rocksteady
09-08-2008, 10:49 AM
Went to an old stomping grounds this morning that I used to hunt all the time, when you get to the end you will realize why I do not hunt it anymore....
Large tract of crown land bordering Private, posted, no hunting whatsoeveer type land (I have asked several times over the years)....
Sneek in the dark, get set up, here some small bugles at 06:00 (still dark), try to make my way North to cut them off, cause I know where they are going (into the private)...
By the time I get where they are going to be entering private land, its too late. Watch them go up onto a small rise in the private. Approx. 20 elk, 5 are bulls, (4 spikes or 2's) and the last is the bugling herd bull. Could not tell if he was a 5 or a 6 (I was about 600 yards or so away and the binos, just could not pick up the tines.....)
I tried some hyper cow calling after I saw the herd bull chase off 2 spikes. I have done that before where the herd bull wants the little guys out, you try to soundlike another herd and the little guys sometimes come running (as long as you don't bugle)....No luck, they were so determiined to follow the others !!
The bull was still bugling his guts out in the timber when I walked away at 10:00 (I hope he gets a sore throat!!!)....
Used to hunt this area in the past years and always seem to run into this scenario. They seem to move onto private right at daylight, and trying to get a shot before is almost impossible due to light...(or darkness, I should say)....
Oh well, it does show me that the rut is starting,hopefully that will help me out once rifle opens up (not on this piece of property)......
One more morning of bow, gotta have a nap and think about how I will spend it...(and where)...
Large tract of crown land bordering Private, posted, no hunting whatsoeveer type land (I have asked several times over the years)....
Sneek in the dark, get set up, here some small bugles at 06:00 (still dark), try to make my way North to cut them off, cause I know where they are going (into the private)...
By the time I get where they are going to be entering private land, its too late. Watch them go up onto a small rise in the private. Approx. 20 elk, 5 are bulls, (4 spikes or 2's) and the last is the bugling herd bull. Could not tell if he was a 5 or a 6 (I was about 600 yards or so away and the binos, just could not pick up the tines.....)
I tried some hyper cow calling after I saw the herd bull chase off 2 spikes. I have done that before where the herd bull wants the little guys out, you try to soundlike another herd and the little guys sometimes come running (as long as you don't bugle)....No luck, they were so determiined to follow the others !!
The bull was still bugling his guts out in the timber when I walked away at 10:00 (I hope he gets a sore throat!!!)....
Used to hunt this area in the past years and always seem to run into this scenario. They seem to move onto private right at daylight, and trying to get a shot before is almost impossible due to light...(or darkness, I should say)....
Oh well, it does show me that the rut is starting,hopefully that will help me out once rifle opens up (not on this piece of property)......
One more morning of bow, gotta have a nap and think about how I will spend it...(and where)...