Another AWESOME Elk trip

[Ticks N Tines]

Another video I whipped up of some great bulls last week.

http://youtu.be/tGmAzzkQv-U

 

[GLEDEASY]

Good footage there. That bull at 1:20 really grabs my attention.

 

[nfh]

that last bull was a good looking bull.

 

[Velvetcrazy]

Great video.

 

[ElkManDan]

Awesome footage. So do you have a tag for the area you are videoing these bulls in?

 

[Ticks N Tines]

Nobody has a tag in this area. These are Yellowstone bulls. The "Velvet Kingdom part 1" video is a LE unit in Utah. A good friend of mine has an archery tag.

 

[ElkManDan]

Still cool to see those bulls in velvet. Were they over by the Madison river? I am heading there in a couple weeks and want to show the Wife and kids the big bulls in Velvet.

Good luck with your friend on the LE hunt, looks like you've found some nice bulls.

 

[Ticks N Tines]

If you come in from West Yellowstone, take the junction that heads up towards Mammoth. Once you pass "Gibbons Falls", keep an eye out for a huge meadow on the left hand side of the road. This is called "Gibbons Meadow" or "Elk Meadow". Get there before 7 AM or you won't see very many bulls. Take a spotter and glass way the edges of the meadow and you will see a bunch of bulls. A few of them will make thier way up near the road and bed just yards off the road. Just past the meadow is a little day use area with picnick tables and stuff. Pull in there and those bulls with be right in there to bed down.

 

[ElkManDan]

Awesome, thanks. I'll check it out.

 

[YELUM]

That was an awesome video Matt.

Yelum

 

[c3]

Sweet video. There sure are some monster bulls up there!!!

Cheers,
Pete

 

[Ticks N Tines]

Here is a still shot of the big boy I saw. What do you boys think he will end up scoring? His seconds and thirds are unreal!

 

[Ticks N Tines]

A few more shots I took

 

[bucksmut]

Love the width of the last pic.

 

[Dr_Hunter]

LAST EDITED ON Jul-16-12 AT 04:07PM (MST)[p]Great footage! How do you like the vortex adapter? According to the pictures and video it seems like it works pretty well.

 

[Ticks N Tines]

I'm not a huge fan of the design of the Vortex adapter, but it does the job. I have tried several adapters and none of them work as well as this one I have been using. I thought the ##### Scopecam Adapter would work great but there are a few minor flaws that affect video quality and range. So I just stick to "old reliable"

 

[SLIVER]

I use to have the T!nes up scope cam kit for my Nomad, and it had issues at long range as well. I since have upgraded to the Vortex Razor, using the same T!nes up scope cam kit, and it does awesome at long range. It's all about the quality of the scope.

}}-SLIVER-->

 

[Ticks N Tines]

Quality of scope is a factor for sure, but the issue I had was not the scope. The scope cam adapter sits a tiny bit away from your eyepiece when placed on the scope. The requires the user to use a little bit of zoom to get rid of the black circle on your footage. That little bit of zoom can be 3x - 5x of your optical zoom. That zoom is precious when digiscoping. Once you get into your digital zoom, you start to lose quality. Ultimately you want to have your camera lens as close as physically possible to the eye piece to eliminate wasted zooming.

With my adapter, I can manually place my camer as close as I want. The Tines up adapter has no manual function, you just pop it on and go. The scopecam adapter is awesome, don't get me wrong. I just prefer a manual adjustment for better range and quality.