been on here " I shot this (insert buck or bull here) just at the last light and couldn't find him" 45 to 30 minutes of day light left is not enough time to do the job the right way. This is how they come about. People need to use their heads. Lost hunter get that way buy not thinking in a situation like this.

Hunterman(Tony)

[longrangekiller]

How many post have there been on here " I shot this (insert buck or bull here) just at the last light and couldn't find him" 45 to 30 minutes of day light left is not enough time to do the job the right way. This is how they come about. People need to use their heads. Lost hunter get that way buy not thinking in a situation like this.

Hunterman(Tony)

100% agreed

[Easy-E]

What weapon type?

Maybe a different answer for Archery vs. ML vs rifle.

In any case, you can decide to back out at any time as you're closing the gap and as light fades.

Cheers!

[longrangekiller]

What weapon type?

Maybe a different answer for Archery vs. ML vs rifle.

In any case, you can decide to back out at any time as you're closing the gap and as light fades.

Cheers!

Didn't think about what weapon but let's say muzzy a little more advantage then a bow a little less then a rifle

[billythekidrock]

That could change things.

[buck man]

I am going to buck the tide on this one. If the opportunity is there and you are physically able, do it. Unless the elk are on private property and are very local, they won't be there in the morning. Especially during the rut.

Case and point. A couple years ago I was glassing a distant hill side about a mile as the crow flies away. A nice bull(6x7)with a few cows comes out and the cows start feeding . I look at my watch and I had less than one and a half hours of light left. The problem was I had to lose 1200' in elevation, cross a river and then gain 2000', all the while fighting dog alders. Most people would have left the elk till morning, but they would not have been there. I dropped off the mountain running and did my best Cameron Hanes impression climbing the other side. I snuck to within 44yards of the bull with 10 minutes of light left, double lunged him with my Easton and G5 montech. He went 88 yards and that was it. Got back to camp at 2am with a nice 300 inch bull, quartered and hung in a tree waiting to be packed out later in the morning.

70%of my elk are killed this way. I'm 12 elk in 9 years. I think my methods work. I think the reason most don't do this and "back out" is because they physically can't do it!

 Hunterman, I always use my head and have lost 2 elk in 25 years of hunting them. But I have brought home almost 20. If you never try you will never know what kind of hunter you can really be.