Erussell01
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Hey guys,
As I look forward to my second elk season... It got me thinking. If there was one or two things you wished you had learned sooner, what would it be?
I made a ton of mistakes last year, and I know that I had more than a fair amount of chances on my first elk hunt. I just didn't get it done. In the 8 days we hunted, I called in a couple bulls to well within bow range, but set up wrong and couldn't get a shot. I snuck in on a bedded cow and didn't see the other cow and calf that spooked. I chased a bull across two ridges, only to get to the top of the second one and have him vanish on me. Turned around and there were elk at a wallow I had just passed on the way. Seeing them getting water right where I just was hurt my soul a little lol. Bumped a bedded muley that I didn't see because I was moving too fast trying to get to this bedded bull I had seen and the muley took off, spooking the bull. I set up on the wrong trail one morning where I had seen elk going back into the timber the prior two days and the elk ended up above me just out of range. I belly crawled for almost 4 hours across the rocks and sage to get within 100 yards of a herd only to have some guys come walking in from the road the other way and bump the elk.
All of these things taught me something and the experience was incredible.
I don't have anybody to teach me about this stuff, so I am working on getting as many elk hunts under my belt as I can in the next 10 years to try and learn everything I can. (Going back to Idaho again and hopefully Wyoming for a cow hunt)
So Roksliders, I am leaning on you. What do you wish you had known earlier? What mistakes have you made that taught you something you won't forget?
As I look forward to my second elk season... It got me thinking. If there was one or two things you wished you had learned sooner, what would it be?
I made a ton of mistakes last year, and I know that I had more than a fair amount of chances on my first elk hunt. I just didn't get it done. In the 8 days we hunted, I called in a couple bulls to well within bow range, but set up wrong and couldn't get a shot. I snuck in on a bedded cow and didn't see the other cow and calf that spooked. I chased a bull across two ridges, only to get to the top of the second one and have him vanish on me. Turned around and there were elk at a wallow I had just passed on the way. Seeing them getting water right where I just was hurt my soul a little lol. Bumped a bedded muley that I didn't see because I was moving too fast trying to get to this bedded bull I had seen and the muley took off, spooking the bull. I set up on the wrong trail one morning where I had seen elk going back into the timber the prior two days and the elk ended up above me just out of range. I belly crawled for almost 4 hours across the rocks and sage to get within 100 yards of a herd only to have some guys come walking in from the road the other way and bump the elk.
All of these things taught me something and the experience was incredible.
I don't have anybody to teach me about this stuff, so I am working on getting as many elk hunts under my belt as I can in the next 10 years to try and learn everything I can. (Going back to Idaho again and hopefully Wyoming for a cow hunt)
So Roksliders, I am leaning on you. What do you wish you had known earlier? What mistakes have you made that taught you something you won't forget?