the nikster
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I have hunted 6 of the last 9 days and I have had some success.
Day 1 I saw exactly 0 fresh tracks, mid 50's and sunny.
Day 2 I had 30 elk at 30 yards. 2 spikes and 1 5X5 bull-too small. Got 6" snow.
Day 3 0 elk, 0 deer, lots of miles-mid 30's
Day 4 0 elk, 0 deer, lots of miles-mid 30's
Day 5 off
Day 6 6 cows with a 5X5 early in the morning, 2 cows later, 8 or 9 antelope and 3 terrorist skunks. mid 40's windy
Day 7 35 cows with 9 spikes, 1 small 5X5, 1 tall skinny 6X6. Later I saw 3 big bulls, 1 HEAVY/LONG 5X5, 2 HEAVY/LONG 6X6 bulls. I would have taken 1 of the three but they were too far away.
I am not a hero but I would like a decent/huge animal. I found a nice funnel for saturday where I intend to spend most of the day. There should be more hunters in the area moving elk between drainages. The funnel is a timbered saddle between 2 draws that are both full of elk. I will have both my daughter and wife who wish to take cows along too.
I did crop the photo to protect the innocent. The elk were moving from national forest, across private land to more forest.
Day 1 I saw exactly 0 fresh tracks, mid 50's and sunny.
Day 2 I had 30 elk at 30 yards. 2 spikes and 1 5X5 bull-too small. Got 6" snow.
Day 3 0 elk, 0 deer, lots of miles-mid 30's
Day 4 0 elk, 0 deer, lots of miles-mid 30's
Day 5 off
Day 6 6 cows with a 5X5 early in the morning, 2 cows later, 8 or 9 antelope and 3 terrorist skunks. mid 40's windy
Day 7 35 cows with 9 spikes, 1 small 5X5, 1 tall skinny 6X6. Later I saw 3 big bulls, 1 HEAVY/LONG 5X5, 2 HEAVY/LONG 6X6 bulls. I would have taken 1 of the three but they were too far away.
I am not a hero but I would like a decent/huge animal. I found a nice funnel for saturday where I intend to spend most of the day. There should be more hunters in the area moving elk between drainages. The funnel is a timbered saddle between 2 draws that are both full of elk. I will have both my daughter and wife who wish to take cows along too.
I did crop the photo to protect the innocent. The elk were moving from national forest, across private land to more forest.