Opening day west side elk 90°

[Meattoeat]

It’s gonna be a sweaty mess, but I’m hoping for a bloody sweaty mess.

Second year out giving it hell, but with it being 90° How do you think it’ll go? Deer season seems to be off to a slow start, do you think elk is going to be the same?

I’ll be up in the mountain tomorrow, but I’d be curious to know what everyone else is seeing as far as rut activity

[pianoman9701]

Find the water and the shady benches above, find the elk. Good luck.

[Meattoeat]

Find the water and the shady benches above, find the elk. Good luck.

Do you think an old wallow from last year? Heavily used is a place worth sitting opening day?

Wallow was big enough for a mini van

[Scvette]

Being that it’s going to be hot, it’d probably be best to stay away from that wallow, especially if you though it was well used!  But could you give me the GPS position so I don’t accidentally bump into it. Lol of course. Good luck

[Rutnbuxnbulls]

Deer aren't rutting in September, elk are.  You have that going for ya.  When it's the hottest time of the day and you want to give up and hit the A/C, that is when I've killed my elk.  When other guys were heading out I was able to stick it out and notch tags.  Have fun and experience what most people have never dreamed about.  They don't know what they're missing-The Elk Rut!

[WSU]

I have had plenty of bulls that wouldn't shut up to let me enjoy my mid-day nap in the woods.  Rutting bulls will still be doing their thing somewhere.

[pianoman9701]

Find the water and the shady benches above, find the elk. Good luck.

Do you think an old wallow from last year? Heavily used is a place worth sitting opening day?

Wallow was big enough for a mini van

Old? Is it being used? If so, worth sitting for a week at a time. If not, they're using another probably nearby, maybe from the same water source.

[Meattoeat]

Find the water and the shady benches above, find the elk. Good luck.

Do you think an old wallow from last year? Heavily used is a place worth sitting opening day?

Wallow was big enough for a mini van

Old? Is it being used? If so, worth sitting for a week at a time. If not, they're using another probably nearby, maybe from the same water source.

Heavily used last year. Haven’t been in since the 4th of July. And it was covered by water. Levels are low enough now. I’ll check it opening day. It’s on the edge of old growth timber and big open meadow. Might sit on the trail to it

[geauxtigers]

My elk hunting experience is with Rocky Mountain elk, this will be my first year for Rosie’s.  So question for you Roosevelt hunters - with the super high temps forecasted for Saturday (and without talking about a very very specific spot) would you focus your efforts on
1) shaded slopes by creek bottoms, but up in the low mountains/foothills
2) river bottom/wetlands very near the coast
3) somewhere else?

The area that I have scouted and will be on Saturday provides terrain for both 1 and 2.

[Little Fish]

River bottoms
Dark timber
North slopes

[Meattoeat]

My elk hunting experience is with Rocky Mountain elk, this will be my first year for Rosie’s.  So question for you Roosevelt hunters - with the super high temps forecasted for Saturday (and without talking about a very very specific spot) would you focus your efforts on
1) shaded slopes by creek bottoms, but up in the low mountains/foothills
2) river bottom/wetlands very near the coast
3) somewhere else?

The area that I have scouted and will be on Saturday provides terrain for both 1 and 2.

I’m still fairly new to elk hunting in general. But what I will say if you’re used to hunting Rocky Mountain boys is that Roosevelt elk don’t have nearly the range typically that their counterparts do. If you know where they were a few months ago, they might not be in the same meadow, but they probably aren’t miles and miles away. At least not until pressure pushes them

[geauxtigers]

My elk hunting experience is with Rocky Mountain elk, this will be my first year for Rosie’s.  So question for you Roosevelt hunters - with the super high temps forecasted for Saturday (and without talking about a very very specific spot) would you focus your efforts on
1) shaded slopes by creek bottoms, but up in the low mountains/foothills
2) river bottom/wetlands very near the coast
3) somewhere else?

The area that I have scouted and will be on Saturday provides terrain for both 1 and 2.

I’m still fairly new to elk hunting in general. But what I will say if you’re used to hunting Rocky Mountain boys is that Roosevelt elk don’t have nearly the range typically that their counterparts do. If you know where they were a few months ago, they might not be in the same meadow, but they probably aren’t miles and miles away. At least not until pressure pushes them

Thanks.  I saw a good sized group on a relatively small private parcel last month and it’s possible to hunt land adjacent to it.  I’ll definitely spend some time there over the next week, if they are in that area they will be on public at some point. 

[trophyhunt]

Warehouser just closed their lands so that’s probably gonna put a damper on a lot of people‘s plans two days before it starts.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Warehouser just closed their lands so that’s probably gonna put a damper on a lot of people‘s plans two days before it starts.

No access for the opener?
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State land is going to be a clusterf*"#!

[trophyhunt]

Warehouser just closed their lands so that’s probably gonna put a damper on a lot of people‘s plans two days before it starts.

No access for the opener?
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State land is going to be a clusterf*"#!

Thats what I’m worried about, going in a ways but now I expect company.