Some advice on late season cow elk hunting please.
Heading off next week, central Alberta.
At least a foot of snow is down.
And it will be cold.
The area is cattle country, so hay and grain fields with mixed bush.
Hunted elk before, but 1st time for cows.
Any advice will be great, thanks...
If you can get to the hunting area the afternoon before, get there and glass. Even from the road or some vantage point. The elk usually like to come out later afteroon and start feeding. This is where they feel secure too. They will likely come out very early in the morning to the same areas. This will give you an opportunity to put the move on them. If you can't get within range, I wouldn't pursue them in the later morning. If left alone, they will come out again the next early afternoon and now you can be ready. If the day turns "warmer and sunny" they will sometimes just bed down right there in the meadows, relax, take up some rays and get up later to feed again.
Keep us posted and have fun.
