Birddy
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I drew a 410 archery permit and I am trying to build my hunting and scouting plan. For a couple different reasons i will be hunting the last week of September. I had planned to come out in August and do a weekend scouting trip to check out camping locations, road accessibility, look for elk obviously, and general lay out of land and check for water sources. Well then i got to thinking and figured if i am not going to hunt until late September it doesn't really pay to scout in August. So now i am leaning towards maybe going out opening weekend to scout/hunt. I live about 6 hours away from the unit so a weekend hunt is not out of the questions. My thoughts being that if i am going to make the trip i might as well go when i can at least have the chance to shoot one if i find one. This would give me the chance to check out the camping situation, the roads, and also allow me to see where the major hunting pressure is at.
Thoughts on that?
I basically planned to scout for rougher off the beaten path areas and for water sources. If anyone is willing to share any other scouting tips for finding elk in breaks country i am all ears. I have never elk hunting so this is all new but i have spent a lot of time in the ND badlands so that type of country is not new to me. I assume the elk would be pretty nomadic in that more open country? I would think with all the grass land country it wouldn't work well to focus on the food aspect because its all around. So i planned to focus on water sources and bedding cover to find elk.
Lastly, will i have cell service in that area? Enough to text my wife once a day and let her know i am alive? I will probably be hunting solo and she is a worrier haha
Thoughts on that?
I basically planned to scout for rougher off the beaten path areas and for water sources. If anyone is willing to share any other scouting tips for finding elk in breaks country i am all ears. I have never elk hunting so this is all new but i have spent a lot of time in the ND badlands so that type of country is not new to me. I assume the elk would be pretty nomadic in that more open country? I would think with all the grass land country it wouldn't work well to focus on the food aspect because its all around. So i planned to focus on water sources and bedding cover to find elk.
Lastly, will i have cell service in that area? Enough to text my wife once a day and let her know i am alive? I will probably be hunting solo and she is a worrier haha