I've had the same experience as Stone Ice 1. We put cameras up in early June and saw lots of elk on the cameras until the cattle moved in for the summer.
My son shot a wolf in late October and I was lucky enough to share the experience. The howling and barking from less than 100 yards was just down right spooky and the feeling I had when I walked up to that wolf after he had shot it was just amazing. Now take that amazement and put it into the...
Giving someone a gift of a bottle of booze or something similar is one thing but sometimes giving someone cash can be taken the wrong way. To a proud individual it can be seen as pity or a hand out. I know just by you writing this post you never meant it to be anything like that but that is...
First of all let me say that all of your episodes have been amazing. My 15 year old son and I are big fans. I have noticed quite a few posts here from people who are completely new to elk hunting and want the most basic advice so maybe an episode of Elk 101, going over the most simple aspects of...
Back in 1995 I bugled in a few bulls during archery and missed a six point bull on opening day of rifle up Lick Creek. I can't even imagine how much has changed up there since then.
What has anyone experienced with the shoulder seasons so far? In the area we archery hunt there is some private land nearby that has allowed some rifle hunting and it has sure made the elk spooky and skiddish on the public land we hunt. Also, we have noticed smaller sized groups of elk and less...
Phone surveys are a joke.Last year I got a survey call that went to voicemail. They said they would call back. They never did. Two years ago I got a call and I had a lot of information to share. Harvested deer and elk, wolf and lion sightings, numbers of elk observed... but this was a call about...
Can someone answer this for me? Are all of these landowners that are in support of the shoulder seasons basically the same landowners that put their land into block management already? Are they the landowners that currently allow hunting? Are they the landowner that currently participates in the...
I read this forum every day but I rarely post. I feel the need to vent on this subject. After reading the "elk master list" I don't know what the hell is going on! FWP's elk management plan has become a complete and total joke. I am particularly perplexed by HD217. Archery equipment for cows...
I started hunting in 1976 at the age of 12. We actually did more pheasant hunting than deer or elk hunting in the early days. I didn't shoot my first deer until I was 18 and my first elk until I was 20. Since then I have pretty much shot a deer each season and an elk (half bulls half cows) about...
I am starting to see the point of the guys that use their phones for GPS purposes. For me, I will continue to use my current GPS but when the time comes I probably will not buy a new GPS to replace the old one.
I have used a gps in the field for several years now. I will not go hunting without it. For what I want out of a gps I cannot get that out of a phone. Waypoints, routes, tracks, etc.
For me the "best" scope needed to fit into a budget. I don't use a spotting scope often enough to justify spending upwards of a grand or better. I ended up buying a Redfield and have been very happy with it. (I have not used it for hunting in 2 years, mostly it goes to and from the rifle range)...