Does the dry weather we have been experiencing, effect the elk vocals?

[waistdeep]

Opening is the 10th, pre scouting reveals extremely dry conditions, will this delay any vocal action or activities do you think?

[Ferenc]

Past experience no ..... but if it's hot it sure shuts them down.... the rut will still continue.

[Bugle M In]

Well...does anybody know if the elk are bugling in the "big parks" like Banff and Jasper right now??
Usually they do right about now...so if someone has been up there....maybe they can chime in.
I'm with Ferenc, they just sit around in the heat, and get to work at night.

[Ohwildwon]

Yea, when can you start calling, say 8-5?

[Asco]

Them's union hours. I go pre-dawn to dusk.

[Rupert Retired]

Supposedly, from the studies I have read, rut is determined by length of day, or daylight hours, not weather. However, in extremely hot weather like this, I can see them being not as energetic. Similarly, the deer rut in November is governed the same, by the length of daylight, but a cold snap can give the deer more energy, and thus more movement.

[ACE]

Have hunted elk in the early season for many seasons ....
The rut starts about the same times each year. In hot weather it just isn't as noticeable. Quiet in the daylight hours, hard to call anything. Have spent the night up the mountain in hot weather ...... and listened to them call and bugle all night. Not a peep as the sun comes up. It's a tough hunt most times.
The nice part of the 6pt+ season is that there are few other hunters ...... the odd sheep hunter maybe. WF :mrgreen:

[Ohwildwon]

Them's union hours. I go pre-dawn to dusk.

Ha, I ment the unit, or southern BC..

[.300WSMImpact!]

I have seen some hard horned mule deer already, I am sure the bulls are starting to shed velvet as well