2016 Elk Country Lessons Part 1

By Jason Reid

By Jason Reid

Rochester, New York (www.ammoland.com) My watch read quarter after five in the morning and I had already dropped close to 900 feet in elevation to reach the visual cover of the creek bottom. Long, deep, water eroded drainages with sparse timber patches and sun bleached grasses make up the terrain in which we again chased elk this past season.

Due to his recent heart surgery, my father stayed high above me, glassing the small chutes and rock slides. The plan worked and he was able to find a group of elk for me to stalk. This gave us the advantage over our neighbors who had rode their horses over the ridge above me and were glassing the same small bull and dozen cows. Advantage: New York Boys.

Understandably, not many people from the East will have the chance to head West to chase one of the most majestic animals God put on this earth. It is a true blessing and privilege …Read the Rest

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