Adrock
New member
So I have hunted whitetails most of my adult life but since moving to Colorado I am trying to get become a good elk hunter. Last year when I moved here I made it just in time to get a 3rd season OTC tag. I never saw an elk the entire time but it was a great learning experience as I spent a few days exploring a particular section and I saw plenty of elk sign.
Well this past weekend I went back to this location to scout and found some areas where there was a lot of fresh sign from the past couple of weeks. It looked like a large herd had moved thru the area. Hundreds of Aspens with fresh bite marks, tracks and fresh dropping that were still shiny black and soft. The other thing I seen though was new rubs on trees. There were trees that had been completely rubbed raw and other that had been lightly hit. Now with whitetails I thought they only rubbed pre-rut and during the rut and quit, but these elk, that have to be close to dropping their antlers, are still rubbing trees? Is this a common thing? There were so many rubs it had to have been multiple bulls. Maybe a herd of bachelors?
Maybe some of the experienced guys can explain?
Well this past weekend I went back to this location to scout and found some areas where there was a lot of fresh sign from the past couple of weeks. It looked like a large herd had moved thru the area. Hundreds of Aspens with fresh bite marks, tracks and fresh dropping that were still shiny black and soft. The other thing I seen though was new rubs on trees. There were trees that had been completely rubbed raw and other that had been lightly hit. Now with whitetails I thought they only rubbed pre-rut and during the rut and quit, but these elk, that have to be close to dropping their antlers, are still rubbing trees? Is this a common thing? There were so many rubs it had to have been multiple bulls. Maybe a herd of bachelors?
Maybe some of the experienced guys can explain?
