How long do you sit water?

[jcarter]

Im on the late archery hunt and I'm curious how long people sit water for this hunt. All day or mornings and evenings?

[123456]

I usually still hunt mornings and sit water from noon until dark.

[bbd1234]

That's what I do

[Flatlander]

Usually about 3 minutes before I lose patience and start chasing every sound in the woods.

[Pine Donkey]

Mid day is often overlooked on water, especially when it is warm.

[bojangles]

i personally wouldn't sit water on a full moon for elk, but you could get lucky, you never know.

[4Falls]

Ive been wasting my time sitting water in the afternoons too. Usually from noon to dark. Then I waste my mornings stumbling around still hunting and trying to remember why did I ever put in for another of these late archery hunts.

[kidso]

Just returned from my 22N archery elk hunt. Sat a salt lick and water hole combination site. It was extremely boring. If I were sitting water for bear, I could always leave to call for them, but no such tactics on late season elk. Friday morning, I left my blind around 11 am and stalked a rustling in the oak leaves below me. I moved into position, but could only see the back of the elk. I was at 10 yards for 20 minutes before I could finally see that it was a cow and not a bull. I scanned every tree and bush around the area and saw another smaller cow. I made my presence known just to be certain that there was not a bull lurking nearby. There was not. Only the two cows. They were the only elk I saw for four days.

 

I sat in the blind from 5am to 10 am and then from about 2-6pm each evening. Had a trail cam up and no elk showed while I was out stalking around or at night. Perhaps the Friday-Saturday storm busted them out of the area?

 

Rifle cow for me next year.