This will be my second year chasing elk and essentially hunting out west. I hunt in OR due to their wonderful military license program. I may hunt in Idaho next year 2019 once I get a system dialed in and build a better comfort zone. I read a lot of articles, watched a lot of video's, and listened to multiple podcasts as well to build a foundation. I am going to enroll in the UEH elk 101 program here in a few days or possibly hours. I have been attempting to utilize various E-scouting websites as well as On X but feel that I am missing the most important element of finding quality elk habitat. Last year I went to a unit that draws a lot of hunters but I didn't hunt the main area. I found a lot of elk sign around one water hole but no elk. I put 3 days into this area then fell victim of going where majority of hunters in the unit hunt. I went during the second rifle season November 4-12th roughly. This year I am going during archery season hoping the pressure will be lower and I have more area's to scout and at the very least familiarize myself with.
I will be "lurking" the sight and trying to detract valuable information. I will try to keep the FNG questions to a minimum as hearing them over and over again presses even my buttons. If anyone hunts the western portion of OR feel free to drop me a PM because I do have some questions that I am refraining from asking because I haven't scoured the forums yet to see if someone has already answered my questions previously.
Thanks for reading if you have and I wish everyone success this year!
I will be "lurking" the sight and trying to detract valuable information. I will try to keep the FNG questions to a minimum as hearing them over and over again presses even my buttons. If anyone hunts the western portion of OR feel free to drop me a PM because I do have some questions that I am refraining from asking because I haven't scoured the forums yet to see if someone has already answered my questions previously.
Thanks for reading if you have and I wish everyone success this year!