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<blockquote data-quote="Fin-addictions" data-source="post: 1023105" data-attributes="member: 85831"><p>I would add something totally different and more centered on technique.</p><p></p><p>One thing I've noticed for most people hunting elk for the first time is how they aren't very aggressive. Elk are very gregarious, and they almost always move together, and if they aren't coming towards you, waiting to see what happens, more often than not, is a missed opportunity. With elk, more than any animal I've hunted, YOU have to make it happen. When you see, hear or smell them (they smell like a barnyard, and in timber I smell them often before I see them), move on them. Be aggressive and go for it. It's the hunters who move who get them consistently. </p><p></p><p>This is even more important when hunting in the rut, especially if there are a decent number of bulls around. If a good bull has a bunch of cows, the satellites aren't going to move a long ways away to find a different cow. But if you move close to them and then cow call, you'll often pull satellites immediately. </p><p></p><p>I had this happen a couple years ago on a bow hunt. I'd killed my bull already by pushing right in the middle of bugling bulls, and had several come in immediately when I started cow calling. I shot a very nice 6x6 at 7 yards. </p><p></p><p>The very next day I took a friend to the same area to help him fill his tag. We'd start calling and he'd hear them bugle a ways away, and he wanted to set up and keep calling. I kept urging him to move forward, get in on them, and then call, but he kept saying they'd come to us. We'd call for a bit and nothing happened. I couldn't get him to move in closer because he was worried we'd blow them out. The thing is you can fail in two ways. You can hang back and never get a shot, or you could move in on them and blow them out and not get a shot, but at least your trying. </p><p></p><p>Again, it's the aggressive hunters that MAKE things happen. </p><p></p><p>Also, I'm not talking like aggressive to other hunters either. I'm just saying if you see or hear animals, don't hang back waiting for something to happen. MAKE something happen!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fin-addictions, post: 1023105, member: 85831"] I would add something totally different and more centered on technique. One thing I've noticed for most people hunting elk for the first time is how they aren't very aggressive. Elk are very gregarious, and they almost always move together, and if they aren't coming towards you, waiting to see what happens, more often than not, is a missed opportunity. With elk, more than any animal I've hunted, YOU have to make it happen. When you see, hear or smell them (they smell like a barnyard, and in timber I smell them often before I see them), move on them. Be aggressive and go for it. It's the hunters who move who get them consistently. This is even more important when hunting in the rut, especially if there are a decent number of bulls around. If a good bull has a bunch of cows, the satellites aren't going to move a long ways away to find a different cow. But if you move close to them and then cow call, you'll often pull satellites immediately. I had this happen a couple years ago on a bow hunt. I'd killed my bull already by pushing right in the middle of bugling bulls, and had several come in immediately when I started cow calling. I shot a very nice 6x6 at 7 yards. The very next day I took a friend to the same area to help him fill his tag. We'd start calling and he'd hear them bugle a ways away, and he wanted to set up and keep calling. I kept urging him to move forward, get in on them, and then call, but he kept saying they'd come to us. We'd call for a bit and nothing happened. I couldn't get him to move in closer because he was worried we'd blow them out. The thing is you can fail in two ways. You can hang back and never get a shot, or you could move in on them and blow them out and not get a shot, but at least your trying. Again, it's the aggressive hunters that MAKE things happen. Also, I'm not talking like aggressive to other hunters either. I'm just saying if you see or hear animals, don't hang back waiting for something to happen. MAKE something happen!! [/QUOTE]
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