Elk Scouting but High Pressure
09-27-2010 | 05:29 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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Elk Scouting but High Pressure
Got go by the Forest Service early in the morning so I am just going to keep on going.... Headed to about 4200 ft to do some scouting.... PROBLEM - high pressure has settled over the PacNorWest again - it like summer out there...
Got to find some lanes the animals are using from Thermal Cover to Feed, water, and back...
We have hunted this area for several years and I have a pretty good idea where I want to look, but you really just do not know till you look.
There are several timber cut ridges with a south east exposure that have a lot of browse on them. The water source is in the draw directly below them. Still with the heat I am thinking they are on the north west slopes in the thick timber and they are making the trek over the ridge top down the feed ridges to water, then feed on the way back up the spur ridges and then back to the thermal cover before the heat gets them.
Right now it is working for them because they have enough moon light thay can do their moving during the night and hole up during the day.
This 40 is normally the center of activity... The thermal cover on the north is a good place for them to hold up...
Might even be able to squeeze some 45 shooting time in somewhere along the trip...
Shoot it is just fun to get out, especially after doing chores for most of the day here at the house....
Got to find some lanes the animals are using from Thermal Cover to Feed, water, and back...
We have hunted this area for several years and I have a pretty good idea where I want to look, but you really just do not know till you look.
There are several timber cut ridges with a south east exposure that have a lot of browse on them. The water source is in the draw directly below them. Still with the heat I am thinking they are on the north west slopes in the thick timber and they are making the trek over the ridge top down the feed ridges to water, then feed on the way back up the spur ridges and then back to the thermal cover before the heat gets them.
Right now it is working for them because they have enough moon light thay can do their moving during the night and hole up during the day.
This 40 is normally the center of activity... The thermal cover on the north is a good place for them to hold up...
Might even be able to squeeze some 45 shooting time in somewhere along the trip...
Shoot it is just fun to get out, especially after doing chores for most of the day here at the house....
09-27-2010 | 05:41 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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Interesting stuff Sabotloader.
I might have to check out the Northwest slope of the big hill on our hunting lease. I think it's 35 feet higher than any other spot on our 900 acres and darn near 140 feet above sea level.
I might have to check out the Northwest slope of the big hill on our hunting lease. I think it's 35 feet higher than any other spot on our 900 acres and darn near 140 feet above sea level.
09-27-2010 | 06:31 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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Semi
You know if I were hunting @ 140' above sea level - I would always be looking over my shoulder.... I would worry about the sea gittin me... just a little tilt of the earth and the ocean would spill in all over ya....
What the heck do ya do when it rains....
You know if I were hunting @ 140' above sea level - I would always be looking over my shoulder.... I would worry about the sea gittin me... just a little tilt of the earth and the ocean would spill in all over ya....
What the heck do ya do when it rains....
