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<blockquote data-quote="Red Sparky" data-source="post: 1071521" data-attributes="member: 37223"><p>Two things I will address to maybe help you. Watch the wind even when hiking in. I was ML hunting elk and walked in to a spot in the dark. I heard chirping and mewing so got next to a big juniper and waited for the sun to come up as I did not want to bump the elk. The wind hit the back of me neck after about 15 minutes of waiting. The alarm barks went out followed by running hooves. I probably could have got around the herd in the dark since they could not smell me but once they did they were gone.</p><p></p><p>As far as camping without spooking elk it depends on how pressured they are. Last year bow hunting I was camping off a forest road and walking anywhere from 1/2 mile to 1 1/2 miles to hunting spots. The last night after dark while I was snug in bed I tracked a bugling bull moving from south to north by listening to him. He came within 300 yards of camp as he went by. On a ML hunt with my daughter we were back at camp around the campfire and I was teaching her to bugle and cow call. We called a bull in upwind of us where you could see him at the edge of the firelight. I think the biggest factor in both instances were the elk did not smell us.</p><p></p><p>Human smell is probably the biggest key to alarming elk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Red Sparky, post: 1071521, member: 37223"] Two things I will address to maybe help you. Watch the wind even when hiking in. I was ML hunting elk and walked in to a spot in the dark. I heard chirping and mewing so got next to a big juniper and waited for the sun to come up as I did not want to bump the elk. The wind hit the back of me neck after about 15 minutes of waiting. The alarm barks went out followed by running hooves. I probably could have got around the herd in the dark since they could not smell me but once they did they were gone. As far as camping without spooking elk it depends on how pressured they are. Last year bow hunting I was camping off a forest road and walking anywhere from 1/2 mile to 1 1/2 miles to hunting spots. The last night after dark while I was snug in bed I tracked a bugling bull moving from south to north by listening to him. He came within 300 yards of camp as he went by. On a ML hunt with my daughter we were back at camp around the campfire and I was teaching her to bugle and cow call. We called a bull in upwind of us where you could see him at the edge of the firelight. I think the biggest factor in both instances were the elk did not smell us. Human smell is probably the biggest key to alarming elk. [/QUOTE]
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