elk hunting strategies 2025-09-15T18:37:14Z

Rain lashed against my truck window as I stared at the blur of green outside Gunnison, my paper maps already dissolving into soggy pulp. For three days I'd stumbled through overgrown logging roads, wasting precious pre-season scouting time chasing phantom public land boundaries. That sinking feeling of helplessness - knowing elk were nearby but being trapped by bureaucratic mapping nightmares - almost made me abandon the trip entirely. Then my hunting partner shoved his phone at me, screen glowi