Early Season Educational Resources

[jadkins223]

I hope everyone drew a good tag and is looking forward to a good elk season.

I finally drew my first archery tag in NM. It’s in the very dry southern region. It’s 1st archery.

I’ve hunted NM for muzzy once and harvested a bull up north.

With it being first archery, can yall point me to any good educational resources for a first time archery hunt or just tips in general?

I know water will be the focus. I plan to arrive 2 days early and also an august scouting trip (hopefully)

Aside from getting up high and glassing to locate and then hopefully catch them between bedding and water are there other tips? I might do some soft cow and calf calls. Doubt I’ll bugle any. Wind and thermals will probably school me too. I’m pretty dang pumped to say the least.

I’ll be going solo. I’ll have my spike camp setup but due to water limitations I might have to truck hunt.

 

[cohunter14]

I'd recommend the University of Elk Hunting, which is now part of Outdoor Class. Even if you've had success elk hunting and been doing it for some time, you will find new information in there to help make you successful, especially with archery hunting. Good luck!

 

[BootsontheGround18]

University of Elk Hunting is a great resource and a great starting point. Water is a must for a dry area and 1st archery season where it will be hot. Try to do a lot of e-scouting and get some boots on the ground if possible prior to your hunt to confirm what you found during e-scouting. Look for glassing areas where you can try to locate elk and learn their movement patterns. If you have specific questions I'm happy to assist however I can.

 

[jadkins223]

University of Elk Hunting is a great resource and a great starting point. Water is a must for a dry area and 1st archery season where it will be hot. Try to do a lot of e-scouting and get some boots on the ground if possible prior to your hunt to confirm what you found during e-scouting. Look for glassing areas where you can try to locate elk and learn their movement patterns. If you have specific questions I'm happy to assist however I can.

I will check that one out thank you! I’ve been doing a wild amount of e scouting and planning an early August scout trip.


Let’s say When e scouting and you have a bunch of large east west running drainages one after another that all looks somewhat the same with same features. Whats your strategy for sifting through them or shrinking them down? I’m sure they all have elk. Lots of cover and north facing pockets in them.