Post by: fieldking#1 on April 16, 2013, 05:03:58 PM
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Post by: brocka on April 16, 2013, 08:36:36 PM
My advice is to realize how close Idaho is. Best of luck!Exactly
Post by: Special T on April 16, 2013, 09:02:27 PM
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Post by: LBES on April 16, 2013, 10:39:24 PM
Post by: Smossy on April 16, 2013, 10:52:55 PM
Scouting.When everyone says scouting. Explain this to me. I know the term, but where does one start/look for? Do you guys just find a spot on the side of a road and start walking?
Post by: LBES on April 16, 2013, 11:03:01 PM
Scouting.When everyone says scouting. Explain this to me. I know the term, but where does one start/look for? Do you guys just find a spot on the side of a road and start walking?
There's a lot to this... it could be as basic as just tromping through the woods or as complicated as getting maps, looking for areas that will hold elk, patterning elk behavior, etc.
Just "scout" some areas that have elk in the area, look for sign, and try to get an understanding for how they use the area and how you would setup to hunt them. Every situation is a little different. Scouting helps, at minimum, just to be familiar with the area so you know how to react when what you thought would happen, doesn't happen.
Good luck!
Post by: wt on April 16, 2013, 11:13:11 PM
Post by: LBES on April 16, 2013, 11:21:08 PM
LBES, are you serious about the primos cow calling? or teasing?
:chuckle:...everyone gives me crap for it, but my elk hunting has been 1000% more successful when I actually paid attention to what I was watching. It's not about focusing on the great area they're hunting, or the class of bulls they get to hunt. Focus on the technique. They'll push their bugles because that's what sells, but when they're really hunting in the video, I was always surprised how much they cow call. Once I changed that tactic, it was instant success. Cow calling, at least in areas on the wet-side where I hunt, have proven to be a ton more effective for me. I use a Wayne Carlton Fighting Cow Call, and a Prmios IMAKA-DA-Bull crazy cow calls. 2 and 3 bulls at a time are coming in. Before 2006, when I was just "hunting hard", I never had the opportunities I have had since then.
Post by: wt on April 16, 2013, 11:27:35 PM
Thanks for the response, its about time to start getting tuned up again, so maybe I'//incorporate some primos videos into the line up. Any particular video that demos the cow calling your talking about? WT
Post by: hughjorgan on April 17, 2013, 05:26:01 AM
Thanks for the response, its about time to start getting tuned up again, so maybe I'//incorporate some primos videos into the line up. Any particular video that demos the cow calling your talking about? WT
Your time and money would be better spent watching elknuts DVDs than it would watching a primos private ranch hunt.
Post by: billythekidrock on April 17, 2013, 05:45:28 AM
Scouting.When everyone says scouting. Explain this to me. I know the term, but where does one start/look for? Do you guys just find a spot on the side of a road and start walking?
There's a lot to this... it could be as basic as just tromping through the woods or as complicated as getting maps, looking for areas that will hold elk, patterning elk behavior, etc.
Just "scout" some areas that have elk in the area, look for sign, and try to get an understanding for how they use the area and how you would setup to hunt them. Every situation is a little different. Scouting helps, at minimum, just to be familiar with the area so you know how to react when what you thought would happen, doesn't happen.
Good luck!
I agree. And learning sign or what to look for is just as important. A couple of examples that I see a lot are people confusing large blacktail rubs for elk rubs and thinking spring bear turds are elk turds.
Learn the difference between ungulate rubs and other tree damage. Know the difference between buck and bull rubs.
If talking about spring bears you might want to learn the difference between deer and bear beds and feeding sign. Also learn what spring bear turds look like and how they differ from summer/fall bear piles.
Post by: billdo5 on April 17, 2013, 06:43:31 AM
Post by: Special T on April 17, 2013, 08:04:56 AM
Post by: Broken Arrow on April 17, 2013, 08:23:25 AM
2. Be humble when getting advice, as well when asking.
3. Don't set unrealistic expectations from drawing conclusions of watching hunting vids. Elk hunting is with a bow is Hard.
4. Get out in the woods as much as you can, learn to read elk sign and what time of year its made.
5. Have fun, if you can, make a good partner right now in this journey, if it works out, you will hunt for years.
6. last and not least, learn how to break down an elk the proper way and don't waste meat. Elk hunting is and can be really fun, until you knock one down...the depending on your circumstances, it can range from a "hurt locker" to backing up the truck......thought 90% of the time if you learn all this stuff....its a hurt locker!
Post by: Special T on April 17, 2013, 10:42:02 AM
Find some help here
http://www.washingtonarchery.org/about-us/clubs--shops/ (http://www.washingtonarchery.org/about-us/clubs--shops/)
Post by: dreamingbig on April 18, 2013, 06:06:05 AM
2. Join an archery club if you have the time
3. Start saving money to hunt in Idaho and Montana!