Ok HT crew,
Just got back from an archery hunt in southern CO. The first couple days we were on bulls. They were bugling and decently responding to calls. Seemed like every drainage we hunted had multiple bulls. Things were going awesome.....and then... it hit. Unrelenting WIND. We could no longer hear bugles to locate bulls and the bulls seemed to almost shut down. We hardly ever saw them in clearings. They seemed to stay in the timber and no longer respond to ANY calls. The wind was so strong it was actually blowing down trees! SO. My question is.....do you guys have similar experiences? What do you do to punch your tag when chasing bugles is no longer an option. We tried sitting on used trails and by a couple of wallows. The FRUSTRATING thing is even when we made the right calls and sat in productive spots.....the strong winds created swirling thermals and breezes with flows and counter flows....which made fooling the elks noses impossible. It was beyond disappointing. Id love to hear thoughts and ideas.
Steve
Just got back from an archery hunt in southern CO. The first couple days we were on bulls. They were bugling and decently responding to calls. Seemed like every drainage we hunted had multiple bulls. Things were going awesome.....and then... it hit. Unrelenting WIND. We could no longer hear bugles to locate bulls and the bulls seemed to almost shut down. We hardly ever saw them in clearings. They seemed to stay in the timber and no longer respond to ANY calls. The wind was so strong it was actually blowing down trees! SO. My question is.....do you guys have similar experiences? What do you do to punch your tag when chasing bugles is no longer an option. We tried sitting on used trails and by a couple of wallows. The FRUSTRATING thing is even when we made the right calls and sat in productive spots.....the strong winds created swirling thermals and breezes with flows and counter flows....which made fooling the elks noses impossible. It was beyond disappointing. Id love to hear thoughts and ideas.
Steve