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<blockquote data-quote="woods" data-source="post: 935101" data-attributes="member: 6042"><p>rwk, give us some examples (pics please) of Elk you have killed up close during the rifle season when they are not bugling and will not come to a call</p><p></p><p>I have killed a couple of Elk only but have seen many. Never wounded one. IME Elk will bed in dark timber on slopes. I have sat and watched as a buddy tried to put a sneak on 3 bulls about 1/2 way down a dark timber slope. We spotted them from across the canyon. He didn't stand a chance! Never got more than a furry glimpse of them hightailing it out of there.</p><p></p><p>All of the successful hunts on our property in the hills have been through spotting them across canyons and making long shots or shooting them at first or last light in the fields. I prefer to hunt Elk like the game they are and not like Whitetails in the fields so I hunt the hills. You look for overlooks on the dry slopes to glass into the dark timber slopes.</p><p></p><p>Last year I had a shot on opening morning at 618 yds across the canyon. Legal bull 5x5 but not a true trophy, opening morning and I did not take the shot. It would have taken a 2 hour walk or a noisy ride to get above him on the slope he was on and experience told me that he would be gone long before I got close to him.</p><p></p><p>So before you disrespect our BS perhaps you should explain how you do it and, more importantly, how successful you are at it</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woods, post: 935101, member: 6042"] rwk, give us some examples (pics please) of Elk you have killed up close during the rifle season when they are not bugling and will not come to a call I have killed a couple of Elk only but have seen many. Never wounded one. IME Elk will bed in dark timber on slopes. I have sat and watched as a buddy tried to put a sneak on 3 bulls about 1/2 way down a dark timber slope. We spotted them from across the canyon. He didn't stand a chance! Never got more than a furry glimpse of them hightailing it out of there. All of the successful hunts on our property in the hills have been through spotting them across canyons and making long shots or shooting them at first or last light in the fields. I prefer to hunt Elk like the game they are and not like Whitetails in the fields so I hunt the hills. You look for overlooks on the dry slopes to glass into the dark timber slopes. Last year I had a shot on opening morning at 618 yds across the canyon. Legal bull 5x5 but not a true trophy, opening morning and I did not take the shot. It would have taken a 2 hour walk or a noisy ride to get above him on the slope he was on and experience told me that he would be gone long before I got close to him. So before you disrespect our BS perhaps you should explain how you do it and, more importantly, how successful you are at it [/QUOTE]
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