You might be an elk hunter, if…..

[WapitiTalk1]

Sung to the tune of Jeff Foxworthy’s “you might be a redneck, if”, only this thread is about those often enormous but sometimes subtle indicators that indicate that you may in fact, be an elk hunter.  I’ll get this rolling. 

You might be an elk hunter if you stop in your tracks when a screen door squeaking sounds like a cow mew.

[Timberstalker]

If you drive down the highway, practicing your elk calls!

[Scruffy]

Every time you see Milk Duds you think of Elk scat.....

[WapitiTalk1]

Yep, here we go.

[257wbymagkiller]

Practice calling in traffic and people look at you like your a maniac 

[MADMAX]

You know the smell
Anywhere

[pd]

Easy to answer.  Driving down I-90 from Snoqualmie yesterday afternoon, nearly broke my neck on four cows grazing in the brush along the side of the freeway.  Then, less than two minutes later, nearly broke my neck again on four more cows.

You might be an elk hunter if you instantly recognized they were all cows.

[WapitiTalk1]

If you purposely, with gusto, at all costs…. avoid having any other significant dates, besides season start/end dates occur between September 1st thru November 30th, you’re probably an elk hunter.

[wadu1]

When you have a drawer full of calls, bugles and gadgets to attract elk. But still use the first one's you purchased. 

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Hi my name is Andy. Me and my family are elk hunting aholics. Our poor kids had no choice but to be elk hunters. We calm our elk hunting behaviors by savoring the taste of the elk as we plan our next elk hunting adventure. 

[KFhunter]

You might be an elk hunter if...

 
Your ring tone for your Daughter is a calf

Your ring tone for your Son is a raghorn bugle

Your ring tone for your Dad is an old raspy bull bugle


Your ring tone for your wife is a cow in estrus whine...



and you know instantly who's calling 


what's fun is the knowing look you get from other elk hunters when your wife calls        

[Mike450r]

If you typed this after reading the posts in the thread going to the freezer and grabbing 2 packs of ground, 1 pack of cubed, and the last pack of backstrap and planning the menu for the rest of the week.

[trophyhunt]

When wife tells you to stop now because it’s out of season, after you continue to bugle in the house after the rut.

[LDennis24]

You miss Thanksgiving dinner during late muzzleloader cuz the elk were all over your spot!

[trophyhunt]

You miss Thanksgiving dinner during late muzzleloader cuz the elk were all over your spot!

totally worth it!!   

[GOcougsHunter]

you can't find your truck keys but can easily point out a tan rump patch 500 yds away in thick brush.  Bonus points for spending 30 minutes trying to get everyone else with you to be able to locate the same rump patch.

[gaddy]

You can spend a couple of weeks in the woods in all kinds of nasty cold weather, hiking around in the mud ,snow and wind and enjoying it. Yet can't bring your self to go out to the mailbox or walk the dog, if it's chilly and sprinkling  .

[scotsman]

You are going for a walk… could be anywhere, deep in the woods or the Burke Gilman trail….  You faintly detect a smell, could be pee…. Stop, freeze, flare your nostrils like a a bird dog on a track….

[KFhunter]

Guilty Guilty Guilty!   of most of these 

[Buzzsaw461]

When you just about get rear ended because what you thought was a Elk on the edge of someone’s property turns out to be a 3D target.🤣

[vandeman17]

You stockpile your vacation time in case you hit the jackpot during application season and need to take the entire month of September off.

[bracer40]

Instead of counting sheep you replay last years elk call ins and shot…

[pianoman9701]

When 1-2 weeks off in September is a prerequisite for accepting a new position.

[NRA4LIFE]

The bathroom door at work, when opened, sounded like a bugle.

[WALLEYEGUY]

Regardless of back, open heart, and knee surgeries you seem to find your way up a mountain every OCT.  You are deemed insane by your spouse because a month ago you could not mow the grass 

[ballpark]

You've watched every season of ELK101

[fishngamereaper]

Your addicted to Google Earth looking for pocket meadow's and spot's that could hold wallows... while hoping to find those few and far between images of live elk to re affirm you are in fact an elk country expert.

[blackveltbowhunter]

You have practiced abstinence, from Cristmas to February because its the only way to guarantee no babys in September!

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

You have practiced abstinence, from Cristmas to February because its the only way to guarantee no babys in September!

That quote needs to be printed on all calendars. 

[brew]

you start checking Craig's list in late summer for free refrigerators to line the walls in your garage in case you kill an elk so you can put the quarters in them---then your wife comes out and asks why we have so many "beer" fridges

[lewy]

You think ur Copenhagen taste even better when you get cow estrus lure on ur fingers

[WapitiTalk1]

You think ur Copenhagen taste even better when you get cow estrus lure on ur fingers

 

[elksnout]

After a solid week of listening to the wind blowing up the tarp over the wall tent during the night like sailing the Mayflower over the Atlantic and rain hammering down you still get up with the alarm to go hunting because, you know, this is fun and why God made vacations.


elksnout

[haftard]

Every time you see Milk Duds you think of Elk scat.....

Every time you see elk scat you think of milk duds

[spookgus]

If your boots smell like cow estrus urine and you believe that a diaphragm goes in you mouth

[ALLTERRAIN]

If you stop and check for any warmth in fresh droppings but gag at the smell of cleaning up after your dog at times!!

[cooltimber]

Every time you see Milk Duds you think of Elk scat.....

Every time you see elk scat you think of milk duds

   ;;;; mountain raisins ;;;;