sclancy27
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Shooting an elk too far from the road solo. I've had to call in backup a couple times. Other than that, I love hunting solo.
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#earnitJust piss your pants like a marathon runner
I'm a little confused by this one, and maybe it is the comma. Are you saying don't quit or don't move camp because you have doubts?5. Don't pull up camp, because you have no one to talk to.
Or just don't call...I'm a little confused by this one, and maybe it is the comma. Are you saying don't quit or don't move camp because you have doubts?
i am curious on solo set-ups, but have never found good ones. Some suggest sitting water, which can be productive. Others say "project your call behind you" which seems more wishful than it is effective. If I call, I like to immediately move 30yds (downwind preferably). I have been busted a few times trying to do this, so somewhere in the process my timing is off.
If that is ever an option, I take it. But that relies a lot on chance, and often times I trying to "catch" up to the elk. Calling might be a bit of a last resort to try to reverse them. It will work sometimes, but hard to convince them I'm not where that sound came from.Or just don't call...
I'm strictly a "cut em off" guy. About the only calling I do is locating.If that is ever an option, I take it. But that relies a lot on chance, and often times I trying to "catch" up to the elk. Calling might be a bit of a last resort to try to reverse them. It will work sometimes, but hard to convince them I'm not where that sound came from.
Did this a few years back. Trying to get first haul of meat onto ice and get water walked right up on about a 170” buck in his bed. Was his lucky dayPack the meat, leave the bow...
Seems like I waste to much time with them when I use to play with it. End up walking back to get it and set it up again instead of working the elkI’m newish to archery elk hunting, but you guys nailed mine already: don’t get too far back in there. I had tons of fun interacting with bulls last season, but usually in places that’d be hellish to pack one out solo in the heat.
As for set-ups, I think I’d read on here once that bulls come in expecting to see the cow that’s been mewing at them. Those hangups have been my own experience. Still cool to do the little dance with a bull, but I’ve not been able to get one into arrow flinging distance.
I’ve been considering hanging one of those Montana Decoy elk butts someplace behind me to give a bull a visual and hopefully diminish the hesitation and circling around trying to wind my location. Anyone mess with those on a solo set-up?
This is how I’ve felt using turkey decoys. I’ll start the season using them and fuss around with them far too much. After like two sessions of this I’ll typically abandon them in favor of covering ground looking for birds.Seems like I waste to much time with them when I use to play with it. End up walking back to get it and set it up again instead of working the elk