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Lil-Rokslider
I have several questions regarding high country elk. I'm from the east, and have been west twice now, diy yet to harvest an elk but successful hunts for what I wanted to accomplish. We have elk in PA that i often toy with and here, I know them well, however there's an obvious difference between here and there. (pressure & terrain) I often read that once pressured, elk will head for the nastiest country where most will not care to go. Going to those places is not a problem for me. That's what I seek and try to scout (internet). The area I hunt is along a rugged mountain range which has as many rocks as trees as the drainage progresses upward to treeline. This is where I have questions of. We don't have terrain like that here so I'm having trouble deciphering where pressured elk would or wouldn't go. For example: Would they go as far as hiding in a small bowl above treeline with an alpine lake, little grass and few trees? Will they go into basically, where you'd find Mountain Goat? Will they go up into a drainage where it funnels into the rugged steep range with little escape options? In among rocks and pines with small grazing areas? Or will they stay below that in the darker timber? I know these are probably some dumb questions. I'm just wondering if I'm over thinking the rough terrain.... if that makes any sense. Thanks in advance