I got to admit there is one half of the elk hunting equation I don't work much and that is still hunting. Our basic premise has been "Put a man in the woods moving around and an elk in the woods moving around and the elk will figure out you are there first."

Our group's main focus is to focus on two primary times of the day: (1) be to the ambush stands and hour before sunrise and (2)leave the ambush stand when it's black. On the first day of the season we stay up and out all day since the elk are in a panic and you can run into them anytime anywhere. Days two, three, four, and five we focus on the morning/evening ambushes but at mid day we sleep in the field if the weather allows to catch up on sleep loss. The downside is one is always walking in the dark both ways which makes the nights pretty short. So I'm thinking of trading of the evening ambush stand for mid-day stalking and get back into camp later in the afternoon, so....

What is the deal with still hunting at mid-day? I assume you're hunting them in the black timber or on the cool side of ridges trying to catch them asleep. Or is this just kind of a "moving ambush" mode? We haven't had any trouble getting our fair share of elk, but I'm getting a little restless and am looking for something different. I assume a low power scope setting, a fast cycling rifle, and stopping in a shooting posture each time would be part of it, but...

If you'd be so kind, enlighten me......

EKM

Good judgment comes from bad experience! Half of elk hunting is knowing what NOT to do!

Edited by - ELKampMaster on 02/01/2003 22:07:56