I got another nice elk this year over by Salmon Idaho. We saw a herd of of 34 animals at daybreak and glassed until they went into the dark timber. We then did a 4 hour hike to above where we last saw them. The plan actually worked and they came back out about 3pm. They fed to within 200 yards and bedded. He was bugling for about an hour and finally got up so I could nail him at 5pm.
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