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Offline 2bigfish

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Re: Calling in high pressure areas?
« Reply #15 on: July 20, 2010, 06:28:06 AM »
Thanks Elknut1. Your input is highly valued. I continue to watch your dvd's over and over. Every time I learn something new. If the rest of you guys have not watched the dvd's by Elknut1,  I highly suggest the purchase. Money well spent. I also carry the playbook with me daily.

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Re: Calling in high pressure areas?
« Reply #16 on: July 20, 2010, 09:34:34 PM »
Tremendous post Paul! 

I'm another believer in Elknut's products.  I own more than I care to admit to my wife.  I know what I'm doing in the elk calling woods, and his videos and cd's are spot on the money for learning what elk are saying.  I've been calling and killing elk for almost 25 years, and I pick up something new every time through!
Bring a GPS!  It's awkward to have to eat your buddies!

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Re: Calling in high pressure areas?
« Reply #17 on: July 20, 2010, 09:47:24 PM »
Forgot to answer your original question....  I've never really been lucky enough to hunt an area that isn't a high pressure area, and I'm always doing some sort of calling.  When the people get thick, then the elk go where the people won't: that's where you have to go to be successful, and calling works well in the cliffs and pucker brush patches because the elk know that no hunter is crazy enough to be in their hide-away area.  Once you find an area that they go when the people start chasing them, then that'll be a top producing area for years to come.  It won't be an easy area, but it will give you plenty of action and probably your best shot at a freezer full of meat year after year. 

If you don't know the area well enough to know where the elk go when everyone says they "disappeared", then look for cliffs or very steep areas on north-facing ridges for 2 reasons: first, hunters shun steep areas like the plague, thus attracting elk, and second, north-facing generally means cooler, wetter, and brushier; food, water, shelter, and space is all they need to live another year.  Unless you're in there to ventilate one!
Bring a GPS!  It's awkward to have to eat your buddies!

 


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