ORIGINAL: NVMIKE
Ditto what rather_be_huntin posted.I really dont worry about guys who hunt off ATV's because the deer are already wise to them. I've watched groups of deer feed, suddenly look at something I cant see or hear, then lay down to hide. And what do you know....a couple min later here comes that ATV,Pick-up,motorbike,ect... not long after the vehicle goes away the deer come right back out and feed again. Mulies have nerves of steel is all I can say. Around here (and everywhere else I've been for that matter)the elk tend to stay away from the roads as soon as the shooting starts
I agree. Though I want to convey a experience I had. We had been hunting hard for 6 days. My buddy had killed a nice Muley and a nice 5 point bull. I had scored on a 5 point muley but had struck out on elk. We are leaving when I or my buddy (can't remember) saw brown. We're on the road in our truck. We pull over and glass them. We were hoping a bull would be there. It would have been a perfect last minute hail mary stalk. As we are glassing I notice a 4 Wheeler moving up the slope. My buddy saw another. These two einsteins where flanking the elk with 4 wheelers. We watched it unfold. They both rode at the elk from opposite sides. when the elk saw the one on the right they took off to the left. They ran right over the top of the other guy. It sounded like a war for a few moments. As best I could tell nothing was hit by the barrage though. If it wasn't so sad it would have been comical.