Is there a consensus about weather changes, and their effects on elk?
I'm aware that heat will cause them to be more nocturnal.
Colder weather can make them more active in the rut and stay out longer during daylight hours.
Rain?
Storms?
Wind?
Transitions from nice weather (60's, sun, fair winds) to stormy days will cause them to be out more or to stay bedded more?
How about the opposite? Nice weather following a stormy period makes them more active?
Maybe I'm looking for patterns where it's just too random or specific to an area to have wide reaching value.
What say you?
I'm aware that heat will cause them to be more nocturnal.
Colder weather can make them more active in the rut and stay out longer during daylight hours.
Rain?
Storms?
Wind?
Transitions from nice weather (60's, sun, fair winds) to stormy days will cause them to be out more or to stay bedded more?
How about the opposite? Nice weather following a stormy period makes them more active?
Maybe I'm looking for patterns where it's just too random or specific to an area to have wide reaching value.
What say you?