oyeager76 Report post Posted November 13, 2019 Hello, I am new to elk hunts. I have done it once in unit 10 and could not find anything. I am trying to do as much research online as possible. This years, I have unit 8 which is south of Unit 10 and I am going for cow. Some questions I have are, Can cow elk be down in by calls? I have a bugle that I bought online and I also have a call called Baby Hoochie Mama. Any success stories with these types of calls for cow. Also, two weekends ago, I drove up to Williams and drove around the area to do some scouting. I did not see any Elk. I saw some droppings from Elk but they were dry and old. I saw several deer but I was not going for them. I have researched that Elk do not like snow and will go down to lower grounds if there is snow in the mountains. So, I am hoping there will be snow up there when I go in Dec. One other questions, I have quads that I wanted to take up there during the hunt, I never see anything or hear of anyone using quads while hunting. Do you recommend them or should I stick to the hike? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NOTAGS Report post Posted November 13, 2019 Unit 8 has lots of elk, but it has lots of campers and atv and utv traffic ALL spring, summer and fall. You will see very few elk from the roads during daylight hours. We see some driving in the dark, but not many. Every elk we have killed was away from roads. Use the quad to recover, not hunt. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oyeager76 Report post Posted November 13, 2019 Great advice. Thank you. I am heading up there Saturday to get familiar with the area. Hope to see some good spots to hunt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatfishKev Report post Posted November 13, 2019 You could try and use a calf in distress call. You may be able to get some cows come running in to save what they think is a youngin in trouble. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thegunsmith2506 Report post Posted November 13, 2019 33 minutes ago, CatfishKev said: You could try and use a calf in distress call. You may be able to get some cows come running in to save what they think is a youngin in trouble. That has worked for me once out of about 20 times. When it did it was pretty crazy for a few minutes. They came to fight! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoss50 Report post Posted November 14, 2019 Get away from the roads, and dont believe that elk only live in pine forests. If it is cold, get into the junipers and nastiest canyon you can find. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatfishKev Report post Posted November 14, 2019 1 hour ago, thegunsmith2506 said: That has worked for me once out of about 20 times. When it did it was pretty crazy for a few minutes. They came to fight! I got one but never actually tried it. I've been tempted when I've found some bit always preferred a stalk. When you've done it did you blind call or see elk? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thegunsmith2506 Report post Posted November 14, 2019 6 minutes ago, CatfishKev said: I got one but never actually tried it. I've been tempted when I've found some bit always preferred a stalk. When you've done it did you blind call or see elk? I did after someone shot and missed. The herd scattered and we were in the middle of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatfishKev Report post Posted November 14, 2019 40 minutes ago, thegunsmith2506 said: I did after someone shot and missed. The herd scattered and we were in the middle of them. So the time it worked you mean? Were the times it did not work blind calling? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oyeager76 Report post Posted November 14, 2019 I drove around there two weeks ago and found a big area that had junipers. It was pretty think too. I walked around in that area and saw droppings but they were old and dry. Two weeks ago, the temperature was kind of warm so maybe they were up high in the mountains. I will be there again this Saturday. I want to hike the mountains to sew if I find any traces there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thegunsmith2506 Report post Posted November 14, 2019 10 hours ago, CatfishKev said: So the time it worked you mean? Were the times it did not work blind calling? Yeah the time it was intentional and worked, was after a missed shot on a muzzy cow hunt. The only other time was on a bear hunt I was using calf distress and had a couple cows come in. On the early archery bull hunts I have called in plenty of cows while trying to get the bulls to come in, but that was just regular cow calls, not calf distress. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oyeager76 Report post Posted November 14, 2019 What was the name of the call? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lancetkenyon Report post Posted November 14, 2019 In my opinion, the amount of snow up top right now, if any, won't push an elk down. Get far from roads. A quad is going to be very cold to ride starting next week, when the temps start to plummet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oyeager76 Report post Posted November 14, 2019 I didn't think about the cold while riding. I will take them for extraction if needed. Thank you for the reply. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goinhuntn Report post Posted November 14, 2019 Heading up on the 25th for my bull hunt starting the 29th. Temps are dropping so hopefully we will get into some elk. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
