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Hi guys,
I was up in the hills about 20 miles from my house this afternoon hiking with my wife. We were hiking along a trail where the brush was mashed down, and we kind of thought it was from horses since we had seen some folks riding in the area.
Pretty soon we started hearing animals moving and cow elk talking! I didn't have a cow call with me so I did the best I could by squeaking with my lips. They began to talk back to me for a little while, then I made a terrible sound while trying to lip-squeak and they stopped chirping for a while. We could still hear them in the trees and the wind was right so we kneeled and crawled a little closer. The trees were so thick I only got a couple glimpses of legs moving, even though they were only about thirty yards off. We could smell them too, like a barnyard cow. Eventually they started chirping to one another again and we backed out and left them in peace. We had to be somewhere else so it was time to leave anyway.
All-in-all a very exciting time! And typical of North Idaho - lots of elk and brush so thick you can't see them! It got me all fired up for hunting season! ID
I was up in the hills about 20 miles from my house this afternoon hiking with my wife. We were hiking along a trail where the brush was mashed down, and we kind of thought it was from horses since we had seen some folks riding in the area.
Pretty soon we started hearing animals moving and cow elk talking! I didn't have a cow call with me so I did the best I could by squeaking with my lips. They began to talk back to me for a little while, then I made a terrible sound while trying to lip-squeak and they stopped chirping for a while. We could still hear them in the trees and the wind was right so we kneeled and crawled a little closer. The trees were so thick I only got a couple glimpses of legs moving, even though they were only about thirty yards off. We could smell them too, like a barnyard cow. Eventually they started chirping to one another again and we backed out and left them in peace. We had to be somewhere else so it was time to leave anyway.
All-in-all a very exciting time! And typical of North Idaho - lots of elk and brush so thick you can't see them! It got me all fired up for hunting season! ID