Randy's 5 BIGGEST Elk Hunting MISTAKES | DON'T Make These!
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- čas přidán 23. 04. 2024
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Randy has been hunting bull elk on public lands for a long time, so he's made his fair share of elk-hunting mistakes. In this video, Randy Newberg explains the five most significant mistakes he's made in the 30+ years he's pursued the evasive bull elk.
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One year a buddy and me hiked 4 miles in, and 3.9 miles back.. Last day of the hunt and the sun was setting. Once we saw the truck, we put our packs (and muzzleloaders) down to get a drink of "water". We figured nothing would be near the truck. After the first sip, a small 4×4 bull walked out from the trees, stopped and looked at us about 60 yards out. Neither one of us had a rifle in hand. We both scrambled but there was no chance. The bull ran off into the trees, and we were dumbfounded. We both wanted to cry. Moral of the story: NEVER stop hunting. 😂
Best 3 words. NEVER stop hunting
Ain't that the truth!!
Friend of mine taught me once… “ you hunt until you touch the bumper of your truck”
Even when driving from one spot to the other a rifle better be at the legal ready
My biggest mistake, and I’ve done it more than once, is neglecting to get in shape for the hunt. It’s a mistake that can easily be corrected if you just take the time to do it.
Mistake: Not being to your spot early enough and not staying late enough.
Elk are early and late movers most of the time. You can’t be rolling out of camp late or back into camp too early. Be comfortable moving in the dark.
After 40 plus years chasing elk with bow, muzzle, and rifle, the biggest thing is to be where the elk are going to be before they get there. Early season or late. That means leaving the truck two or three HOURS before daylight sometimes. Maybe in -10 or -15 below zero. It’s all about how badly you want to kill a bull. I will be looking for number 36 perhaps this fall .👍👍😀
Hey Randy. Thanks for sharing your 5 top mistakes elk hunting. I think, having pursued elk for almost 4 decades, that my biggest mistake was chasing the bugle. To your point of reading about the habits and necessities of elk, my advice is to find where elk want to be, and be there before they get there. Your opening video of laying in the shade with your shoes off is a prime example. A hunter can be like Corey Jacobsen and run, run, run after and MAYBE catch a few, but the odds are not in your favor. But, if you know where they want to go, and are there waiting for them, they will come to you.
I have only made one elk hunting mistake. Not going elk hunting when my health was good and now it is too late for me.
I am a Blacktail hunter in thick forest with no visibility. I also moved way too slow for elk hunting. You have to cover ground to find where that are at, and its astounding how far and fast they can travel when bumped...I am still a Rookie at chasing elk, but I love every minute of it.
1) Wind
2) Wind
3) Wind
4) Wind
5) Wind
The freaking W has gotten me so many times. Especially if a storm is coming or going. The swirling winds in the mountains suck!
Randy I actually got a copy of the elk ecology book off of ebay for $75 a few months ago. That's probably the best deal I'll get on anything in my life. I'm about half way through it and have already found so many gold nuggets of information. Keep up the good work man.
Is there any way I could rent it from you? Or I could pay you some money for a copy somehow?
Thank you for the information Randy, it's always good to get more pointers.
Great part about trying to hunt elk like a whitetail. Here in the northeast, I had fished for winter flounder (blackbacks) for most of my life and only got into fishing for summer flounder (fluke) about 20 years ago. For a long time I fished for fluke like they were a bigger version of blackbacks, and while I caught some, I never did great. Then I did some actual research and reading and it was like ripping a mask off - the fluke weren't just a big blackback, they were their own fish with their own habits. Bingo. Started catching them consistently.
Keep up the instructional videos, they are very useful.
I agree the fear of the unknown is what keeps a lot of people from going anywhere and doing anything. I've ran my own gun shop for 9yrs and for other places for 20ish and people talk about doing but just never commit to it!! Thankfully I decided over a decade ago to just go for it and like you said learn by screwing up but at least trying.... love the content keep up the fine job sir!!
Thanks for giving us a heads up and a chance to learn! I’ve always made the mistake of staying to long in an area. Perhaps you can give us a tip on how long we should be in an unproductive spot?
For me it’s hunt elk where they are. For years it was hunting where I thought they would be. Not where they are. My grandfather said the secret is being there when they are there. It took a long time to really understand what that means.
Great video.
Thank you Randy great information God's Blessings on all your adventures
Great tips.
It's a swirling wind that gets me again and again...be patient & then move in fast and get it done!
I biggest mistake is not elk hunting in my younger years 😊
That's a really good top 5. Randy... Im going on year 8. I've seen elk, had elk with in shooting distance while archery and rifle hunting. Yet, I have not yet shot 1 arrow or bullet. I actually guided my buddy to his first animal (elk) ever. I would add the following: 1. Keep you're head up. Stay positive and have fun. Its what its supposed to be. Heck... If I'm hunting that means I'm not working. 😁 2. Never give up. The more time I'm out in the mountains, the better chance I'll have. 3. Get in shape. The better the shape one is, the more ground you can cover and hopefully that pack full of meat won't be so bad. Thanks for the video and hope you're all healed up from your accident and doing well.
I’ll be on my 4th elk hunt this fall in northern Idaho. Been within shooting distance every time but never got a good shot opportunity. No bullets used. It’s tough hunting up there but I’m hooked. This year will be there year
Well thats me I'm 55 and have been guided elk cow hunts and decided that I want to hunt more elk especially archery. So I moved to Colorado and been here 6 months and everything you said you did was the way I was going to approach it 😂. I've got people at work giving me some pointers which is great there all pretty successful. So anything you put out i will definitely be watching thank you
Oh I'm a whitetail hunter from Massachusetts
My mistakes in 2 seasons so far is hunting slow like I'm hunting whitetails, not changing up my plan/ area sooner when the former plan was not working out. Not putting more strategic thought into where i set up to call or ambush. Cow calling to a bull who then turned, pin pointed my location from 90yds away and walked right to me (up to 20yds away) without going behind a tree or obstruction and staring at me the entire time. Possibly another mistake was remaining frozen in that incident and not trying SOMETHING...the bull got spooked, spun around and walked away.
Not putting enough time into learning the lay of the land. As an out of state hunter it's crucial to use the resources you do have available. Adjust accordingly when you get boots on the ground.
That elk book... well book about ungulates is the very best book ever written!
Never really thought of too slow, most whitetail hunts are stands or slow pushes or faster drives were i am. And your right too with the packing meat out i had to laugh ive had to cut deer in half to get them out but it was never super far, when i was hunting Wyoming i never thought of it either and i had 2 mile drags in hot weather but i never thought to bone or quarter the meat i just pulled them out gutted lol. Even if you know how to do it unless you've done it before or told about it you just dont think to do it,but had it been an elk i would have done it but deer and pronghorn are small so just didnt even think to.😂
Damn it I guess I’ll throw away my unicorn elk blow gun 😂 I spent a fortune on it too.😂😂😂😂
A funny misconception is that the 65 Creedmoor is fast. It’s actually pretty slow. It typically goes around 26-ish.
a great book is Mike Lapinsky;s Radical elk stragities , in my opinion
My biggest mistake that I continue to make is not being aggressive enough. Particularly when calling there have been many times when I should have moved in when I sat still.
Thanks Randy, nice to know it’s not just me!Lol😂
My biggest mistake was having a plastic call in my mouth to stop the elk and it worked perfectly tell my bow string caught the call that had a string holding it around my neck and when I released it just about ripped my head off, and it also made me miss because it pulled me way left
We have had elk come into camp before realizing that they were in danger. It is always too quick to get a shot when it happens.
My biggest mistake is not getting drawn to hunt on the kings land.
Taking a seasonal position at a wild game Processor during general season.
The Elk (Cervus canadensis), also known as the wapiti is a large deer species native to North America and Eastern Asia, it is the largest of the six extant deer species constituting the genus Cervus and the second largest deer species alive today, with only the Moose (Alces alces) being larger, the closest living relative of the elk is the Hangul (Cervus hanglu) that resides in Central Asia, there are fifteen known subspecies of elk: the Tibetan Elk (Cervus canadensis wallichii), the Kansu Elk (Cervus canadensis kansuensis), the Sichuan Elk (Cervus canadensis macneilli), the Mongolian Elk (Cervus canadensis mongoliensis), the Alashan Elk (Cervus canadensis alashanicus), the Tian Shan Elk (Cervus canadensis songaricus), the Manchurian Elk (Cervus canadensis xanthopygus), the †Korean Elk (Cervus canadensis coreanus), the Siberian Elk (Cervus canadensis sibiricus), the Roosevelt Elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti), the Rocky Mountain Elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni), the Tule Elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes), the †Merriam's Elk (Cervus canadensis merriami), the Manitoba Elk (Cervus canadensis manitobensis), and the †Algonquin Elk (Cervus canadensis canadensis).
My two biggest ones are: NEVER get fit before the hunt and out of shape during the hunt. And....Hesitant to cover new/unfamiliar ground miles away from the truck or spike camp on afternoon hunts. I guess a third is carrying too much stuff around.
The biggest mistake is not being where the elk are going to be before they get there. If it means leaving the trunk two or three hours before dawn, in -10 or twenty below zero, it boils down to how badly you want a bull. Forty years plus, and 35 elk , maybe number 36 this fall. ??
Failure to prepare, prepare to fail, as a flatlander get fit, where Elk live isn't the easiest place to hunt!
Thank you Randy and keep up the good work as long as you can! I am old enough to be your father, but still try to hunt as much as I can. I agree with everything you said in the video. Effort is 9/10ths of success! I elk hunted when I was a kid in CO, but my dad moved us out of state (shame on him). One thing you didn't mention was not taking advantage of technology available today.
Only five mistakes?oh big mistakes 😂done that in one day... but once in a while the critter makes one too.
My #1 Biggest Mistake: Waiting too late in life to get into Elk Hunting!
Where were you 45 years ago!!
Here's a good one for all of you to laugh at. Talk about a whitetail hunter from the east. My first time elk hunting (20 years ago) I set up a tree-stand a half a mile from the dirt road 2nd season of Colorado rifle. LMAO
#5 rings a bell all too loud
eating 5 alarm chili before a hunt a mistake? lol
Oh yes, that was a shitty idea.
@@Fresh_Tracks literally 🤣
Serving last year’s meat at your hunting camp.
Hunting the wrong elevation