Elk Hunting
02-12-2003, 08:13 AM
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: McCall Idaho USA
Posts: 753
RE: Elk Hunting
Are you talking about a guided hunt? If so make sure you're in shape, that will help you to have a good hard hunt and if you're willing to hunt hard a guide will sense it and usually will do his best to get you in game because of your conditioning and attitude. Expect to be up well before light and not return to base camp till after dark. If things seem a little tougher than you thought don't complain nobody wants to hear it. Always try to pitch in around camp with chores and what not, splitting firewood if you can doing dishes, whatever it takes. Remember guides arn't your personal slave out there. Treat them like you want to be treated and you'll have the time of your life. Look around, ask around so you end up with a reputable outfit. The more you put in the more you'll get out. Before you head out on the big hunt read all the elk hunting mag. you can, watch hunting videos so you have some knowledge about your quarry. p.s.If you're just meeting friends in their hunting camp for first time, this info still applies. Good luck. elknut1.
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02-12-2003, 04:53 PM
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: phoenix arizona USA
Posts: 296
RE: Elk Hunting
what ever you are going to use to hunt elk with practice,practice,practice. be it bow or rifle. everything that elknut 1 says is true, there ain' t nothing worse than a lazy person at camp, get some books, magazines, and videos and learn how to make elk sounds, you' ll get pretty excited the first time you call in an elk. get in shape, jog,lift weights, climbing machines(these will probly help the most). don' t worry about making alot of noise when hunting elk because they make alot of noise themselves(especially if you are calling too) mainly research your animal,get in shape, and practice,practice,practice shooting.
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02-13-2003, 03:01 PM
#10
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: RIO RANCHO NEW MEXICO USA
Posts: 168
RE: Elk Hunting
Tussey Hunter,
Without more information it' s kinda hard to give information, but I' ll try. In todays world, elk can be hunted from desert type sage country such as Arizona, in shirt sleves. The other extreme is, 11,000 ft, above the timber line in -30 degree weather. About the only common factors is to have company. Know your rifle and it' s trajectory. Practise with your rifle until you know its limits as well as your own. A small elk is bigger than the largest deer you' ll ever see, have the tools too care for the meat. A Wyoming saw is real handy, and so is parachute cord. There are many thing we can rough it on, sleep is not one of them. The best sleeping bag you can find is a must. Waterproof boots are also a must.
Contact a game department and have them send you all the information the have on elk, including anatomy. Visit your library for all the information they may have. When you have made more positive plans, come back, there are a lot of people here who can help.
Without more information it' s kinda hard to give information, but I' ll try. In todays world, elk can be hunted from desert type sage country such as Arizona, in shirt sleves. The other extreme is, 11,000 ft, above the timber line in -30 degree weather. About the only common factors is to have company. Know your rifle and it' s trajectory. Practise with your rifle until you know its limits as well as your own. A small elk is bigger than the largest deer you' ll ever see, have the tools too care for the meat. A Wyoming saw is real handy, and so is parachute cord. There are many thing we can rough it on, sleep is not one of them. The best sleeping bag you can find is a must. Waterproof boots are also a must.
Contact a game department and have them send you all the information the have on elk, including anatomy. Visit your library for all the information they may have. When you have made more positive plans, come back, there are a lot of people here who can help.