odds of geting a shot on rosys

[Basket Rack]

I have to agree 100% on the set up.  You have to be willing to back out and not force the issue if things are not perfect.  There is nothing worse than having that big bull coming in and realizing you have no shooting lanes.  As for a percentage that is tough to answer the past few years have been over 50% (both rosies and rocky mt. combined).  My 25 years of bowhunting elk I would say it is around 20% or so.  The shot percentaqe however could vary greatly between hunters simply based on the types of shots differant people take on elk (distance, angle, etc..).

[kglacken]

 

23 bulls called in on the westside 

I wish...

[DoubleJ]

seems like most hunters stop after mile 3 with out a motor underneath them

WOW !! thats about 2 miles further than where I hunt !! LOL ! must be good hunting !!

You sir, are my kind of hunter!

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

seems like most hunters stop after mile 3 with out a motor underneath them

WOW !! thats about 2 miles further than where I hunt !! LOL ! must be good hunting !!

You sir, are my kind of hunter!

I have always thought it strange that hunters only walk in a mile, then turn around when they are not seeing anything 
I used to start at top of Frost mountain and hunt the motorcycle trail down to Taneum Junction, only run into footprints on the trail near the bottom, but all the Elk tracks were near top and upper 3rd.
Same with Shoestring, Hoyght mining, etc...
Now in SW Washington, I park at gates, and still only see cars in the morning, even if I walk out AT dark, yet if I talk to anyone, they are not seeing/hearing anything, while I have been chasing Elk ..
Best spot I found last year was 4 miles in, and had the place to myself.

[TikkaT3-270Shortmag]

I believe 23 bulls in a season. I would say I average between 2-3 bulls a day. Every bull is different. The area I start seeing elk is about 1.5 miles from vehicle. On some days I put on 11 miles with a big loop we do. Ive shot 2 bulls with my bow in 4 years. I would say my success rate is rather low like 20%.  I'm usually by myself so I have been learning alot if I killed every bull I have seen in archery season it would be ridiculous. I'm still learning these creatures. The people that say they are 50% or higher I would have to ask how many years and bulls they have killed.  I'm
Speaking only for archery.

[rb2506]

not to throw this off topic but I had a spot a coulpe years ago a quarter mile off the blacktop with elk every time, loved it when people flew by me at 100 mph 

[TikkaT3-270Shortmag]

Haha we had a spot like that too. We call it haywire swamp. They logged all around it now & it doesn't produce.

[rb2506]

not to mention less than five minutes from the house, its getting grown over now but always a good little walk