Congratulations on a great bull! Thanks for sharing the story. Curious, did you end up losing any meat letting him sit overnight? Sounds like it was extremely warm, but hopefully the nights were cool.
Congrats on your bull! You've got a heck of a hunting partner as well.
Regarding your boots, have you tried tying them using a heel lock? Here is a sample video of that if you haven't seen it before. I only do one of the surgeon knots, not two like in this video, but it definitely helps keep...
Yeah, chances are they moved to their rutting areas at the beginning of the month. Especially if most of your game cam pictures were of bulls, that would be my guess.
Having said that, I'm with Wyhunter - either stay there and hunt deer, if they are there, or relocate. It doesn't have to be 50...
A lot of good advice on here, and I agree that the weather conditions can be anything that time of year and can change rapidly. As was mentioned, bring it all and you can adjust right before you head in with the most up to date forecast. However, I'd make sure that you are able to continually...
Yes. In my experience, elk will tend to stay in an area until they are forced down by snow, especially bulls. Cows might get ahead of it a little more, but unless a storm dumps feet of snow, you won't find them in the wintering area until much later in the season. They'll be somewhere in between...
In my experience, trailheads and trails are more populated than roads in many units. Everyone wants to go 5 miles deep to "escape pressure," only to get back there and find multiple other people doing the exact same thing, or sometimes outfitters with multiple camps in the area. Just my two...