You may also use Roosevelt Elk Urine Spray which lasts a lot longer and lets you safely move into a hiding place or stand. They can lose interest quickly otherwise, abort their strolling towards you, and walk away. Note that the elk bugle caller has a rather short luring effect, call the animals in short frequencies. Use this caller regularly and listen out for any activity. In addition it also provokes vocal responses. This caller has the same luring effect for both males and females. Use the Elk "Bugle" Caller to lure the Roosevelt Elk. Weight correlates strongly with the score. It doesn't hurt to use it once too often if you want to be on the safe side and not regularly spook animals by your smell. If you are not sure about the wind conditions, apply the Scent Eliminator just in case. As a general rule of thumb, the wind will blow towards the North-East on all maps. Use it and follow the smoke with your eyes to see in which direction it is blown. Also, make sure to pay attention to the wind direction by observing objects tossed around or by using Wind Indicator. Apply it when you want to get close to the animal of your choice. The Scent Eliminator works against all animals with a sense of smell. Especially when upwind, you will see close-by animals stick their nose into the wind, then run away. This species has a sense of smell and will detect players around them. These clothes have the same effect on any map, environment and vegetation, as opposed to certain camouflage clothes which only unfold their advantages when in certain areas such as forests, but provide zero camouflage otherwise. When in prone, the animals will almost step on you before they notice the danger and run. You will quickly see a big difference when using any of these outfits with the deer species when you have approached them with a regular outfit before.
Sense Reduction Values (1 = some 6 = excellent) There is camouflage clothing available that provides various advantages specifically against all deer species. Roosevelt Elk bulls travel alone or in mixed groups. The rather large animal is relatively easy to lure into a suitable position for a safe broadside shot. Bow hunters will also have their share of fun. You will hate to miss a large rack only because you aren't prepared. Always bring permitted guns for them when starting a session. In the other reserves their appearance is less exclusive, which makes encounters there more special. You might walk into a Whitetail or Bear, but most tracks and calls will be from the Elk herds roaming the woods. The eastern and northern parts from there are almost entirely dedicated to the animals with the large racks and their dames. Trophy Roosevelt Elk bull from real64 scoring 429.445Ī good starting point for dedicated Elk hunts is the Darkwood Lodge. Roosevelt Elk are also known to eat blueberry, mushrooms, and salmonberry.
During winter months, they feed on woody plants including highbush cranberry, elderberry, and Devil's Club. Some mature bulls from Raspberry Island in Alaska have weighed nearly 1300 lb (600 kg).įrom late spring to early fall, Roosevelt Elk feed on herbaceous plants such as grasses and sedges. Elk bulls generally weigh between 7 lb (300–500 kg) while cows weigh 575–625 lb (260–285 kg). The desire to protect the elk was one of the primary driving forces behind the establishment of the Mount Olympus National Monument (later Olympic National Park) in 1909.Īdults grow to around 6–10 ft (1.8–3 m) in length and stand 2.5–5 ft (0.75–1.5 m) tall at the shoulder. They live in the rain forests of the Pacific Northwest and were introduced to Alaska's Afognak and Raspberry islands in 1928. The Roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti), also known as Olympic elk, is the largest of the four surviving subspecies of elk in North America.
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