trophyhill
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- Aug 20, 2013
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One reason I am apprehensive when asked to hunt with someone else is I don\'t want to blow an opportunity for someone else. There are very few that I could hunt with. Guys I know are on the same page with me. One friend, a guy I\'ve called for a couple times with only 3 hunts under his belt and me with only 6, are on the same page. It\'s almost like we know just by looking at each other what we are both thinking and don\'t have to stop and discuss what to do next. I\'ll give you a quick example.
Last season after my first hunt in CO I made a quick trip to central NM to call for a friend. We spotted a monster bull on the ridge about 4-500 yards above at 4 in the afternoon. We looked at each other and immediately started toward the bull. I fell back about 40-50 yards behind him and started cow calling when I was about 150 yards from the top of the ridge. As we were moving forward the lead cow pins me down with curiosity as I stepped behind a pi?on pine. My buddy looks back at me as if to say with his eyes \"why are you stopping\"? I just pointed toward the cow and he kept moving forward.
And I knew what he was thinking \"well he\'s pinned down but I\'m not so why stop\"? (Great move on his part) After another minute or 3 of a few well placed cow calls a small bull came running in and Harold killed him. It wasn\'t the bull we were going after but Harold is a meat hunter I\'ve hunted deer with Harold for many years so we have that hunting bond mentally and know each other and our tendencies very well.
The following 3 days I called for 2 other friends that were on their first elk hunt. Though I know them fairly well I had never hunted with them. I called each of the brothers in big bulls but we were never in sync and we had to stop a lot and talk over our next moves. Neither one of those guys capitalized on there opportunities whereas I have no doubt Harold would have.
So my question to the guys that hunt with partners most of the time is spawned from all the different threads on different forums regarding any topic about hunting with a partner.
What can guys do to get on and stay on the same page as elk hunting partners? And what should you know about a potential new partner before saying yay or nay to an elk partnership?
Last season after my first hunt in CO I made a quick trip to central NM to call for a friend. We spotted a monster bull on the ridge about 4-500 yards above at 4 in the afternoon. We looked at each other and immediately started toward the bull. I fell back about 40-50 yards behind him and started cow calling when I was about 150 yards from the top of the ridge. As we were moving forward the lead cow pins me down with curiosity as I stepped behind a pi?on pine. My buddy looks back at me as if to say with his eyes \"why are you stopping\"? I just pointed toward the cow and he kept moving forward.
And I knew what he was thinking \"well he\'s pinned down but I\'m not so why stop\"? (Great move on his part) After another minute or 3 of a few well placed cow calls a small bull came running in and Harold killed him. It wasn\'t the bull we were going after but Harold is a meat hunter I\'ve hunted deer with Harold for many years so we have that hunting bond mentally and know each other and our tendencies very well.
The following 3 days I called for 2 other friends that were on their first elk hunt. Though I know them fairly well I had never hunted with them. I called each of the brothers in big bulls but we were never in sync and we had to stop a lot and talk over our next moves. Neither one of those guys capitalized on there opportunities whereas I have no doubt Harold would have.
So my question to the guys that hunt with partners most of the time is spawned from all the different threads on different forums regarding any topic about hunting with a partner.
What can guys do to get on and stay on the same page as elk hunting partners? And what should you know about a potential new partner before saying yay or nay to an elk partnership?