Elk Hunting in the Bitterroot

[BigHornRam]

Been a few years since I hunted this spot. It's always been a good one



About a minute after I took this picture this morning, a bull bugled across the draw and started chuckling his way down the ridge. Game on! I'll just loop my way to the left, get on the ridge, and get after them.

A little while later and in to fresh tracks, I ran into this......





Blow down was a little more intense than last time I was here.

Bitterroot Elk 1. BHR 0.

 

[LMD423]

I can relate to that this summer I took my boys to a place we used to pack in and hunt the downfall was so thick we never made it in spent the day crawling climbing through it .

 

[mtmuley]

There are no elk in the Bitterroot. mtmuley

 

[Elkhunter24]

Good luck!

 

[pabearhunter]

Pack out looks like it could be a problem.

 

[Lonesome_God_outdoors]

I used to trounce around the Darby area. Beautiful country and saw some nice bulls

 

[Highground]

There are no elk in the Bitterroot. mtmuley

I saw a calf once near Lolo.

 

[BigHornRam]

There are no elk in the Bitterroot. mtmuley

The elk I was tracking came from Granite County. Damn transplants.

 

[406LIFE]

I saw a calf once near Lolo.

You must be mistaken. It was probably an alpaca, chupacabra or wolly mammoth. There' no way it could have been an elk calf. They were extirpated centuries ago.

 

[Nameless Range]

Looks like a cools spot BHR

 

[mtmuley]

The elk I was tracking came from Granite County. Damn transplants.

Ahh, narrowing down your spot. mtmuley

 

[Highground]

You must be mistaken. It was probably an alpaca, chupacabra or wolly mammoth. There' no way it could have been an elk calf. They were extirpated centuries ago.

Mmmm..mammoth steaks. Just follow the bugles...

 

[BigHornRam]

Ahh, narrowing down your spot. mtmuley

It's not "my" spot. It's everyone's. It's on public land.
There are a 1000 more spots just like it in the root, and most of them rarely see a boot track.