guess I've never worried about if elk hear me walking as long as they don't see or smell me. Our group often walks, in the dark, right through the area that we hunt. Then we hunt that same area all day until the sun goes down, then walk right back through the area in the dark on the way back to camp. We, as a group, kill our share of elk doing it this way.
Seems like the elk hang in the area until someone goes into the dark timber and pushes them. That seems to make them move out more then just walking through the general area that they like to feed in.
