[jacab]

If you have an opportunity to scout a new elk hunting area for 1 1/2 days three months before the elk hunting season, what do you look for? I'm doing a 1 1/2 day backpacking trip in a couple of weeks in my Colorado hunting area and have only a very vague idea about looking around the area, locating water holes, getting a sense of where timber is located and where open grassy areas are located. This seems a pretty indefinite plan. Does anyone have guidance to offer on what specifically to look for?
Thanks
Jacob

[ghostdoghunter]

Where in Colorado? I live in zone 42 but hunt zone 34. I can give you some advice if you can tell me what zone. Also what season would be helpful. I personally hunt 3rd season because it is one of the least hunted and because there is a greater chance to catch them during migration. With elk the problem is if you scout them in August there is a good chance they will no longer be there in late October/November

[birdman]

ghostdoghunter, where do you live? I live in Longmont and will be hunting units 12 and 13 (Craig area) for the first time this year. Whereabouts in 34 do you hunt?

[ghostdoghunter]

I'm in the Parachute area. I hunt the White River National Forest. Deer/Elk combo 3rd season.

[ColoradoBuck]

i study there movement. there patterns of where the go to eat and grazze than to where there gona bed down for the nite.
Ronald