Elk are wanderers and understanding travel routes inside any area and matching it with where elk will be when is the biggest learning curve to hunting them. Once that curve is gone elk start dieing regularly.
I am a history junky, in particular the Roman Republic/Empire and WW2, some of the documentaries available now are fantastic.
It has also helped tremendously when answering how to things that I had forgotten from my house framing days or otherwise.
Shoulders and Biceps this morning. Going to hit the cardio every other day now hard which should make a difference here in about a month when I start scouting hard.
Here is how it will go, start date is July one. Post starting weight, and the amount you want to lose. If the forum as a whole by September 1 has lost 500 lbs, every person who participated will be entered. Weekly progress posts will make this thing fun.
I will commit you 15 lbs.Weigh in for me...
Tell you guys what, if we can get enough guys involved in this or ambitious enough....I will giveaway 3 TagHub memberships to participants. I think 500 total lbs might be enough.
People also like to chase the hot spots that are close to established trails. Finding spots far from the established trails helps, for elk that pretty much means finding patches of black timber with access to night time and morning feeds.
GPS has played a huge role in it. However, I am seeing a swing the other way again with people realizing they don't like to suffer as much. Day hunting is becoming a thing again...
I can't remember if I have chimed in on this one, but this thing is an evolution so here it goes. My choice for the last few years has been a 200 grain Hornady ELD-X. I haven't needed to handload it as the Precision Hunter package as a whole has done very well. Most of the elk I have shot with...
So I have decided that over the course of July and August, I am going to knock about 10-15 lbs off. I have a pretty ambitious fall going to say the least and even with horses planned for one of the hunts it would be a good thing for me to knock a little bit off. Sitting at a healthy 240 right...