Post by: MReese on December 01, 2016, 12:15:55 PM
Anyway, i ended up bumping the group bedded, the only shot opportunity was a rag horn bull at 60yds (east side unit and no tag). All the cows were at 70yds with no vital shots.. too far for me. Ate some lunch and fallowed a cow & calf from the group for 7-8 miles until i caught up to them.. had the cow broadside at 55yards but she bolted as i drew.
Had a blast, it snowed A LOT, and i forgot my sleeping bag... so what's the liquid?
Post by: snake on December 02, 2016, 04:06:06 PM
Post by: Lefthook on December 02, 2016, 11:10:52 PM
Post by: MReese on December 04, 2016, 07:08:46 PM
not uncommon to find orange/pinkish piss in the snow. I am not sure what it means. Followed a cow and calf for 7-8 miles? I am sure that is a new record. you didn't run into any other elk in that 7-8 miles or cut any other fresh tracks?
I can't speak to it being any record but I will say i'm 30 years old and like to think i'm in good shape, climbed Mt Baker this year, Glacier Peak the year before that, Rainier before that, not to mention the multi night weekend backpacking trips.
All the podcast i've been listening to about late season elk hunting said I should cut fresh track and stay with it.
I did cut other fresh track in that distance but decided to stick with the two i'd been fallowing hoping they'd bed again. Maybe foolishly..? I was exhausted the next day and went home :dunno:
Post by: MReese on December 04, 2016, 07:21:14 PM
From a cow that either didn't get serviced or didn't get nocked up during the rut. A cow will go into estrus one more time for a chance encounter with a bull. This is the time a lot of spikes will get lucky since it is not during the competitive rut.
That makes sense based on what I saw. So what are the chances of the calf's survival being born that late next year? Also, is there an effective way to use this to my advantage in the late season? Bugling? I mean, she's clearly looking for a man.. how do i get her to come to me?
Post by: scoutdog346 on December 04, 2016, 07:39:20 PM
Post by: dreamunelk on December 04, 2016, 07:53:13 PM
Post by: Hilltop123 on December 04, 2016, 08:10:25 PM
Post by: snake on December 04, 2016, 08:12:38 PM
Post by: Lefthook on December 04, 2016, 09:01:55 PM
From a cow that either didn't get serviced or didn't get nocked up during the rut. A cow will go into estrus one more time for a chance encounter with a bull. This is the time a lot of spikes will get lucky since it is not during the competitive rut.
That makes sense based on what I saw. So what are the chances of the calf's survival being born that late next year? Also, is there an effective way to use this to my advantage in the late season? Bugling? I mean, she's clearly looking for a man.. how do i get her to come to me?
I've seen very young fawns and calves born at the end of summer. Being born a couple months late, maybe even three months late probably doesn't make life real easy when fall and winter arrives. Not sure of the late birth mortality rate, but being born has to be better then not being born at all.
Cows in heat hang out waiting for a bull to hook up with them so I think I would hunt cows in heat out of the rut the same way you hunt them any other time during hunting season. Cow and calf calls would be the calls I would use, bugling now would seem out of place.
If it gets down to the very end of the season and you are still at it, go ahead and try everything, even bugling, elk can definetly suprise you.