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Key Success Tip for Unguided Elk
Hunting in Colorado, Idaho or Wyoming
The Trophy Elk Hunt Tactic That Will
Let You Out Hunt 9 Out of 10 Elk Hunters
Heading out before first glimmer of light, Bud MacFarlen and Kevin Spivey were eager to get started.
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"Last year our elk hunting guides in Durango CO taught us that the 30 minutes of twilight early or late in the day are the best time for glassing elk herds to be a read of their movement," Bud whispered. "We want to be in place to take full advantage of that." "Believe it or not," Kevin added, "elk see better in twilight than at other times of day. Which is why they are active then." "If you want to glass and find the elk, you need to be actively looking for them when they are out and about. |
That means being in place and prepared to start serious glassing as soon as it is light enough to see. And also again in the evening until you can't see anymore."
MacFarlan pointed out that "the idea is to locate moving elk to see where they are heading."
To maximize the return of these few precious minutes you want to find a vantage point that will let you glass over the most terrain possible.
Focus on open areas and meadows first as the sky begins to lighten.
Turn to timbered areas where shadows can obscure your view after the sky brightens further.
During the day you'll want to focus your glassing nearly exclusively on the timber and cover.
Don't try to do this "elk recon" while standing. You'll only tire yourself out needlessly. Sitting Indian style will let you rest your elbows on your knees.
Tip: Use the best optics you can afford. Binoculars
in the 7X to 10X range are preferred. Especially those
that can make good use of available light.
It might help if you imagine the area in front of you laid out as a grid. Start to scan at the bottom and glass from left to right, move the field of vision up a notch, and then scan back right to left. Then again raise your field of vision another notch and start glassing left to right again.
The big idea of any trophy elk hunt is to figure out where the game beds down - thorough glassing. Once you do, you and your Colorado elk hunting guides can begin to develop your plan of attack to ambush them.
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