Do you archery hunt for elk?

[Len Backus]

Do you archery hunt for elk?

 

[Timber338]

Sure do. I'm headed out to the western slope (in Colorado) with an OTC either sex elk tag on Sept 18th through the end of the season. Can't wait!

 

[ohiohunter]

Yep, in fact I prefer bow hunting over all other methods. Too bad I didn't draw a tag this yr

 

[CogburnR]

Got my first elk with a bow.

 

[goodtime]

Been hunting most of my life with a (stick) bow & luv taking game with it. Gun or bow , it's being with mother nature ' the harvest is just icing on the cake if it happen. I sign up for the elk hunt with a rifle ,but if I can also hunt with a bow too , in the same season let me know . I luv to do that , so Len if that what I'm reading let me know , please !

 

[gemihur]

Yep! Asian elk (Cervus nippon) sika on Assateague Is. at Chincoteague NWR drawn by lottery and scheduled on Oct. 20.21.&22. Not a full-sized beast by any means but dressed at 45-60# they sure make for good eating. A non-indigenous species to the ecosystem there, the controlled hunt allows for up to five per day! (not to exceed two bulls). We've been doing the lottery for 35 yrs. since I learned of it while studying Forestry at D.S.L.C.C. in '79. Great exotic hunt right here in VA!

 

[gemihur]

I would think that a blood trail would be best distributed by an exit hole. Can you rely upon an AR to exit the far side of a bull elk?

 

[goodtime]

I would think that a blood trail would be best distributed by an exit hole. Can you rely upon an AR to exit the far side of a bull elk?

It's where you place the shot that counts , I use a g-7 & killed my 4x5 3yrs ago 'didn't get a chance to go bow hunting this yr., but I'm going on the last hunt with a rifle ,around Teleuride ,Colo.Practice, practice & practice with your rifle or bow .Thats what it takes.

 

[RustyRick]

You'll find lots of kills with a rifle, even big guns with no exit hole. Bullet under the skin. Point is that an arrow causes very little tissue damage, no hydraulic damage or terminal impact.

Has to be a slow bleed to death kill.

 

[goodtime]

Been around enought elk kills with a bow & the biood trail where not that hard to follow , even put in arrow into the artery on the left hind leg , small amounts of blood . The elk bleed out in three minutes or so . A double lung shoot the arrow will passes through , unless it hits a rib more likely it will pass throw anyway . All I can say is worry more about your placesment of your shoot & less about what if ! Good Hunting & enjoy your time with mother nature .

 

[jonthomps]

Nope, but my hat's off to those that do. Don't have the patience.

 

[mnoland30]

A good hit with an arrow kills quicker than most rifles. They cut a very large swath. They don't have the hydrostatic shock of a rifle, but that really isn't what kills.

 

[gemihur]

I don't know about the time to it's demise but I would bank on the technology afforded a modern centerfire rifle with good optics over any stringed instrument for reliability anytime.
I believe we choose to handicap ourselves to add significance to the accomplishment.
I admire those that achieve success despite the adversity associated with primitive weapons.
Kudos to them!

 

[johnhhernan]

I'm left eye dominate and i draw the the bow with my RH its comical to watch me shoot.