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Thread: Exciting Elk opening

  1. #1
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    Exciting Elk opening

    Until 250 hunters show up 3 days before the opening. They make so much noise that I will be lucky to see anything local. Scared so many animals with the loud side X sides that they ran to the next county. Elk don't like new noises.
    I guess that's hunting.
    Natives took 1 of the 2 six pointers a few days ago.
    So 1 left for the other 250 hunters.
    Good luck to the other 249 hunters.
    The challenge of retirement is how to spend time without spending money.
    The worst day slinging lead is still better than the best day working.
    Look around is there someone you can introduce to shooting because that’s the only way we will buck the anti gun trend sweeping Canada! "tigrr 2006"


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    Re: Exciting Elk opening

    I’d say there’s going to be some unbelievable elk taken in reg 6 this year

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    Re: Exciting Elk opening

    5 days at halfway and only one cow(maybe)seen at distance. Apparently the place got pounded early sept and pushed all the elk/moose out.

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    Re: Exciting Elk opening

    Quote Originally Posted by Quince2 View Post
    5 days at halfway and only one cow(maybe)seen at distance. Apparently the place got pounded early sept and pushed all the elk/moose out.
    it’s thick bush there , what makes you say they’re not there? Where did they all go? Over to Ferrell? Up to wonowon?

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    Re: Exciting Elk opening

    Quote Originally Posted by Quince2 View Post
    5 days at halfway and only one cow(maybe)seen at distance. Apparently the place got pounded early sept and pushed all the elk/moose out.
    A big area around the 1/2way has been opened up for gas/oil, there used to nobody for days, now trails/roads everywhere.

    It took me 9 days of hunting the same way over and over, for hunters to push the elk back from the farmland on the other side of the 1/2way back to the thick thick bush.
    Like early 80’s bush.

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    Re: Exciting Elk opening

    Good luck to you all for the freezer meat. I'm not choosy it could be bear, deer, elk or pig. I miss the moose hunting gang. RIP
    The challenge of retirement is how to spend time without spending money.
    The worst day slinging lead is still better than the best day working.
    Look around is there someone you can introduce to shooting because that’s the only way we will buck the anti gun trend sweeping Canada! "tigrr 2006"


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    Re: Exciting Elk opening

    Seems like on my hunts there were more hunters than last year, and less game to see.

    While out elk hunting on opening day, in a the 6x6 zone, I was able to call out a single cow. Large number of either yote, or wolf yapping in the area I was in, and that single cow seemed spooky, like she was on edge. Was a hard week with days of no bugles at all, which seemed odd. I understand with smoke in areas last year, but this year was great, besides the seemingly warm weather.
    Needless to say, I was able to make it all happen on the last evening I was out. 3 bulls in the area bugling, and I zoned in on one, which happened to be a nice 6x6, which I took. A nice 5x5 barked at me for about 20 min while I was taking my bull, and eventually made his way away from me. Was weird for sure. This is after 3 shots at my bull with a 450 BM, with a 20" barrel and muzzle break, so not like I was quiet. He circled around about 50m out.

    I also went out on a solo moose hunt up north. Same thing up there, more hunters than last year, and I was there on the same last week of Sept. Lots of tracks also, so I know the area got hunted hard for the 3 previous weeks.
    1st day was travel day, and then set up camp day. Day 2 I had heard sum grunting, but could not get him to respond more or close any distance. Day 3, so really only day 2 of hunting, I started calling right out of camp, and had a response. 2.5 hrs later I had finally got him to commit out across the road. A nice 7x7 with only double brow tines.
    Later that evening I went early and set up early. I knew that, but had nothing much else to do, so why not. This was about 3:30 pm. Heard a grunt back to my calling in short order, but could not get him to move much at all. About 6:30pm, he decided to walk into my calling quietly, and I only heard twigs snapping. He was at about 40 m before I saw him. It was windy, and not even a great wind for my advantage. I had lit up a moose scent stick earlier and hoped that would suffice.
    A nice 4x2 walked out on me, that I ended up taking, so closing my moose hunt on day 2 of hunting.

    Even though there are more hunters out there, and covered and hit the areas harder than last year, there is still game out there. I guess this is just my year, but I'll take that, as I've had a few tough years as well previously.

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    Re: Exciting Elk opening

    400 elk tags sold at the local Woods and Water hunting store, I'm told. 6 6 point taken that I know of.
    Its a mud fest on the back roads.
    I have not seen any elk(15 hours hunting in 3 days).
    The challenge of retirement is how to spend time without spending money.
    The worst day slinging lead is still better than the best day working.
    Look around is there someone you can introduce to shooting because that’s the only way we will buck the anti gun trend sweeping Canada! "tigrr 2006"


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    Re: Exciting Elk opening

    Quote Originally Posted by wallz View Post
    Seems like on my hunts there were more hunters than last year, and less game to see.

    While out elk hunting on opening day, in a the 6x6 zone, I was able to call out a single cow. Large number of either yote, or wolf yapping in the area I was in, and that single cow seemed spooky, like she was on edge. Was a hard week with days of no bugles at all, which seemed odd. I understand with smoke in areas last year, but this year was great, besides the seemingly warm weather.
    Needless to say, I was able to make it all happen on the last evening I was out. 3 bulls in the area bugling, and I zoned in on one, which happened to be a nice 6x6, which I took. A nice 5x5 barked at me for about 20 min while I was taking my bull, and eventually made his way away from me. Was weird for sure. This is after 3 shots at my bull with a 450 BM, with a 20" barrel and muzzle break, so not like I was quiet. He circled around about 50m out.

    I also went out on a solo moose hunt up north. Same thing up there, more hunters than last year, and I was there on the same last week of Sept. Lots of tracks also, so I know the area got hunted hard for the 3 previous weeks.
    1st day was travel day, and then set up camp day. Day 2 I had heard sum grunting, but could not get him to respond more or close any distance. Day 3, so really only day 2 of hunting, I started calling right out of camp, and had a response. 2.5 hrs later I had finally got him to commit out across the road. A nice 7x7 with only double brow tines.
    Later that evening I went early and set up early. I knew that, but had nothing much else to do, so why not. This was about 3:30 pm. Heard a grunt back to my calling in short order, but could not get him to move much at all. About 6:30pm, he decided to walk into my calling quietly, and I only heard twigs snapping. He was at about 40 m before I saw him. It was windy, and not even a great wind for my advantage. I had lit up a moose scent stick earlier and hoped that would suffice.
    A nice 4x2 walked out on me, that I ended up taking, so closing my moose hunt on day 2 of hunting.

    Even though there are more hunters out there, and covered and hit the areas harder than last year, there is still game out there. I guess this is just my year, but I'll take that, as I've had a few tough years as well previously.
    Lets see that nice 6X6!!!!!!

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    Re: Exciting Elk opening

    tiggr..I thought you lived in the Horsefly area...

    goodluck
    steven

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