The Elk & Bison Prairie offers a native grassland habitat common in Kentucky more than a century ago. Locate bugle…silent. I imagined a perfect place with a backdrop like the one I saw that morning. I can hear him raking and then all goes silent; did he wind me? I release the arrow and the hit sounded really good, pumpkin sounding. I range a tree, 47 yards, I need about 10 steps and I can angle an arrow into his vitals once I hit 40. Bull bugles over the top of that saddle after I hiked to it. I spent a relaxing weekend up at the cabin with my kid and parents; it was a nice little recharge before we left. Niko, me, and Lambeau with a couple ditch parrots. We hike out of the canyon and go check out another spot I had on my list. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? Love these stories though! My wife doesn't mind the pheasant hunting so much, it tires the dog out and I can usually sneak out quick during naps and not miss anything at home. I'm sure I'm missing some things but those are the nuts and bolts. Hunt. Last load out with meat and camp; getting a bit tired. We leave the trailhead around noon and back to WI. We know that guys are coming up with bad wind in a situation where they don’t have a prayer. The area around Mammoth Lodge is known for spotting elk at sunset, but we preferred the Hayden Valley at sunrise. Elk calves are born in late May or June. We cut meat and packaged that night and the next morning he was off for Kentucky. Elk Skin 0565: Sheepskin 0566: Hearthstone 0567: Cloudy Today 0568: Fireplace Mantel 0569: Grey Locks 0570: Terra Pin 0571 : Power Lunch 0572: Chintz 0573: Shark Fin 0574: Greystoke 0575: Stormy Weather 0576: King Fischer 0577: Philosophically Speaking 0578: Turkish Tower 0579: Rippled Rock 0580: Fossilized 0581: Paved Path 0582: Billowing Smoke 0583: Tornado Wind 0584: Oyster Catch ⦠You can find them 300 yards from the truck, I just have not found them there yet. I hike up to meet him and he’s got his spike started, I throw the flask at him, he takes a shot of wild turkey honey and I give him a very non-covid friendly hug and we sit down and celebrate for 10 minutes before I worry about the task at hand. Meet some nice guys from MN that we ran into a couple different times. We started hiking, we had about a 1500 foot climb to get to where he had the encounter yesterday. Another bull pops off lower in the canyon and he bugles at him. Numerous other wildlife species also thrive in the prairie. The Elk Country Visitor Center in Benezette is the epicenter of elk viewing in Pennsylvania!. Day 3 Jake and I plan on hunting together and head back into the same canyon where I had the great encounter the night before. Get to a good listening point early. Youâll find these large animals to be most active between sunrise and sunset. If you are visiting during summer, you might want to visit the prairie just after sunrise and right before sunset. Jake, “You sure there were any elk in here?” We hike all the way around the rim of the canyon but nothing’s going on. He had an awesome hunt, he was in to elk all day. We then hear a bull bark at the idiots. I waited for mid-day thermals and did a calling sequence without much going on. I had a relaxing 45 minutes to myself and just looked up at the sky appreciating what I get to experience every year. Can’t wait for the rest! I respond with it’s a type 2 fun kind of day. Directional streets such as E 1st St will be found under E in the drop down list. 2 AM wake-up call of “god da*&it” is hilarious and it happens several nights. First I needed to figure out a state- I’ve gone in green before to other areas and eventually figured it out, I thought this wouldn’t be much different. Your best chances of seeing elk are the hours right after sunrise or right before sunset. They blow the entire situation up, but one elk is still bugling, afternoon thermals have now taken over. We probably could’ve gotten the bull out in one load but we still had all day and I was in no rush. Load #2. He asks if we’ve ever shot anything and I told him I’ve only been on a couple hunts but have killed bulls on every one. They blow the entire situation up, but one elk is still bugling, afternoon thermals have now taken over. When they’re still bad we hear some terrible sounding cow calls coming up the canyon. At the trailhead a guy pulls up with a quad and a crossbow with a loaded bolt on his back…This ought to be good. Thanks for sharing Luke. Afternoon thermals had switched and were consistent, he was further below me in the canyon so I needed to side-hill and get around him to the bottom of the bowl before I approached. I reached out to a couple buddies on Bowsite and Rokslide (you know who you are), to see if I could get an idea of the lay of the land and our plans were set. I crossed a small meadow and did some light raking and he sounded off again at less than 100 yards. I had a bad, bad feeling that it was going to cost me on an elk, but I just didn’t have time to get it fixed. You can’t kill them where they’re not, so we hopped in the truck and headed to a different zone closer to buddy 3 to explore some new country. We head up above camp just to listen and do some bugling to see if anything is around.