The ever elusive Wapiti
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Category: Hunting
Forum Name: Big Game
Forum Description: Deer, elk, antelope, and all other big game on all continents.
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Topic: The ever elusive Wapiti
Posted By: Wing master
Subject: The ever elusive Wapiti
Date Posted: 16 November 2025 at 16:35
Me and my daughter have been hunting elk for the last several days. We've seen quite a few elk but haven't been able to get a shot.  I'm pretty sure this guy knew we only have cow tags. ------------- I have always considered myself to be quite the bullshitter, But ocasionally it is nice to sit back and listen to a true professional......So, Carry on. |
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Posted By: d4570
Date Posted: 16 November 2025 at 18:20
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Don't you just hate that... If you have only bull tags you will be able to pet cow elk. If you have cow only tags you have to kick the bulls in the but to get out of your way. Keep after it. I have yet to shoot a deer.
 ------------- Remember: Four boxes keep us free ,the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, AND the cartridge box |
Posted By: BEAR
Date Posted: 17 November 2025 at 09:17
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Elk also like to invade small yards close to a house. disgusting when you are looking in remote mountains. tame as deer. ------------- “ The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions.” |
Posted By: lizard
Date Posted: 17 November 2025 at 16:26
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After 4 separate days of elk hunting with my son, he finally had an opportunity to fill his cow elk permit in a game management area. Bulls were abundant. In his area there was one bull elk youth permit and 25 cow elk permits. We saw several herds of over 200, many of which were bulls, and trophy ones included. It took us 2 hours up hill on an old logging road skinned and quartered with a game cart to get it out 1 mile. Lots of grizzlies in that area. About 5 air miles from us last week two hunters came back with pack frames to retrieve their killed deer and 3 grizzlies were on it and 2 of them charged the hunters. They killed the two and the 3rd one went back to the kill. In that area several years ago a hunter was killed by a grizzly while dressing an elk out. Two years ago about 10 miles away a young woman pedal biker was dragged out of her tent at night and killed by a grizzly, with houses nearby. Lots of hunter grizzly encounters around here. On our 2nd day of hunting we were trying to catch up to some moving elk in the timber and couldn't figure out why they were so spooky not knowing we were behind them until we saw a mountain lion after them about 100 yards from us. So, our hunting season so far has been eventful and still 2 weeks left. ------------- Trigger Control is knowing when not to pull it. |
Posted By: d4570
Date Posted: 17 November 2025 at 16:29
 
------------- Remember: Four boxes keep us free ,the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, AND the cartridge box |
Posted By: Wing master
Date Posted: 17 November 2025 at 20:58
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That's why we don't hunt in bear country. We're headed back out in the morning. ------------- I have always considered myself to be quite the bullshitter, But ocasionally it is nice to sit back and listen to a true professional......So, Carry on. |