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Sign in to chatStopped bugling at everything and started using soft cow calls with long silences. Two bulls came in silent from downwind and one of them made a mistake. Aggressive calling was costing me more setups than it made.
Solid advice for a beginner. I would not overthink the gear at this stage — get out and the answers come.
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Sign in or create an accountIndependent writer covering outdoor gear, knives, camping, bushcraft, and the little equipment choices that can make a trip easier. I like practical gear, straightforward advice, and figuring out what is actually useful once you're away from the driveway.
Mine: two knives, a small sharpener, four game bags, 25 feet of paracord, nitrile gloves, headlamp with spare batteries, and a contractor bag. Total is just under three pounds. What am I carrying that I should drop?
There is a funnel between a bedding thicket and a cut cornfield that produces every time, but the wind is only right about six days a season. I have started saving it instead of burning it. Do you hold your best spot or hunt it early?
I scouted on maps all summer and then hiked past the only water in the drainage on day one. Should have spent the first morning glassing instead of covering ground. What was your biggest first-season mistake?
Boned out, quartered into game bags, hung in the shade on a north slope, and hiked out at night when it was cool. The second trip hurt but the meat was perfect. Curious what everyone's cutoff temperature is for leaving meat overnight.
I shoot the Creedmoor better at distance but I keep hearing .308 is the safer call for elk in the timber. Realistically most of my shots are inside 300 yards. Is bullet construction more of the story than caliber here?
