How Spring Elk Sheds Can Help Locate Your Next Trophy Bull
Hunting for whitetail shed antlers may dominate much of the country, but shed antler hunters in the West look for a bigger prize. Elk also shed their antlers annually and whereas a good whitetail shed antler may weigh in at two pounds, a hefty elk antler could tip the scales at 10 pounds or more. […]
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Six Ways to Improve Your Ground Blind Hunting Experience
Ground blind hunting is one of the coolest things to do for a couple of reasons, one of them being that you’re pretty much on eye level with the deer and other wildlife.Ground Blind Hunting comes in all forms. They can be something you build from natural vegetation or one more obvious like this Redneck […]
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Know-How: Five Elk-Calling Don’ts
At first light I was sitting on a Montana mountainside listening. Somewhere in the drainages below an elk had bugled. I spotted tan shapes passing between stands of aspen. Just as my game plan was forming I heard another hunter bugle from the horse trail a half-mile back. I winced and held my breath. Though the […]
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If You Love Elk Hunting, You Need to See Corey Jacobsen’s New Video: The Linguists
Watch as renowned elk caller Corey Jacobsen explores the hunting legacy of the pioneers of modern elk calling in this fantastic new video: The Linguists.Elk calling is an incredibly important skill, particularly for archery hunters out in the woods during the rut. It’s a mix of art and science, which makes it difficult for most […]
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7 Secrets for Bowhunting Bull Elk From Two Hunters with a Crazy Success Rate
Nine out of 10 bowhunters in the Idaho Panhandle don’t kill an elk in any given year. The country is steep, deep, and brush-choked. But Jim Kane has bowhunted here for 36 years, and has killed 30 bulls. His son Matt is 12 for 14; two of his last three bulls carried more than 300 […]
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The Best Setup for Bowhunting Elk
(John Hafner photo)For me, the annual highlight of archery elk edges out the November whitetail rut for sheer bowhunting enthusiasm. There’s something about elk. They’re big and wear a lot of bone, but there’s more to it than this; a gregarious nature, majestic terrain and the proactive hunting style (no sitting for me; you can have water-holes and […]
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9 Tips and Tactics for Elk Hunting Success
Elk hunting can be one of the toughest hunts you accomplish in your lifetime, but sometimes it can be one of the easiest hunts. The following 9 hunting tips can help you to make your quest for a bull elk successful and a little easier. Elk hunters cannot control the weather or the elk, but […]
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6 Toughest Big-Game Archery Adventures
In my July 2016 column, I touched on some challenging hunts, and since then I’ve had quite a few people ask me for more details on the subject. So here are a few of my top picks for extremely difficult hunts, and what made them such a challenge for me.Coues DeerOut of the five species […]
Continue ReadingThe Expert’s Guide to Stalking Elk
Forget Calling: The Strategy Behind Stalking Elk For the better part of 20 years my bowhunting life revolved around trying to coax public land bull elk into bow range. Calling elk is something I dearly love and my hunting partners and I have had many encounters and a good amount of successful hunts using this […]
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Fred Eichler’s 5 ‘Musts’ of a Guided Elk Hunt
Fulldraw Outfitters owner/operator, Fred Eichler, has guided hundreds of elk hunters in the pristine mountains of Colorado. With a success rate that keeps him booked well over a year in advance, Eichler’s track record proves his proficiency at filling his client’s elk tags. Beyond the success stories, Eichler has also seen his share of elk hunters […]
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