Rutting Elk on the Wasatch

They have been for a little while, just more active at night. In the right canyons they are going ballistic!! The muzzy hunters are going to have a great hunt too!
 
We started calling in bulls on 8-22. The bull were bugling way bakc then which totally suprised me.
 
I spent the day on the Wasatch yesterday and the bulls were goin nuts, even in the middle of the day. And yes the big bulls are showin up. I seen two big bulls square of last night, both were definately shooters. One was a heavily horned 6 x 7, while the other was a straight 6 x 6 both beautiful they postured, parrelelled one another for a few minutes then both wallowed. Both bulls had cows with them. I heard elk all day long
Lambo
 
I was up on the Wasatch yesterday trying to help a friend fill his LE rifle tag. I didn't hear but 3 bugles the entire morning. After I left the hunter, I hiked out the truck over a favorite ridge and when I hit the last canyon before the trailhead I had 7 bulls screaming at me. I saw every one of them. All 5 points and one nice 6 x 6. Interesting thing though, not one of them had cows with him. They were running into my calls though. I could have shot every one of them with my bow. Great day.
 
Strangely enough, While hiking a large canyon yesterday I cam across twelve places where bulls had wallowed in the dirt,leavin their musky smellin calling card. Never seen so many dirt wallows in my life. The ruttin activity is realy heating up
lambo
 

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