Preventing a Bull from Hanging Up
As gray light turns into daylight, you send out an exploratory cow call and immediately get a response. Yup, a bull bugles in front of you several hundred yards head,…
Finding Rutting Sign for Success
Just as cow elk favor the same calving areas year after year, bull elk also tend to use the same areas year after year during the rut. For those that…
Archery Shot Placement for Elk
When it comes to shot placement on elk, remember that our emphasis as your coaches is to insure a solid, responsible and ethical shot. You need to understand that there…
Physical Preparation
Elk hunting generally takes place in a high mountain environment and your physical fitness, or lack thereof, can often be a determining factor as to just how much you enjoy…
No Boots Required
Look, we are Blue Collar hunters. What does that mean to you? It means that we are going to share with you not only the incredible joy of elk hunting,…
An Epic Double
I very carefully and gingerly dismounted the two seat 4-wheeler, after a 25 minute ride from camp. At 67 years old, you have to be careful. Just four weeks ago…
Negative Nancy
The Martinez cabin has been home to many. As the winds wailed and howled outside the cabin, Joe struggled to sleep, tossing and turning in his sleeping bag and knowing…
Joe’s Bull
The magnificent 6x7 bull raised his head, laying the white tips of his antlers on his rump, and screamed a challenging bugle at his unseen adversary. Meanwhile, the unseen adversary,…
Acorns, Rain & Bears
As the skies darkened, we splashed our way uphill on the two track dirt road, that might as well have been an old dry river bed. More rock than dirt,…
Close Encounter of the Wrong Kind
As my head lamp threw out an eerie green light that danced down the game trail we were on, I reviewed the game plan in my mind. We planned to…