My 20 year old son is doing a DIY Elk hunt right now in Colorado. First time he's ever Elk hunted. He hunted Unit 85 today, but said it was really really rugged and didn't hear much of anything as far as bugling. Anybody hunted ELK in that area that could help a first time hunter out with a general direction of where to go. Are there any units within a couple hours of unit 85 that have good public land opportunities for ELK. Thanks for any help you can offer.
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We left that general area this morning after hunting for 6 days. The bulls are crazy quiet still which is hard to believe being this late in September. We found that they were really only bugling if they had a cow locked down. We found 2 that did and they played the game when we bugled. We had the most luck by locating with cow calls and had 2 different bulls come into cow calls.
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Originally posted by Uncle_Milty View PostWe left that general area this morning after hunting for 6 days. The bulls are crazy quiet still which is hard to believe being this late in September. We found that they were really only bugling if they had a cow locked down. We found 2 that did and they played the game when we bugled. We had the most luck by locating with cow calls and had 2 different bulls come into cow calls.
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Some of those areas in 85 they don't talk much. Have some friends that just got back and it sounded like the cows were at lower than normal elevation. Don't know if it's because of water or food but find the cows and bulls will be close by. May have to switch to spot and stalk if they're not talking.
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Originally posted by jnd1959 View PostSome of those areas in 85 they don't talk much. Have some friends that just got back and it sounded like the cows were at lower than normal elevation. Don't know if it's because of water or food but find the cows and bulls will be close by. May have to switch to spot and stalk if they're not talking.
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