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    Now What Should I do #6?

    This is a different type of question about elk hunting, but one we are sometimes called on to address. It is 9:00 AM, and the friend I have been calling for just ran back to me, from a position he was holding about 50 yards ahead. He seems confused and upset at the same time. We have been...
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    Oregon Draw Results

    The results for Oregon\'s draw are up now. I just got some more points to add to my total. Oh well, I did not expect to get a quality tag. No surprise here.
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    Now What Should I Do #5

    I arrive at my customary camping place and am bummed. In mid July this place looked great and I hung some trail cameras in the area. Coming in now, on the main road, last four miles, I saw three large camps with motorcycles and ATVs. In addition I noticed cattle in every swale and meadow I...
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    Now What Should I Do #4

    It is mid archery season and I just looked at my watch. It is 6:15 PM and I need a snack. It has been quiet here for the past three days. I am thinking about going somewhere else in the morning. This place was getting regular use until I started sitting here. WAIT! I just heard a...
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    The Complete Elk Hunter

    Are you a complete elk hunter? I would think if you spend time here you are interested in upping your game. What attributes and things, like time and equipment, would you think were essential to making a complete elk hunter? What do you lack to be that complete hunter? I will start. I do...
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    Extra 200 Points

    <!-- ia0 -->001.JPG<!-- ia0 --> In the spirit of giving out points for the first correct answer I am asking if you can determine what I have to look forward to in the very near future?
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    Now What Should I Do #3

    You are tree stand hunting. It is 4:45 PM on the 4th day of hunting season. You place the book you have been reading for the last 2 1/2 hours in your pack and get a drink of water. Just as you put the water bottle back you hear elk. All of a sudden you see about a dozen elk including two...
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    Shoot or Don\'t Shoot #5

    <!-- ia0 -->PICT0348.JPG<!-- ia0 --> The bull facing away is under 10 yards. The other bulls are approximately 35 and 40 yards away.
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    Another Shoot/Don\'t Shoot Question

    On another thread we were asked if we would shoot a standing broadside cow. I said yes, in a flip way. What if the cow actually was trailing a first year calf? I will answer later, but want to see what your thoughts are first.
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    Hunting Invite

    I am thinking about inviting myself to go with you. I know you would make a great hunting partner. I want to be a great partner too, but I am not sure I have all it takes. Please advise me on your priorities, and the minimum levels of competence you expect me to have. I have 10 criterion I...
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    Now What Should I do (2)

    It is 10:00 AM September 10th.  It is a clear day and the temperature is nearing 70*F already.  I have heard no response to my location bugles all this morning.  It seems to be one of those days when the elk are not bugling, even though there is fresh sign around.  It has been ten minutes since...
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    Decoys

    When do you set out an elk decoy and what are you trying to accomplish?
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    Now What Should I Do?

    It is 9:45AM and warming up in the mid morning on September 5th.  I am sitting on a large rock, in an opening on a North facing slope.  My bow is beside me as my binoculars are trained on the South facing slope across the canyon.  All of a sudden I see six elk quartering upslope, toward a patch...
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    Now What Should I Do?

    It is 9:45AM and warming up in the mid morning on September 5th. I am sitting on a large rock, in an opening on a North facing slope. My bow is beside me as my binoculars are trained on the South facing slope across the canyon. All of a sudden I see six elk quartering upslope, toward a patch...
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    Hunting Bedding Areas

    I want to start a conversation here and read what other here have to say on this subject. Every year I read on forums, folks talking about hunting bedding areas. The tactics discussed, including mine seem quite universal. It is like one size fits all. As with all of elk hunting that is...
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    Hunting Near Private Land

    What special tactics, if any, do you have when you are in areas with large private \"No Hunting\" lands in the general vicinity? Where I hunt the elk quickly migrate onto the private land, and stay in their sanctuary until the guns start blazing away there, well after my season.
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    Fun Elk Hunt

    If you are an elk hunter you are probably in it for the love of the hunt. The kill is important, but it is not the main reason you are there. So what is, or would be your favorite way to camp? What kind of an area would you like to camp in? I am getting a little nostalgic here, but I would...
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    The Once And Future Couch Potato

    Over the many years I have hunted, and relived hunting in the off season, I have met many people that used to hunt. More than a few times I have talked to people that were bow hunters and gave up and went back to gun hunting. I believe in the vast majority of cases. the usetawaser became...
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    An Elk Is An Elk

    I am sure we would all agree that an elk is an elk, but they are not all the same. Adaptation has taken place so that elk in one area will not react to different things in the same manner. John Fitzgerald and I have discussed, on several occasions, how elk in our areas, behave very differently...
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    What\'s For Dinner

    When I am alone, or relegated to the camp cook details, breakfast, lunch and dinner are pretty simple in our elk camp. Breakfast is cold cereal, and a banana or something similar. Lunch is often the big meal, where I fry a steak or hamburger, and bake a spud plus veggies. Dinner is a can of...

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