turkey hunting vs elk hunting

[turkey_slayer]

I've never been elk hunting but am going to Idaho this year with a great friend of mine. He's been going for the last several years and supposedly has a elk honey hole. He's a turkey hunter as well and has been trying to get me to go for a long time. Kept saying as much as you love turkey hunting wait till you try elk hunting so I figured if its as good as turkey hunting I've got to get me some  . So my question for those have done both is their a lot of similarities in the hunt? He says its a turkey with a nose and gobbles a lot louder lol

[ElkTurkMan]

Bow hunting September Elk is very much like spring turkey hunting.   A lot if the same principles apply.   Where are you hunting in Idaho?  I hunted Idaho back in 97 near elk city in Idaho County. It was a during rifle season but it was in late September and there were still a few bulls bugling. It was by far my most physically demanding elk hunt I have ever been on. Good luck I hope you shoot a monster. I drew a good tag in Wyoming this fall and I am getting ready for that.   There is nothing like out west in the fall it will ruin you.

[turkey_slayer]

I honestly don't know the town or anything other than its in the northeast part of the state. We will head out September 10th. He said it wld ruin me and might as well plan on going back every year 

[guesswho]

Hunting them would be fun.  But I'd be afraid I'd kill one. 

[TRKYHTR]

I've hunted elk for several years and it is alot like turkey hunting. I have used many turkey hunting scenerios on elk and it worked. Once the elk is on the ground the work begins. You don't throw an elk over your shoulder and carry him out. You don't even roll him over to gut him, you can't. 800 lbs of dead weight don't move by one person. I hunt with a group of 5 of us and when somebody gets one down we all show up with pack frames and haul him out after he has been cutt into several pieces.

TRKYHTR

[guesswho]

Once the elk is on the ground the work begins.

TRKYHTR

You mean you don't call to them on the limb?

[Doug]

Turkey hunting is superior to elk hunting in my book.  The bugle comes in second to the gobble and if I shoot a turkey, I tag 'im and walk out of the woods with him.  Cleaning him takes no time either. 

Maybe I'm just lazy?

[TRKYHTR]

Once the elk is on the ground the work begins.

TRKYHTR

You mean you don't call to them on the limb?

You call to them at daylight but I don't think he will fit on a limb. Lol

TRKYHTR

[land cruiser]

Turkey and elk hunting complement each other. Turkey's mate in spring, elk in the fall - perfect way to stay busy all year;D

I have to say though, bugle up close is a lot less pleasing to my ear than gobble.

[Woodsman4God]

Once the elk is on the ground the work begins.

TRKYHTR

You mean you don't call to them on the limb?

Nope and he dont flydown either, well maybe the mountain side but usually you go up the mountain after him unlike going up a  tree, err umm unless you get treed by a bear. Have fun even a 600 cow elk a ton of work,,, but man oh man do they taste good.

[lonnie sneed jr.]

I have done both. You will have a great time, and it is alot like turkey hunting. Good luck

[Turkeyman]

I've bow hunted elk in Colorado the last three years...I have absolutely no desire to hunt one with a gun. We hunt the first week of the season, i.e., the last Saturday of August for nine days. I've been fortunate enough to take three elk, all on public ground. And, yes, I'd say if you're a decent turkey hunter you'll do well with elk. Just pay attention to the wind.