I didn't have them one year and had to buy them. It was because of all the mud and not due to snow the first week of archery. I always throw them in the truck now
I plan on using my saddle this year. I have read a lot of your post pertaining to stand hunting. Just curious, this stand looks fairly low. Is this typical hunting height? I shoot traditional archery so the lower, the better shot angle for me. I've never hunted elk from a stand and I want to...
I have a question for you experienced glassers. I usually don't do much glassing because it is thick where I hunt. Since I am not getting any younger, I have decided to change my approach and cover more ground with my binoculars. My question is this, how far are you guys able to distinguish...
In my experience, you are not going to get away from people in Colorado OTC units. In recent years, I have been looking for ways to use people to my advantage. Everyone on here, (me included, when I started out) hits the trail head, puts on a pack and starts putting down boot leather. Lately, I...
I could be wrong, but I figured a tree stand tactic would benefit a higher pressured area. If the elk are constantly being pushed around by hunters, if in the right spot, sooner or later one should walk by. I know elk get blown out of an area, but I have also seen different elk get run into that...
Lately I have been re-evaluating my approach to elk hunting. I usually hunt early season, OTC, archery and the elk are highly pressured. I recently ordered the book "Tree Stand Hunting Rocky Mountain Elk", but I was wondering what those of you, who are successful from tree stands, like to look...
Just curious how everyone likes to hunt early archery elk? I put in for a draw unit this year but usually I hunt OTC high pressured elk. This year I plan on taking a different approach and covering more ground by glassing than by foot. The areas I hunt are not well suited for this type of...
This year my buddy and I are going to an area with a lot of Gambel Oak in early archery season. Just curious if anyone has had much luck hunting elk in this stuff? Thanks for any advice, this will be a lot different than what we are use to.
Thanks for all the pointers. We will be early season archery hunting. Hoping to find something. After last years dry spell we don't want to repeat that. We can usually find them but with them usually quiet early on, I was looking for some pointers. Thanks
So after numerous hours spent e-scouting last year and driving 20 hours to our destination we hunted 3 days in what we believed to be a great spot. We finally packed out and headed to a different spot after hunting hard and not cutting any sign. I am curious what everyone's favorite tactic is...
I'm wondering how you guys use your mountain bikes on backcountry elk hunts in Colorado? Where can you learn what roads will be closed to OHV's? Been wanting to use a mountain bike on a hunt for awhile but a lot of places I've hunted, I'm not sure they would help me out. Thanks