While the challenge is great in hunting elk with a bow, so are the rewards. The necessity of getting close enough to use a bow effectively provides for a degree of contact with the animal rarely experienced on a rifle hunt.
Normally as elusive as ghosts, elk are easier to locate during the breeding season because they are so vocal. Once located, countless hours can be spent observing their daily routine from a proximity that allows you to smell their sweet musky odor and hear them call to each other.
The bull’s bugling is one of nature’s most exquisite sounds. At a distance it is melodic and haunting; up close it is a powerful challenge that will make your heart race.
Listening to bugling bulls in the midst of one of creation’s original mountain masterpieces is an extraordinary experience. It is at the very heart of why we hunt.