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Lunar calender- importance to planning timing of hunt
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<blockquote data-quote="Slick8" data-source="post: 2160590" data-attributes="member: 52585"><p>I know this is an old thread but I wanted to share my recent experience. Please don't hate the high fence, it helps tell a story.</p><p></p><p>I took my dad and uncle on a cow elk hunt in the Palo Duro Canyon located in the Texas Panhandle. </p><p></p><p>The only weekend the outfitter had for this "budget hunt" was falling on a full moon. I thought how hard can it be, we're hunting cow's on a 3000 acre high fenced ranch. Boy was I wrong!</p><p></p><p>We spotted a group at first light where the outfitter knew they'd likely be feeding in a pasture, 2 cows and 3 rag horns. I killed one at 353 yards off of sticks and was hoping my dad or uncle would shoot the other one. They weren't prepared to shoot so i did. Truthfully, we didn't think there was any urgency as we had three days to get it done. I simply thought, knock one out early and time to have fun with family then perhaps some predator hunting.</p><p></p><p>We hunted the remainder of the time NOT seeing another elk in the day time but hearing the bulls at night. This ranch had many deep draws which were thick with cedar. They could have been bedded all around us many times during the day. We ended up taking two Red Hinds on the final afternoon.</p><p></p><p>The outfitter commented that the elk were born on that ranch as it's been fenced for 20 years with a few brought in through the years for genetic improvements. He said those elk act more like wild animals than any other animal he's seen behind a high fence.</p><p></p><p>No full moon for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slick8, post: 2160590, member: 52585"] I know this is an old thread but I wanted to share my recent experience. Please don't hate the high fence, it helps tell a story. I took my dad and uncle on a cow elk hunt in the Palo Duro Canyon located in the Texas Panhandle. The only weekend the outfitter had for this "budget hunt" was falling on a full moon. I thought how hard can it be, we're hunting cow's on a 3000 acre high fenced ranch. Boy was I wrong! We spotted a group at first light where the outfitter knew they'd likely be feeding in a pasture, 2 cows and 3 rag horns. I killed one at 353 yards off of sticks and was hoping my dad or uncle would shoot the other one. They weren't prepared to shoot so i did. Truthfully, we didn't think there was any urgency as we had three days to get it done. I simply thought, knock one out early and time to have fun with family then perhaps some predator hunting. We hunted the remainder of the time NOT seeing another elk in the day time but hearing the bulls at night. This ranch had many deep draws which were thick with cedar. They could have been bedded all around us many times during the day. We ended up taking two Red Hinds on the final afternoon. The outfitter commented that the elk were born on that ranch as it's been fenced for 20 years with a few brought in through the years for genetic improvements. He said those elk act more like wild animals than any other animal he's seen behind a high fence. No full moon for me. [/QUOTE]
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