ELKCHASER
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Hope some of you guys were in the right spot at the right time this weekend.
I spent the first 2 mornings/eves in a tree stand and saw no elk. Although it was obvious they used the water hole during the dark hours. Moose, after moose, after moose came in, and even a nice 4x4 mulie. But he kept his distance - and never came in. On Saturday some guy got a nice bear farther up the trail from us, but pissed us off as he blasted up the closed road on his ATV to bring it out.
We moved west 50 miles and tried the next couple of days still hunting and waiting on the trail in and out of some fields. My buddy missed a spike, TWICE, both times at ranges less than 30 yards. They, a small cow and spike, came to cow calls and were dumb as posts.
Next morning just as we were getting up to head back up to the truck around 1100, a cow and calf wandered up. My buddys son drew on the cow at 30 yards, noticed a bull 180 degrees up hill and immediately rotated at full draw to sight in on the raghorn. BUSTED, Crash, boom ---ELK GONE.....AGAIN!
Seems like if I don't draw a controlled hunt I am SOL.
Headed to Chicago for 2 weeks of military service, and hope to find some dumb rut crazy bulls when I get back.....Make sure you leave some in eastern Idaho!
Anyone else hunt elk from tree stands over water holes?
ELKCHASER
I spent the first 2 mornings/eves in a tree stand and saw no elk. Although it was obvious they used the water hole during the dark hours. Moose, after moose, after moose came in, and even a nice 4x4 mulie. But he kept his distance - and never came in. On Saturday some guy got a nice bear farther up the trail from us, but pissed us off as he blasted up the closed road on his ATV to bring it out.
We moved west 50 miles and tried the next couple of days still hunting and waiting on the trail in and out of some fields. My buddy missed a spike, TWICE, both times at ranges less than 30 yards. They, a small cow and spike, came to cow calls and were dumb as posts.
Next morning just as we were getting up to head back up to the truck around 1100, a cow and calf wandered up. My buddys son drew on the cow at 30 yards, noticed a bull 180 degrees up hill and immediately rotated at full draw to sight in on the raghorn. BUSTED, Crash, boom ---ELK GONE.....AGAIN!
Seems like if I don't draw a controlled hunt I am SOL.
Headed to Chicago for 2 weeks of military service, and hope to find some dumb rut crazy bulls when I get back.....Make sure you leave some in eastern Idaho!
Anyone else hunt elk from tree stands over water holes?
ELKCHASER
