walleye1121
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The weather really shut things down for the final week of the archery hunt.
We got real close to big bulls the the final weekend and then the weather got hot and the wind blew relentlessly for the final five days.
I've never seen a more relentless wind!
The elk only bugled in the morning and it was brief. They were moving quickly at first light and were unresponsive to calling.
Many bulls left their cows and grouped back up with other bulls.
We came home empty!
The elk didn't beat us, the weather did!
I doubt we will be the only open tag on this unit this year.
We saw some awesome bulls and the rifle hunt will be very productive.
But the bulls shouldn't be grouped up this time of year either.
Wrong year for the archery tag. But, we made lots of memories and we will hang our hat on that.
No regrets. Hunting is fun! Killing ends the hunt!
We got real close to big bulls the the final weekend and then the weather got hot and the wind blew relentlessly for the final five days.
I've never seen a more relentless wind!
The elk only bugled in the morning and it was brief. They were moving quickly at first light and were unresponsive to calling.
Many bulls left their cows and grouped back up with other bulls.
We came home empty!
The elk didn't beat us, the weather did!
I doubt we will be the only open tag on this unit this year.
We saw some awesome bulls and the rifle hunt will be very productive.
But the bulls shouldn't be grouped up this time of year either.
Wrong year for the archery tag. But, we made lots of memories and we will hang our hat on that.
No regrets. Hunting is fun! Killing ends the hunt!