Just got back from an elk hunting trip that I won’t forget soon. We have shot a bunch of elk in this area over the years but never anything like this.
Started off with a nice meat moose on the first night of the trip. But the elk sign wasn’t as plentiful as we were hoping for. Looked around the usual spots for a few days with not a lot of hope and only a few cow sightings. Finally got a 2x2 to call a bit after a couple days of no elk talking.
We got an idea to try an area we hadn’t really tried before and after a bit of calling had a real unique and good sized 6x4 on the ground. Got real lucky with this one as he died with his head over the breaks into a creek that would have added hours to getting him out.
The next morning tried another new spot about a mile away from where we shot the first one and called in and killed a real nice 6x7.
They weren’t calling a bunch but when we got in on them they did make some noise.
Sometimes you get lucky.