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While defrost my hands for a minute. Beenn a fun morning. Elk are a couple hundred yards away as I type this PXL_20201108_140307806.mp4

Okay. Not to much yesterday. Wind and rain made it miserable. Didn't see an elk until about noon and then I saw about 150 of them. Two decent bulls but they were broken. At very last light I got on four bulls In the wide open and did this wicked stalk 400 yards across the opening. Bulls were too small and the wind was to fierce to shoot. Open field stalk PXL_20201108_003508024.mp4

Weather sucks today. Woke up to sheets of rain heavy wind. Haven't seen an elk today, I've had no desire to leave the truck. Hoping for a break this pm. Checked a couple of easy access trail cams apparently the elk know something is about to happen. A lot of sparring.

While I sit her watching naruto and freezing my wind blasted tail off. Here is a pic of the bull I just missed. His main beams And mass are deceptive at this angle.

While I sit here. I'll update the morning hunt. You know what they say about best laid plans of mice and men. I didn't take into account the tornado force winds that blew in last night. That being said we did see about 20 bulls and one met my requirements enough for me to shoot. Shot was perfect but the bull was about a few yards away from where it was standing from when I released the arrow. Oh and my nephew recorded it for future insults about my shooting ability. You can actually see the trajectory of the arrow. I will download and post it when I get some wifi. Here are a couple of trailcam photos until then. 2020 year of the broken horn.

He has the money after the last few years of introductions.

Final Walk through was this morning. I'm torn where I will be first thing tomorrow morning. Saw more branch antler bulls in a few minutes than many will see in their entire lives. I'll break the pics into two post. FYI you can only download upto 6mb pics so I had to crop them to fit and not wait two hours for the down load. Officially Im working from home today.

If we did that I imagine we could pay for a couple of Marco Polo sheep hunts in Mongolia

Thanks shelving. I just saw 60+ branch antler bulls in one place.

Just a sample of what I just saw

Good luck my lame late archery tag starts tomorrow

Remember big elk do not slip into a vortex to disappear on October 1 they're still around

Some more pics from thus afternoon. The theme for 2020 bull elk is broken.

Quick question. Is this a shooter?

This morning scouting in my daughter's words would be MEHH. Checking a couple cameras this evening and doing a final walk through Thursday morning.

This morning s scouting was productive. Found a bull that I would shoot with 4 other branches bulls. My camera battery died at the wrong time so no decent pictures of him. Got a few smaller bulls on one cam, nothing on the other one I checked today.

They have loosened up on tag allocation for all species. Trophy quality is way down, but hunter recruitment is up!

Money

Only checked two cameras this weekend. One had big furry canines that scared the heck out of the elk and they left that area. The other I had low after the first pic the elk said no more and after that only got pics of feet. Did see a few this evening. One that peaked my interest. Bugling was crazy this evening

What are you asking?

Some trail cam pics from the last few days or so. Still havent found the big one. Right now the bulls are between bacherloring up and bugling. Lots of broken tines from the lack of rain.

Lee I did an elk hunt last year as well. Some of the highlights were a field with 40 bulls, a bull coming to water that heard my camera click off and shooting a lion in the face at 25 yards with my bow

Pretty good morning scouting. 25+ branch antler bulls seen. Couple possible shooters. lots of pics, Ill try not to post two pics of the same bull. Over 150 elk seen today. Bugling until after 1000am today.

A few from my camera. The kids had the elk pretty riled. For an hour on Saturday it sounded like a war zone. Congrats to youth. This Bull has potential. Un broken good mass. He wouldnt stay still long enough for a good picture though. Token Deer photo Just Because.

Ive seen rutting in November in normal years.