Nine years of elk hunting
- Thread starter todbartell
- Start date
there is three bull elks in our neck of wood very close to the open zone ... just a matter of time and luck ....
you left a lot behind will it be in the north or in the west ....
great pictures and stories thanks a lot Tod.
longbranch*
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Victoria,BC.
Great thread sir. There is nothing and I mean nothing more exciting than being close to a bull Elk when he bugle's.
- Location
- South Ontario
Awesome read! Thanks for sharing your success
powdermaker
CGN Regular
- Location
- Saskatchewan
Awesome post. I felt like I was there with you! We have shot a lot of elk here in Saskatchewan, but the majority have been by hunting open fields in the early morning. Calling is a far more interesting way to hunt them.
2016
Hiked a couple KM at first light into an area which had shown some good sign of elk activity. I seen fresh tracks on the trail so decided to stop and make a bugle. Seconds later I heard some crashing up ahead and a bull bugled back a couple hundred yards away. Nice throaty gravely scream. Oh yeah baby this is happening! I moved towards him slowly and set up when I had a decent shooting lane. He bugled again on his own and I gave him a half dozen cow calls, ####ty ones I could barely call I was pretty jacked up. He bugles again, screaming.
A minute goes by, silence. Then I hear some crashing and spot movement ahead. A cow is coming right towards me on a pretty good clip, and the bull is hot on her tail. He screams again, and hes charging towards me. Crosshairs settle on his chest frontal and I take the shot with my 338-06, 210gr Barnes TTSX @ 2750 fps. WHAP I can hear the bullet impact and he staggers and lurches to my right and out of sight. Cow keeps trotting towards me and stops, looks around. It's dead quiet, no crashing, nothing. Cow turns and walks off out of sight and I slowly make my way up to where the bull was. I get about half way and he's standing there broadside looking right through me. One more shot behind the shoulder and he takes off, disappears out of sight shortly after. Again, silence. No crashing or gurgling. I wait 15 mins and head in downwind of where he was last seen. Piled up
Hiked a couple KM at first light into an area which had shown some good sign of elk activity. I seen fresh tracks on the trail so decided to stop and make a bugle. Seconds later I heard some crashing up ahead and a bull bugled back a couple hundred yards away. Nice throaty gravely scream. Oh yeah baby this is happening! I moved towards him slowly and set up when I had a decent shooting lane. He bugled again on his own and I gave him a half dozen cow calls, ####ty ones I could barely call I was pretty jacked up. He bugles again, screaming.
A minute goes by, silence. Then I hear some crashing and spot movement ahead. A cow is coming right towards me on a pretty good clip, and the bull is hot on her tail. He screams again, and hes charging towards me. Crosshairs settle on his chest frontal and I take the shot with my 338-06, 210gr Barnes TTSX @ 2750 fps. WHAP I can hear the bullet impact and he staggers and lurches to my right and out of sight. Cow keeps trotting towards me and stops, looks around. It's dead quiet, no crashing, nothing. Cow turns and walks off out of sight and I slowly make my way up to where the bull was. I get about half way and he's standing there broadside looking right through me. One more shot behind the shoulder and he takes off, disappears out of sight shortly after. Again, silence. No crashing or gurgling. I wait 15 mins and head in downwind of where he was last seen. Piled up
Got Juice?
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Peoples Republik of Kanukkistan
Awesome pics.
Just finished eating some pan fried elk burgers tonight from my spike bull hunt. MMMM Cast Iron, Gravy made from drippings, fries, fresh buns, and some old cheddar on top.
Fan-Tastic meal.
Just finished eating some pan fried elk burgers tonight from my spike bull hunt. MMMM Cast Iron, Gravy made from drippings, fries, fresh buns, and some old cheddar on top.
Fan-Tastic meal.
perception007
Regular
Thanks for the great stories. The way you describe your hunts you had me there with you in my head. I wish I was in a province that had the opportunities to elk hunt.
Turkey hunting is my favourite in Ontario because of how vocal the birds are. I can only imagine how I would feel to hear a elk in real life. I watch a lot of them on YouTube. You should wear a GoPro on your hunts it would capture some great hunts.
Anyways thanks for the stories and pictures.
Turkey hunting is my favourite in Ontario because of how vocal the birds are. I can only imagine how I would feel to hear a elk in real life. I watch a lot of them on YouTube. You should wear a GoPro on your hunts it would capture some great hunts.
Anyways thanks for the stories and pictures.
