Experienced elk hunters

[Coldfinger]

"Color me stupid"! Until the last 25 or so years, in the terrain I hunted, often a successful "season" depended upon getting a shot off in well under 2 seconds (closer to fractions of seconds). If you weren't "hot"....may as well take up golf, or some other obscene 4 letter sport! memtb

I've always carried my rifle or shotgun or handgun Hot! Kinda thought that was they're purpose.

 

[shirasbc]

Almost all of my elk have been taken by resting my rifle on a backback or using the nearest tree as a shooting stick. I have tried bipods - but too heavy to carry around in the mountains

 

[Coldfinger]

Almost all of my elk have been taken by resting my rifle on a backback or using the nearest tree as a shooting stick. I have tried bipods - but too heavy to carry around in the mountains

They definitely come off on day 1 most are too short to clear sage brush anyhow!