![]() It would allow us to get ready, and walk in a short ways before actual light. We got to the gate at 5:50, about 20 minutes until “shooting light” perfect in my estimation. It was his first time in the unit we were hunting, so he was depending on me to get him into some Elk.Īs we drove down to the bottom to go hunt at a walk-in gate that I liked, the temperature dropped 20 degrees, and the clouds obscured the sky. My partner for the day was Ed “Lokidog” that I had met on. Opening morning was warm 69 degrees, and starry at 4:00 while I was waiting for the coffee to perk…. I have found that they move slower, as in when coming to a call, they take their time.sometimes more than 30 minutes to an hour, patience is the key.Īfter finding them, they tend to be less likely to run into the next county like the “Rocky’s” like to.Īlso, even though we found sign on logging roads, most actual trails were along river/creek bottoms. I am real excited about my prospects for next early season. This was my 3rd season chasing Roosevelt’s, after 20+ years hunting “the dry side” (Washington). I don’t know what the average herd size is in the Rockies, but whenever I’ve been lucky enough to run into elk in my wanderings in Montana, I’ve always been amazed at the size of the massive herds scattered throughout the valleys and plains. ![]() *Roosevelts (at least where I’m hunting them) run in smaller herds as well, usually no more than 5-10 animals even in the winter. Even the cows seem to keep the herd chatter to a minimum. *Another major difference is that Roosevelts are alot less vocal (which makes sense, because even a bulls bugle will not travel very far in this jungle country). I’ve heard stories of Rocky mountain elk covering up to twenty miles in a circuit, where as most Roosevelts, once they find suitable habitat, will stick to an area of just a few square miles until snow, or human pressure drives them out. Thank you all for your responses! It is true, Elk are Elk, and habits are habitat specific, but in my experience, some of the biggest differences between the species are: Which is NOT to say that habitat differences don’t require different hunting strategies. As the business folk like to say, it’s all about location. Take a herd of Tules and put them in Colorado, with no interbreeding with Rockies, and in a few generations their bodies and antlers get bigger and they are Rockies. What they are, are “regional variations.” The small differences we see in morphology (visible differences if physical form) and behavior have to do with local habitat. subspecies has pretty much been erased in the scientific community, if never in the popular mind. Re Homer’s comment that “elk are elk,” in fact the notion of N.A. Of course we do have the beloved “thunder chicken.” □ In fact, nice work! I have always had alleged bird dogs, alas, untrained as we have no upland birds here in SW CO and I can’t afford to travel. Not to rob this thread, but Bruce, I just checked your link and see that you’re one of those bird-brains.
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