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The Ulltimate Guide to Elk Hunting $18.63 The Ulltimate Guide to Elk Hunting |
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The Montana Elk Hunting Experience $14.4 The Montana Elk Hunting Experience |
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The Complete Book of Elk Hunting $18.15 The Complete Book of Elk Hunting |
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Elk Hunting Guide $17.12 With the popularity of elk hunting on the rise, many beginners have been left wanting information that goes beyond conventional wisdom and the same old tips and techniques... |
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Elk Hunting Q & A $16.5 Advise from the country''''s foremost elk experts, formulated to help improve the success of elk hunters. |
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Elk and Elk Hunting $12.47 This book is in Like New condition |
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BOKER USA, INC. / KNIFE, MAGNUM ELK HUNTING FOLDER / 01RY1285 $26.35 BOKER USA, INC. - KNIFE, MAGNUM ELK HUNTING FOLDER - 01RY1285 |
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Elk Hunting Montana $16.46 So many dream hunts involve elk, and yet so often those dreams don’t come true because of excessive expense, or just plain not knowing where to go... |
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Elk Hunting Secrets: 330 Tips and Tactics from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation $10.95 Elk Hunting Secrets: 330 Tips and Tactics from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation |
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Creating a Traditional Elk Camp $31.95 Creating a Traditional Elk Camp is the definitive guide to planning and building a traditional elk-hunting camp that is comfortable, functional, and safe... |
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Border Crossing Scents 1216 EverCalm Elk Herd Scent 2.5 oz. $32.45 We have taken our patented stick process and made the application of our Elk Herd in A Bottle easier and more convenient for the hunter. Advantages of the stick are: ease of application resealable container no spilling or leaking will not freeze or break down in temperatures under 100 degrees. Maybe be applied to all types of surfaces in your hunting area and to hunting boots and clothes which makes this product the STRONGEST elk cover scent on the market today This is wax based and may leave a wax residue. 2.5 oz. |
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The Complete Book Of Elk Hunting $18.71 This book is in New - Excellent condition |
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High Pressure Elk Hunting $11.21 This book is in New - Excellent condition |
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Elk Hunting Secrets $24.81 This book is in Used condition |
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Solving Elk Hunting Problems $14.96 This book is in New - Excellent condition |
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To Heck With Elk Hunting $20 This book is in Like New condition |
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Ultimate Elk Hunting $18.23 The odds for a hunter bagging North America''''s premier game animal just became much greater, thanks to this book... |
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Elk Ridge Stainless Steel Hunting Knife(Pack of 1) $46.88 Elk Ridge Stainless Steel Hunting Knife w/ Leather Sheath. This be'ifully cr'ed 440 stainless steel knife features the Elk Ridge logo emblazoned on the blade. The 440 stainless steel blade is full tang and is complimented by a wood handle with bone ins |
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Elk Ridge 123/8 Inch Inch Hunting Knife $39.94 Elk Ridge Large Hunter Perfect for the casual hunter or experienced woodsman This Elk Ridge Knife measures 123/8 overall and is made of a durable stainless steel12 3/8 overall7 1/4 blade440 stainless clip point blade. Finger groove laminated wood handlestainless guard and pommelIncludes Black heavy nylon sheath. |
Wait At Least 5 Hours Before Tracking a Wounded Elk or Deer
This subject is a heated debate among some hunters and for good reason. Everyone has their own idea and opinion when it comes to this issue. I'm sure there's some of us that can admit that we've lost an animal either because we didn't wait long enough or we waited too long and predatory animals got to the meat and there wasn't much left the following day.
This brings back a very distinct memory of an elk hunt many years ago. I was hunting spike elk in the Rocky Mountains by myself. I hiked into my spot well before dark and as it started to get light I could hear several elk coming down the mountain making grunting and chirping noises the whole way. As you can imagine it sent my adrenaline through the roof and I was starting to get the buck fever shakes. Even more so because the elk were going to pass about 60 yards in front of me which would make for a great shot. As they got closer I setup and took aim. As soon as they stepped into the open I could see 5 bull elk. 2 spikes and several other bigger bulls. I took aim at the vitals of the biggest spike and pulled the trigger. Boom! I could tell that he was hit good, or so I thought.
He took off running down the hill as did the other elk. I almost let out my usual Indian war cry but decided not to because he was still on the hoof. So I sat for what seemed like an hour and couldn't contain myself anymore so I started tracking him. He was leaving a good blood trail so I naturally thought this should be easy. Well after about 25 minutes of hiking I came into a thick patch of pines and was making my way in there when I spotted him bedded down. Well he spotted me too and took off downhill like a bolt of lighting. My heart sank down to my boots. I started cussing myself thinking I should've waited much longer. Apparently my shot wasn't as good as I thought it was. This time I waited for 3 hours and then took off after his trail again. To make the story short I tracked him for 2 miles until it got dark and the next day I brought some help and my horses to make better time.
Well after 3 days of tracking his blood trail the blood trail finally ending, there was nothing we could do. I was heart broken and ended my hunting season for that year. I had already shot my elk and wasn't going to shoot another elk that season.
Let's say I learned a very valuable lesson that elk season and I have never lost another animal from the day forward.
So how long should we wait if we think the animal is wounded? In my opinion speaking from experience if there's any doubt at all at how good your shot was then you should wait a minimum of 5+ hours unless it's almost dark then you should wait until morning. While you do run the risk of bears, lions or coyotes eating your animal, that's hunting and that's the risk we take. At least if a predatory animal eats the carcass then there's nothing we can do about it. But we can control spooking them and having them run off and never knowing what happened to them.
I know if I would've waited at least 5 hours for that elk to bleed out then the chances of me having back straps that night would've been great. What a great lesson I learned though.
It's lessons like these that I plan on passing down to my children in hopes they don't repeat the same mistakes I did in my youth.
Be safe and good hunting.
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