Re: elk hunt equipment
Originally Posted by
boxhitch
Solo elk hunting suz for this reason more than any other. Throwing a call behind may help but sometimes it needs to be 20-30 yds to one side..frustrating
try setting up in thicker brush. As humans/hunters we set up for what works best for us. More visibility/shooting lanes = more chance of a shot/success. An elk wants to see you first, smell you second and hear you third. They'll come to where they should be seeing you. if they can't see you, they'll circle downwind to smell you. if doing that exposes them in the open, often they will 'hang up' and not come in any closer. It's the doorway principle, they get to where they should see you and if they don't , they're not going to enter the room to search for you.
"If you ever go into the bush, there are grizzly bears lurking behind just about every bush, waiting to pounce, so you need a powerful gun, with huge bullets" - Gatehouse ~ 2004