Olympic Elk

[treeclimber2852]

I will be out on the Olympic next weekend and had a question.  If I have a good setup and location, would there be any benefit from using my climbing stand to get up high in a tree?  Or should I leave it at home.  I know from past whitetail experience that the higher up I got, the trickier the shot placement to get the double lung.  With the Rosie's I wouldn't want to risk not getting a clean shot, so am I better off just parking it on the ground?  I loved shooting from an elevated position, but again, this is all new to me. 

[fishngamereaper]

IMO leave it...thick steep and nasty, stay on the move, find the elk, get ahead of them, ambush.

[np205]

I've grown up out here hunting elk. I think in the right spot a tree stand would work good.

[dreamunelk]

IMO leave it...thick steep and nasty, stay on the move, find the elk, get ahead of them, ambush.

 

Okay to take it along if you find the perfect spot.  Most elk have home ranges of several thousand acres.  Can take a days, weeks, or months to use a trail again.  Then again they could use the same one for several days.  You never know.   If they are pasture elk and not disturbed then tree stand would work great.