YOUR success rate on elk.

[joel_sledz]

4 elk hunts in 4 years
2 bulls killed
All archery
All public land
2 OTC and 2 draws
6 consecutive days a year
And a whole lot of fun!!!

 

[jray5740]

This thread is full of hunters who enjoy some serious success! Impressive stats from some of you, makes me feel very inadequate haha I guess I need to treasure my few harvests less than I thought!

 

[MOshorthair]

Years hunting 5 years elk hunting DIY
- Elk taken - 2 Bulls (1 in Colorado OTC and 1 Wyoming - Gen. / Archery
- Archery, Rifle, ML? Archery
- Public land or private - Public
- OTC or draw? 4 years OTC Colorado - 1 yr. Draw Wyoming Gen.
- Days per year spent hunting - 6 (Colorado killed bull on day 1, Wyoming Day 5)

 

[Apapro]

Ive killed 23 elk in 25 years of hunting.
9 bulls and the rest are cows and calves...Saskatchewan has an open season for elk for either archery or rifle....cow calf bull is legal in most zones.

Of the 23 kills 9 are archery the rest have been with rifle. Furthest hunt from home, was Utah this year with a spike on day five.

Largest bull is 324 4/8" 6x6....Great bull for Saskatchewan.

Mostly private land for the elk in Saskatchewan but a few have been on public land.

Usually spend 4-7 days hunting archery, and 2-4 days for rifle elk each year.....7 days in Utah this year.

 

[wyosam]

This thread is full of hunters who enjoy some serious success! Impressive stats from some of you, makes me feel very inadequate haha I guess I need to treasure my few harvests less than I thought!

I wouldn’t sweat it. In my case, the fact that I live in the middle of my hunt area is huge. I can get in a good evening hunt after work. I know a few pockets that hold elk that people ignore, and several are less than 2 miles as the crow flies from my living room. Living in the middle of it, with plenty of time off makes it pretty easy. Treasure every harvest, I do!


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[lintond]

Worlds best bow hiker....7 years of tag soup on elk. Typically hunt 5-9 days on public land OTC. I’ve had opportunity but just haven’t put it together.


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[Joelweb]

I didn't start out this way, but I've killed an elk every year for the past nine years with a rifle on public land in Montana. All but one of those were bulls and all but one of the bulls were killed on a general tag. I drew and filled a cow tag one year in that span and held out on my general tag for a bigger bull, which I never found.

I feel like I can get the job done if I have a week.

 

[les welch]

I live in WI. Never hunted elk, and mules only once, prior to '09.

Archery. All public land. All DIY. No fancy high $$$ tags. Just normal shit you all can buy.

11 elk seasons. 11 bulls I have notched tags on. I have called in more than that, for my buddies, during my same hunt periods. This year alone was amazing. 9 bulls on the ground in September.

 

[Scottyboy]

3 elk hunts, 3 bulls killed. 1 rifle NM. 1 muzzloader NM and 1 rifle MT. All national forest/public land

 

[lintond]

Reading others success is a bit depressing. Ha!


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[Don Qui Puncher]

Two years zero elk OTC archery

 

[MtnOyster]

5 elk hunts since 1992
1 bull, missed a cow and passed on 4-5 others
all archery
all public
all otc, diy
try to hunt 8-10 days
Cant win em all but I try like hell to...

 

[casey58]

4 years, I avoided it forever because WA is a Zoo.
2 bulls taken
0-2 archery (had 3 shots...) 2-2 rifle
public land
OTC
7

My group went 2-2 last year and 4-4 this year, all rifle hunts.

 

[TheViking]

Hunting elk for 10 years - 6 elk in my freezer

 

[thnksno]

11 years hunting
3 bulls, all archery
2008, 2014, 2019

average around 10 days a year.

 

[Redarrow]

In 9 years of hunting I’ve killed 11 elk, 7 bulls and 4 cows. All in MT, all the bulls except 1 were on general tags. 1 was on private. All with the rifle. Planning on changing that this year! I’m blessed to be able to hunt 15 minutes from home so i have an advantage over most.

 

[stonewall]

this is interesting seeing other folks' numbers; as for me:

3 elk total in 5 hunts, 2 archery and 1 rifle (all public land; usually hunt about a week)

2011 - shot a cow on a late season rifle tag in NM (last year a NR could draw the tag I think)
2015 - OTC archery CO - nothing (could have shot a cow day 1, but that was dumb luck & ignorance passing the shot)
2016 - i didn't buy a tag, but helped my buddy hike around CO OTC, nothing
2017 - drew NM archery - shot a small 6x6
2018 - wasn't able to go
2019 - shot small 4pt Wyoming General (archery)

I'm curious to see where I'm at now and if I can get it done in CO OTC - I feel like that's the ultimate test

 

[El Ruso]

5 hunts over 9 years, 2 bulls. I could have killed elk on every hunt but the creatures didn’t always meet the requirements of my tag.

 

[Zzhartless]

I have hunted elk almost every year for 18 years. With that said my success rate on cow hunting is around 90%, all firearm and mainly public or walk in access.

For bulls my success is drastically less. Most of this is due to me being highly picky and trophy hunting. I would say I have hunted bulls 12 seasons for my self. Many otc tags with say 40% success with bow/rifle combine and limited draw of 10% success. Again with otc I am a little less picky, while limited I am holding myself to a trophy standard (330+ b/c). All of my bulls are absolutely public, foot and horseback.

 

[isItFallYet]

2015- NM cow
2016- NM cow
2018- Idaho missed bull, killed mtn lion
2019- MT 6 point

75% success rate.