AZbywayofWI
Active member
Good Morning! I have an Elk hunt this fall and I have been setting up plans and ideas on what to do for the hunt and any possible scenarios that come up; such as hunting pressure, can't find the elk, can't find water, so on and so forth. The unit I am hunting seems to have a lot of hunters and non-consumptive users (hikers, bird watchers, campers). My Plan A (first days of the hunt), is to get into a roadless wilderness area about 7 miles in, it's great area with food, water and only one trail going into it. It will also be the third week of the Archery season that coincides with a Muzzleloader Season, my thought is this area would be where the Elk hideout due to pressure. My Plan B, is to tackle another area that has more trails with possibly more people but it has a couple of great burns and I had planned to hit this mid-week with the hope that Joe Hiker and Harvey Hunter will be at work thus alleviating some hunting pressure. Plan C is to go as far North in the unit I can and hunt a boundary area that has also had some burns but also has a ton of trails. My question is, what do I do when all my plans fall through? Pack up and head to another unit? Go back to your original plan? How do you guys adapt to stuff that throws your plans out the window?
Thanks!
Thanks!