Post by: Meattoeat on September 07, 2022, 03:07:53 PM
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
Post by: pianoman9701 on September 07, 2022, 03:09:12 PM
Post by: Meattoeat on September 07, 2022, 03:16:26 PM
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
Post by: Scvette on September 07, 2022, 03:23:42 PM
Post by: Rutnbuxnbulls on September 07, 2022, 03:29:33 PM
Post by: WSU on September 07, 2022, 03:31:24 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on September 07, 2022, 06:07:33 PM
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.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
Post by: Meattoeat on September 07, 2022, 06:14:01 PM
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.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
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
Post by: geauxtigers on September 08, 2022, 03:23:26 PM
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.
Post by: Little Fish on September 08, 2022, 04:32:08 PM
Dark timber
North slopes
Post by: Meattoeat on September 08, 2022, 04:44:17 PM
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
Post by: geauxtigers on September 08, 2022, 05:01:12 PM
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.
Post by: trophyhunt on September 08, 2022, 06:32:27 PM
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on September 08, 2022, 06:53:47 PM
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.:yeah:
No access for the opener?
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State land is going to be a clusterf*"#!
Post by: trophyhunt on September 08, 2022, 07:16:24 PM
Thats what I’m worried about, going in a ways but now I expect company. :bash: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.:yeah:
No access for the opener?
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State land is going to be a clusterf*"#!
Post by: geauxtigers on September 08, 2022, 08:10:05 PM
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.
I just heard that too. Definitely changes my plans for the worse.
For some reason I didn’t get an email from them even though I bought a pass