Late-Season Elk: Strategies & Challenges

Nov 1, 2019

SHOW NOTES

Challenges of late-season elk hunting

• Bulls are solitary and hard to find
• Antlers are often broken
• Extreme cold can be a major factor
• Elk are pressured and spooky
• Wintering grounds often present public/private land conflicts
• Shooting in extreme cold is always difficult

Techniques that work: 

• Glassing. How to find the best vantage points, how to choose optics
• Hunting elk mentally. Think like a wise, exhausted old bull. 
• Tracking in snow. Methods for big herds vs. solitary old bulls
• Ambushing. Patterning, setting up, and moving on late-season elk