Howdy Scott! All the wallows I hunt over are what I consider a community wallow....meaning that they get used by multiple bulls throughout the season. Some wallows are just a drop and flop where a bull will make one and never return.
Bulls can and will come in at any time of day or night, but between 4pm and dark seems to be the best time to kill a bull. Mainly because the winds will settle down and the air currents go downhill. So I set my stand downhill of the wallow.
This particular wallow is at the base of a steep hill and has a tiny creek flowing out of the ground off to the side of the wallow.Every elk seems to come in to the creek to drink first, and then the bulls will approach the wallow from right to left...I don't have a shooting lane until they're directly in front of me.
While they're drinking at the creek it gives me time to breath and compose myself.
Originally posted by 96ssportsp:
Great job Ron! I would love to hear about stand placement. Set up a ladder stand this year, camera had me pumped. As soon as rut kicked in, quit the site.
Ended up getting a spike on the ground....now cashing in 23 points for next year. Already feeling the stress.
Awesome job...especially after the knee...can really relate
Scott.
Topic: A month in the elk mountains! (Read 2215 times)
