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1. Find a guide

If you have never hunt an elk before, best thing you can do is to find a local guide.How to hunt an elk Elk's territory is larger, very large and they are elusive, so if you don't know where to find an elk, there's a real risk of being out there for several days without even seeing one.

Local guides usually have lived and hunt elks on the same area for years, even decades, so they will help you not only to find elks, but also how to identify the best places to locate them, whichever the land you are hunting on.

2. Your fitness is important

Elk hunting is not about sitting on a stand and wait, instead you will have to hike, climb up and down and move for several miles to spot an elk, and once you have located the bull elk of your dreams, it's when the real job begins.

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That's particularly true on high pressure hunting grounds where animals have learned to associate that round, light shape with a menace (hunters) and do their best to be away from it.Facial paint for hunting

With the above in mind, no matter how good your camo is, if you don't hide your face properly you will be detected for sure decreasing this way your success odds.

In some cases hunters decide to use masks to hide their faces but this is not always the best choice, instead facial paint tends to be better and currently many hunters decide to use it.

Tactical facial paint is well known because of its use by military personnel on the battlefield, but even when it was popular among hunters some years ago, for a time window it was abandoned due to the use of masks, only to become popular again recently because facial paint is more convenient than masks.

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With the above in mind, first thing to say is to be prepared to face extreme terrain and tough weather conditions.

Mountain goats usually are located two or three hours from the nearest accessMountain goat hunting point, so you need to be ready to face whichever mother nature throws on your face during this time (and afterwards, once you turn back).

On this regard, you will need a good pair of boots and clothing for different weather conditions (from sunny, relatively hot days upt to snow and storms) because climatological conditions vary suddenly on the high heights where goats live.

Additionally you need at least basic climbing gear, not only to access a good spotting point from where it will be easier to take down a goat, but also to recovery it later. Most of goats you will see, are on high cliffs and no matter how careful you are to take down your game on a certainly easy access area, reality is that many times you will need to fight to reach your trophy.

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To increase your odds and make things easier, it will be useful to know that:Deer still hunting

1. Bad weather is an ally

With snow or rain deer smell sense will be impaired, increasing your odds; additionally a heavy rain or snow will cover any sound you could make while help to blend your shape with the surroundings. 

In one single phrase, bad weather is your best cover.

2. Regardless of weather conditions, move into the wind

Otherwise your scent will arrive to bucks much before you are able to see them, making the animals to go away.

3. Follow fresh tracks on snow

Perhaps those tracks won't take you to an specific animal but to an area where there's deer activity. Once there it will be a matter of time to find a buck.

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Elusive and wary, Coyotes never show up at the first time and will stay away of anything suspicious, so you need to expend many hours before seeing a Coyote, and once you see it, perhaps there will be only a chance for shooting, then theCoyote Hunting Tips place where you are hunting is very important.

On this regard it will be necessary to find a high point to spot a wide area, with a clear shooting line upfront and a good cover on the back, just to be sure a Coyote finds you before you see it.

2. Stealth is more than important

Coyotes keen senses and their natural distrustful behavior make these animals very cagy. They spot the terrain constantly looking for warning signs and will check two or three times an area before entering to explore anything new like a call or a lure.

With keener sense than yours and a cautelous behaviour, Coyotes will detect your presence easy is your are not proper covered. On this regard you need to cover your odor, blend your shape and blend your skin.

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