The Elk Thread

[jwstrother]

Camp looks cozy! Thank you for the PM, looking forward to getting up that way on Saturday. Good luck this weekend and the rest of the month.

[Roger]

Good luck to everyone. 13 more days and I get to head to CO to chase them. This 108 degree heat here today has me wanting to leave tomorrow!

[J-Bone]

Sitting on the top of a mountain in SW Colorado with a deer tag in my pocket. Seeing a few deer, but as luck would have it being that I opted to save my points and not grab an elk tag, I’m covered up in bugling elk. One bull being exceptional. It’s a sight to behold watching them do their thing above timberline in the mornings. What I’d give to trade my points in on a tag to have an opportunity at the big bull we’ve been watching. Good luck to all the hunters out and about, and those fixing to head out!

[justletmein]

Set camp Monday. Found a bugling bull behind it, about 500 yds.
Second night heard the bugling and though it was a person.
Went back behind camp this morning and found out it is a bull.
Worked him about 30 minutes or so talking back and forth somewhere around 150 yds out.
He never came in, we think he crossed our trail back and got our scent, wind was good while calling. Found his tracks.
Found another real promising spot the spouse is going to hunt in the morning, lots of beds and good grazed grass sign.
I'm going back up in the morning and we'll be there til Monday.

Dang that's a great looking camp! Good luck!

We're headed up in 4.5 weeks for the cows, still don't have a plan together but starting to collect options and routes and managed to buy myself two additional days to go up a little earlier and acclimate.

[pope@young315]

Just got back from SW Colorado hiked in 6 miles on public land with my Buddy and his Son. Had two Bulls down by Monday very exciting but exhausting weekend.

[wytex]

Great job on the bulls !! We need more bugling up this way.

[Dirty Kev]

Congrats on the bulls! That SW colorado terrain aint easy.

[justletmein]

Very nice Pope, congrats!

[TildenHunter]

Been awfully quiet. Anyone else have any elk success recently?

[splitbeam145]

I head out Sept. 29th to NM to try and put wife on a rifle bull elk. They're in the area right now so hoping the cool nights and no hunting pressure on the ranch keeps them there for couple more weeks so she can get it done.

[wytex]

I think we're done with archery elk hunting, just don't have any more days extra to go up.
I've heard of some really nice bulls coming out of the Snowies up here, which is great.

My hats off to you all taking some great bulls and congrats to all who have harvested !!

[Dirty Kev]

Im heading up to CO friday for the last week of archery, OTC tag. In august, I hiked about 25 miles one weekend to put out some cameras up there, curious to see whats on them. Hoping that the camera intel helps me focus in on where to hunt this year. Haven't been able to even locate elk on public land the last few years.

[TildenHunter]

This guy came in on a string last Wednesday evening in Northern New Mexico. Wasn't the bull I was hunting for but 100% the encounter I was hoping for! Frontal shot at 24 yards and he ran 80 yards and was done in seconds. My guide got it all on film and I will try and upload it to Youtube when I get a chance! Good luck to those still hunting.

[TildenHunter]

[7sdad]

Nice bull congrats!