It’s cooling off in the mtns!

[cnelk]

Something triggered my cell cam this morning but didn’t capture it.

But - check out the temp at 9500’

 

[kentuckybowman]

cant wait to breath that cool mountain air and get out of this kentucky summer weather.

 

[MallardSX2]

Nice! Has anyone gotten any picture of elk shedding velvet yet? Probably going to happen pretty soon.

 

[cnelk]

Nice! Has anyone gotten any picture of elk shedding velvet yet? Probably going to happen pretty soon.

I was hoping this camera would show some hard horns this morning.

Im doing my last regular trail cam check in a week. That should tell me when they rubbed

 

[huntabsarokee]

A guy in the unit I am hunting this year in NM posted a pic 3 days ago of a bull with no velvet. I was a little surprised and asked him about it but he said it was from this week.

 

[5MilesBack]

I normally see their white horns in early August. Heck, we're close to a week out from what used to be opening day in CO, and they've always been brown-horned by then. Not a fan of this cold weather though. But I've seen frozen puddles around camp just about every opening day I've gone out in the past. And some years, the last 3 days and nights were the warmest I saw all season.

 

[tntrker]

OMG I CAN'T WAIT!!!

 

[Kyle Wheeler]

Love it! Can’t wait to be out there!

 

[wytx]

Been in the 40s at night here since last week.
Poached elk we found did not have pointed tines yet, still growing a bit it seemed, velvet still had lots of blood too.

 

[FLATHEAD]

37' sounds Fantastic.

 

[Dakota Dude]

It seems I got lucky this year and have a spypoint on the bulls' favorite tree/bushes this year. 5-6 bulls have been rubbing their velvet off for about 5 days now.

 

[nobody]

Love it! Brother and I went scouting last thursday (going again tonight) and saw a bull already hard horned! Fall is here

 

[Coveyleader]

I was hoping this camera would show some hard horns this morning.

Im doing my last regular trail cam check in a week. That should tell me when they rubbed

No worries of bumping elk looking at cams so close to the start?

 

[cnelk]

No worries of bumping elk looking at cams so close to the start?

Not in the middle of the day

 

[LongWayAround]

Man. I would love to wake up to 37°. The last couple months of 90° days have really stolen my thunder.

I'm chomping at the bit to get some mountain time in.

 

[PaBone]

I wonder if Western Montana has cooled off any, I'm still seeing 90's during the day when I check the weather. Been feeling like fall weather here in Pa with cooler temps

 

[JordanH]

I have yet to catch a rubbed elk this year. Checked cams Sunday. Wallows are unused as well so far. In southern WY. My buddy and his wife had 34F on their truck in the morning 8/8 at just under 10K in southern wy

 

[Tenstrike]

11 days!

 

[Button]

I wish it was that cool here. Hot, humid, and mosquitoes.

 

[RustyHazen]

Last weekend. 6 point was hard-horned. Tough to see, I got good video, but the other bull has huge, bloody strips of velvet hanging off his bases. I have a video of these two bulls a month ago. It looked like the brawl of the century, except they never actually touched. Gotta protect that velvet!