When I hunt a new area where I spot or find elk that may not be acting aggressive or responding to calls, I choose to wait, watch, and do a little recon and observation. Making a plan of attack based on knowledge is always better. Do I head into the area guns-a-blazing bugling and challenging? Or do I opt to silently sit the water and wait? Intelligence gathering during a hunt What are they up to? How are they rutting? What is my next move? Are they wallowing or just drinking? Are they hitting this water in the night or morning? Are the bulls with the cows? These types of questions help me decipher the type of attack I will plan. More importantly, I like to use it as recon for the stages of behavior the elk are in. Cameras on wallows and waterĬameras on water can be a great way to see what is in your area. You just have to properly interpret the data they tell you. Although they aren’t the only scouting method, nor the most effective, they are great full-time spies for your army. While I personally have taken many different stances on the use of trail cameras over the years, I do find the knowledge they provide throughout the year can be a valuable learning tool. Knowing what the cows and elk in the area do before the rut is key to having an upper hand later in the season. Also, learn where those animals feed, bed, and drink. Find the cows and the bulls will be there later. Preseason is a great time to understand their habits. Find out what they do before you hunt them and give the area a scout! Hunting elk that you know is way more successful than hunting elk that you don’t, so entrench yourself. There is no better tactic than knowing what your enemy is up to. Today, its teaching will be applied to elk hunting. While Sun Tzu’s The Art of War may be the oldest and most prolific book on military strategy spanning over 1500 years in scope, its principles have been applied to everything from empire expansion to sports to business strategy. If you look at it with this lens, then we have to consider what tactics of warfare we can use to engage them in a battle of our own. For two bull elk during the rut, it’s all-out war…and to the winner goes the spoils. Whether with sharp sticks or advanced weaponry, at its fundamental elements, it’s really not much different than what elk go through during September. For as long as man has been on this planet, we have engaged in war.
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