Wallows

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NHK9

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Jul 8, 2015
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Gilmanton I.W., NH
Can somebody explain wallows to us easterners, please? We just returned from a GMU 65 archery hunt. While out and about we saw a bull cross the backside of a small meadow and then destroy a wallow and several trees in the area. My buddy attempted to cross the meadow a little lower down and sneak the wood line to the wallow. When he was about 100 yards out the bull got up and slowly walked into the woods. I dropped from where I was and bugled in an attempt to stop him. He either didn't hear me because of the wind or he just didn't care. So I'm just curious where does a wallow rank on the chart with finding sign? Is their a difference between in the wood line wallow as opposed to in the meadow wallow. When you find an active wallow should you just sit on said wallow? Any wallow info would be greatly appreciated.
Dennis
 
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theleo91386

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If I have an active wallow near me, that's where I normally spend my evenings. The biggest key to success (for me) on hunting them is finding ones where elk funnel into it from a specific direction so I can play the thermals. My favorite one is in a draw with bedding areas up the draw and to the left and grazing on an open ridge to the right of the draw. Elk have no reason to come up from the bottom of the draw, so that's how I approach and that's where my back is turned to. Another wallow I've hunted is in timber pretty much surrounded by good bedding areas. It sees more action but elk come into it from 7 different directions. I get busted on it a lot. You need to remember when you find an active wallow and decide to sit on it, that it's more than likely getting used by multiple bulls that aren't necessarily traveling together. That's why i always look for a funnel of some sort when I'm hunting them.
 
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