The elk seem to love this tiny creek
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From: jordanathome
23-Aug-24
Grabbed some cams this am. The pics are from one 1/2 mile from camp on a closed skid road where a tiny creek crosses......always delivers elk. Now some decent bulls are showing. They were not so active below near my stand sites.....but elk come and go. I know from 2022 they will be thick in there later during season. Hope to test hang one stand this evening then the other tomorrow.....then check the swamp cams up the hill on the wallow. Hoping to see some activity with the wallow. Still velvet on some here.....not seeing fresh rubbed trees or wallow use yet. Lots of time left.....but it will be here asap and over before we know it......
From: WV Mountaineer
23-Aug-24
Get’em
From: bluedog
23-Aug-24
Appreciate these type of posts. Way to bring back memories for this old codger I guess. (I can smell the spot even)..Thanks
From: jordanathome
23-Aug-24
Baby bull
From: jordanathome
23-Aug-24
Not a bad 5x5
From: jordanathome
23-Aug-24
Will post more tomorrow hopefully. Then I am outta here until 9/8 or 9/9 when the real fun starts. Good luck to everyone!!!
From: bluedog
23-Aug-24
A honey hole for certain.
From: Vaquero 45
23-Aug-24
Thanks for sharing , n takin time out to post.
From: csalem
23-Aug-24
Cool pictures. Thanks for sharing Can’t wait to see more
From: VAMtns
23-Aug-24
Dang , I like that creek too
From: Bowboy
23-Aug-24
Good luck! Hope the Labor Weekend crowd doesn’t mess up your area.
From: DL
23-Aug-24
Please send me your GPS location. Just in case you get injured we need to know where to find you. We’re here to help
From: Ron Niziolek
23-Aug-24
Good luck Jordan!
From: Vonfoust
23-Aug-24
Get 'em! Look forward to the hunt updates!
From: fastflight
23-Aug-24
Good luck!. It's your year.
From: wytex
23-Aug-24
Hey Jordan you might keep an eye out for a cow moose without a calf. I know a couple of NRs with cow tags that might appreciate some info if you see anything.
This should be a great hunt for you, good luck. Oh, bear activity in White Rock last week. They are getting active too looking for food. Be careful with your camp food.
From: Jaquomo
23-Aug-24
This is your year, buddy. I've been manifesting success for you!
From: LUNG$HOT
23-Aug-24
Go get em brother! You got this!
From: Empty Freezer
23-Aug-24
Get some Jordan..
From: Jordan on Mobile
23-Aug-24
Thx ALL for the kind words and encouragement. Wytex, will do on both. Bear shit from a week or so ago right next to where I set up my tent last night.
Went scouting the creek spot for ground blinds and tree stand sites. Found what I think us a Beauty of a tree stand site 30 yards from the action.
From: Jordan on Mobile
23-Aug-24
Found my first fresh run about 30 yards up in the woods from the tree.
From: Jordan on Mobile
23-Aug-24
From: Jordan on Mobile
23-Aug-24
Older rub on trail leading to the creek spot just 20 yards from tree.
From: Jordan on Mobile
23-Aug-24
Another tree I could use is 40 yards from the creek right along the skid road.
From: Jordan on Mobile
23-Aug-24
View of my primary tree from the other side. Good shooting lanes out to 30 yards either side. At least from ground view. Will run the gear down later and try it out for real. Excited for this spot.
From: gil_wy
23-Aug-24
Go get’’em man! Can’t wait to see the outcome! I debated putting in for 11 or 7 and finally decided and drew 7… hope we both kill giants!
From: midwest
23-Aug-24
You own that unit, Cory! Good luck!
From: orionsbrother
23-Aug-24
Best of luck to you! Let us know how it goes.
From: drycreek
23-Aug-24
Jordan, if you don’t kill an elk there, the you are just bad luck ! Hoping for the best and looking forward to the thread !
From: Jordan on Mobile
23-Aug-24
I am bad luck when it comes to killing elk. lol. sob
I am bushed. Spent 2 1/2 hours hauling stand and steps back to the tree and getting it hung. Whew. Hope it was worth it come 9/9.
From: Jordan on Mobile
23-Aug-24
From: Jordan on Mobile
23-Aug-24
From: Charlie Rehor
23-Aug-24
Good luck.
From: jordanathome
23-Aug-24
I have it so I can shoot left or right as that is the setup....I am right handed and shooting to the left with a tree strap will be challenging but doable. The idea is to catch them coming before they reach the skid road........so the stand is positioned for that perfectly. Plus this is just for the first several days then I will be mostly on the ground I expect, calling and moving on bulls who respond.
From: Rgiesey
23-Aug-24
Good luck Jordan. Going hunting is success
From: jordanathome
23-Aug-24
Getting ready has always been 1/2 the fun for me! so this year has been an outstanding success for me already.
From: t-roy
23-Aug-24
This is your year, Jordan!
From: Coop
23-Aug-24
Awesome keep us posted
From: longsprings
23-Aug-24
Hanging and getting ready is indeed all part of the fun And the challenge
From: Gib
23-Aug-24
Looks awesome!!! Thanks and good luck !!! Keep us posted please
From: iceman
23-Aug-24
Good luck!
From: Treeline
23-Aug-24
Looking forward to seeing you packing elk meat in a few weeks! Go get em!
From: BULELK1
24-Aug-24
Honey Hole for sure.
Good luck, Robb
From: Supernaut
24-Aug-24
Good luck Jordan!
This is your year!
From: nchunter
24-Aug-24
Good luck, I love having a honey hole that no one else has found although I have only whitetail deer hunted. Finding that one white oak thats dropping. Have a great hunt
From: Buskill
24-Aug-24
If ya don’t care, go ahead and send me a private message with those GPS coordinates. Thanks. Haha
From: Jordan on Mobile
24-Aug-24
I ran back this am to the bull area that is 4-5 football fields of swampy hillside covered in sporadic timber and open spots with wallows to grab cams. I had them on the main wallow. Wallow had no activity other than next to it was churned up. One cam closest was set to video. Will see if I can view on my computer, got error when tried to view on my phone. The other cam was 25 yards away and pointed right at the wallow. Not much on it, mostly night shots and I could not discern any animals on my phone view. Of course, 15 yards directly behind that cam was a fresh churned up wallow started. Go figure.
From: Jordan on Mobile
24-Aug-24
From: wyobullshooter
24-Aug-24
Jordan, just be patient and there’s no doubt you’ll kill your elk out of that stand. It may not happen the first day, but give it time. Running and gunning on the ground is certainly fun, but in your stand the odds are in your favor, not the elk’s. This is the year you’ll ”get ‘er done!”
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
25-Aug-24
Go get em Jordan!!! This is your year!
From: bowhunter24
25-Aug-24
Thanks for taking us back to the mountains Jordan! From part of your MO fan club.
From: Jaquomo
25-Aug-24
Jordan, I really respect you forbthe effort you're putting into scouting this great unit. Right now the interweb hunting forums are filled with posts like, "I drew a tag in unit X and have never been there. Can anyone tell me a good place to start hunting?"
From: bowyer45
25-Aug-24
It's not by accident that 10% of the hunter's kill 90% of the elk. Looks like heavy packs are in your future.
From: jordanathome
25-Aug-24
Hey Lou, I am NOT above asking folks a few questions....although I have learned over time to do it on the down low and not out on the forum posts.......but I also like searching the interweb for folks who do post up nice intell to follow up on. I had a head start from when I scouted this unit for my buddy and his son when they drew the same tag in 2022. Just building on a foundation.
From: fdp
25-Aug-24
Looks like a dandy place.
