When hunting out west one often has to “stalk” the game.
These animals are not wound tighter than an 8 clock ready to spring like white tails that are under pressure like back east.
Often they are curious……the curiosity is over whelmed by fear eventually…….usually it’s about 60 yards they become uncomfortable. An elks vital area is perhaps 2.5 to three times as large as a whitetail doe.
If 30 yards is acceptable to whitetail hunting ……….
using minute of angle theory wouldn’t 75 yards be “acceptable “? For elk?
Just braying.
Interesting, especially the observation about them getting nervous at about 60 yards.
Grandson R. spotted the bull at 90 yards. He began to stalk it while his Dad edged back a ways and called. The bull came toward them in short moves with R. stalking closer when possible, but it hung up at 55 yards and acted as if it was going to leave.
He has a rifle set up for long range and shoots it well at 1000 yards. Opening day of deer season he had a decent buck in alpine huckleberries at 675 yards but was sure he could stalk closer. He killed it at 330 yards.
