What is your weakness?

[buglelk]

If you had to pick one specific area of elk hunting that you feel you need to learn more about to become a better elk hunter, what would it be?

 

[AWHunt CDAID]

Learning to use a call better. What to respond.

 

[ILbowhntr]

Using Google Earth.

 

[turbo1967]

learning new areas and when to have more patience, hard for me to sit still and wait for the bulls to come to me 

 

[AWHunt CDAID]

I would certainly have to add Patience to the weakness list as well. Especially after the shot!

 

[Big Country]

While I know the basics, I would say reading topo maps in a way that benefits my hunting.  How far apart do the lines have to be to represent a bench, wheres the potential hidey hole for an old bull? Also, utilizing google earth and my onXmaps to their maximum capability in order to increase my odds.

 

[montanaelk31]

Learning when NOT to be ultra-aggressive like I like to be all the time. Reading the bull better too

 

[AlexG]

Biggest weakness for me is finding there bedding areas. Can never find there beds they make in the dark timber... Another would be calling which I struggle with probably because I get impatient after 30 minutes lol


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[jamesctaylor17@gmail.com]

The last 100 yards is my downfall. I can find elk and get into that range but getting the bull to commit and come my way has been a challenge. I always end up bumping his cows and then they're out of there in a hurry.

 

[Arrows4Elk]

Leaving an area I know holds quality animals because they aren't vocal. My style of hunting (and the biggest reason I bowhunt) is to be interactive with the elk.


Its been hardin the past to leave an area I've scouted a bunch, but if they aren't talking, I need to be better about moving sooner to an area where they are. 

 

[G Posik]

I would say three things.  first - more confidence in my calling.  I feel I need improvement in this area.  I can make the calls and get a response, just need to continue studying proper response after the first exchange. Second - would be my internet scouting.  Finding areas that tend to hold more elk.  Since I live in Houston Texas I cannot get the mountains for boots on the ground scouting as much as I would like.  So being able to improve my internet scouting would be the biggest improvement for me.  Third - would be finding the bedding and breading areas.  I come across them now and then but never on a consistent basis.  I find freshsign there are elk in the area just not the bedding/breading areas.  Overall I do pretty well with my elk hunting, little streaky at times and feel these three things are what is keeping me from being in the 10% of the archery hunters who take an elk every year.


Glenn

 

[Hycntryhtr]

Saying screw it when my buddies don't want to go with me into a hell hole 4 miles in, quit listening to the negative and just go, kill a stud. Leave them at the truck!!

 

[Maxhunter]

Not getting the whole season.  Hopefully 5 more years and I'm done!

 

[huntomeez]

Well, with only one season under my belt I'd say all of it, haaha. But here are the things that would help me get going in the right direction:
1 - Finding elk. Digital scouting is still a challenge for me and once in the field, knowing which way to go is still a bit of a black art to me. I'll generally mark spots on my gps from virtual scouting but often the in the ground reality didn't match expectation.
2 - My fitness. I've been working on that for a year now and have made really good progress but there's more to go before I can say I'm in mountain shape. A full time desk job and family schedule can get in the way but no excuses.

 

[ribo451]

Patience. I seem to rush things a lot. If I can calm myself down and let the situation develop things often turn out OK.

I want to get into elk and I want to do it RIGHT NOW.

Also I think that if I hunted with someone else and they could call elk past me I would have more opportunities but I prefer to hunt alone. I don't know if that's a weakness but I have had a lot of elk hang up just outside of range. I don't call much once I have located elk just for that reason.

Also I don't hunt from dark to dark as often as I would like. I feel like I usually bust elk out or disturb them enough in the mornings that I either wont get an opportunity in the evening or I want to give them time to settle down after bumping them that morning. Either way it's tough to kill one from either camp or home.

 

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Hatchet Jack says I need a bigger basement ;D

 

[lang]

Reading when to be aggressive and when to slow down.  I seem to pick the wrong approach on a regular basis.  I push and end up bumping animals.  If I sit tight they simply move on.

 

[Brokenarrow]

Living in the Midwest. [emoji17]


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[crowbait]

Patience would be number one. Number two would be my physical health. Both seem easy to fix but are not.