While elk hunting in Arizona this fall, i had 4 different humming birds try taking me out. Best i could figure, they were attracted to my orange mouth call.
The positive aspects of the hunt.
1. Lots of elk around. Only one day where i didn't see any and 3 days where i wasn't within 100 yards of bulls.
2. Lots of big bulls, i saw around 25 different ones over 300 inches. 5 over 350 and 1 380+, i had 5 different bulls over 300 inches within a 100...
No elk for me, but for the most part had a great trip. Will start off with the negative aspects of the hunt.
1. The pressure was insane, not just road hunters, there was a steady stream of them till the last 4 days. Actual people out in the woods hunting, i had more encounters than i do fingers...
Been a relatively slow week for me. Had a big bull tuesday morning, just couldn't pull him those last 40 to 50 yards to be in range. He come in silent with his cows, got to about a 100 yards and then started angling away from me. Had a nice bull across a canyon from me thursday afternoon, he...
Day 1: chased around a nice 6x6 (310ish) in the morning. Got to within 100 yards twice before a couple other hunters blew the heard up. I might have gotten in range on my first setup, had i been more aggressive. The second setup, it was to open and too many eyes to get closer. He wasn't...
This bear was killed on one of my baits yesterday, 195 pound dressed out boar.
My step-daughter starts hunting this weekend hopefully she can get one as well.
As the title implies, I'm not much of an elk hunter. I've had 3 previous tags, all otc in colorado. I applied for one of the better units and got really lucky and drew an early archery tag. Leaving Monday the 11th, plan to be there til i tag out (not very likely) or season ends. I'll update my...