Elk Hunter : The Ultimate Source Book on Elk and Elk Hunting for the Beginner and Expert Alike

by Don Laubach and Mark Henckel

• ISBN13: 9780937959787
• ISBN10: 0937959782
• Format: Trade Paper
• Publisher: Falcon

Summary

This is the ultimate source book on elk and elk hunting from past to present, for the beginner and expert alike. Teaches hunters the when, where, how, and why of elk movements.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Foreword	xi
Introduction	xiii
Gordon Eastman
The Elk Hunter	1	(22)
So You Want to Be an Elk Hunter	2	(6)
These Trails Were Walked Before	8	(7)
Meat or Trophy Hunter	15	(8)
This is Elk Hunting	23	(38)
You Seen Any of Them Elks?	24	(8)
Old Equipment, Old Methods	32	(5)
Got My Rifle, Ready to Go	37	(10)
First Elk, First Shot, First Miss	47	(6)
Shortcut to an Elk	53	(8)
These Are Elk	61	(28)
What Are We Hunting Anyway?	62	(5)
How Big Is Big?	67	(8)
My Best Friend Is a Map	75	(7)
Picking a Hunting Spot	82	(7)
Elk Country	89	(28)
Where Elk Wander	90	(4)
Elk Sleeping-Do You Disturb?	94	(8)
Elk on the Go	102	(6)
Watching the Weather	108	(9)
Plain Old Hunting	117	(32)
Stalking the Black Timber	118	(9)
Hunting the Parks and Meadows	127	(6)
Elk Hidey Holes	133	(8)
Is It Really Just Dumb Luck?	141	(8)
Advanced Tactics	149	(40)
Hunting the Zones	150	(5)
Cow Talk and Bull Talk	155	(10)
Dollars and Scents	165	(8)
Head em off at the Pass	173	(7)
Have We Gone Too Far?	180	(9)
Checking Your Options	189	(18)
Burning Black Powder	190	(4)
Back to the Bow	194	(7)
Packing a Pistol	201	(6)
End of the Hunt	207
So Now You Know It All	208
The Hunt Goes On	214
Next Year and Beyond	218