August 27 - Sept 3

August 27 I saw 6 cow in the evening.
August 28 I located three cow and a couple of good bulls
August 30 I saw two good 6x6 bulls
Sept 3 My brother, our daughters and I started at about 5:30 am on our scouting trip. At first light we located a herd of about 30 cow and two bulls. The young bull provided us with a couple of bugles. We watched this group go through the trees for about 10 minutes. then they winded us and were off. the rest of the morning we check various area for sign and tracks. all of our location had fresh sign in the areas. At noon we hit a really good area, where we found a couple of active wallows and lots of raked trees. This is sure to be a spot we continue to check.

Elk Out of Velvet

This last week has found the bull elk rubbing their horns to remove the velvet and expose their glory for another year. I saw five different bull that had cleaned antlers. Some were small rag horns and a couple, I would like to find in September or October season.
I have also seen large flocks of turkey out chasing the grasshopper. each group has at least 5 in it with the largest groups having 30 different birds in them. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks i can report that the bull are bugling their annual sounds. The fall bug is upon me, I am hopeful that i will use the up and coming long weekend to get out and check my local hot spot and get some pictures to go along with my typing.

Turkeys Everywhere

Today on the way to work I located over 50 different turkeys. Most were group of mothers and babies. It looks like we had another great hatch this year.
Then on the way home I saw another forty turkeys in totally different places, not even close to the range of the bird from this morning.

August 6-12 report

Well the week started out Awesome. On Monday, my brother was scouting for elk and located 40 elk ranging from cows, calves, and small bull in H2. The were located in an area where water was still readily available. That same day I saw around 40 turkey on the way to work.

Tuesday was also great. I located 6 bulls and five cows bedded. The bulls still had velvet on the antlers, but i expect that to be gone in the coming weeks.

Thursday, produced two separate bunches of turkey. each had about twenty bird in them.

Saturday, I located four groups of turkey. each had about 10 birds. I also saw five whitetail bucks, 10 Doe with fawns. One little buck had a antler broke off.

July 1st Elk Report

On Sunday, my family made a trip to Deerfield Lake for an afternoon picnic and fishing trip. However, at 8:00 p.m. the trip turned into an Elk scouting trip.
We split up and went three different direction back to Hill City looking for Elk. My parent located two small bulls and several deer. My brother located Three Bulls and some cows on his loop. While my wife and I hit the jack pot. One area we saw 8 cows with calves, then we saw five cows and a little bull further down the road. Our final finding was two bull and a cow, one of the bull was at least a small 6x6 or a big 5x5. In all we located 22 elk in a hours time frame.

Turkey and Elk

Yesterday, I spotted 4 Hen turkeys crossing the road, but no little ones to be seen.

Today I watched 10 Jakes fly across the Highway in front of me on the way to work. I also spotted 6 cow elk and a nice 6x6 bull. the fifth and six point were about 4 inches in length already. he will probally be a pretty good bull this fall.

Welcome

Coming within the next month, I will start to fill in this journal with details from my scouting trips. I hope you keep checking back to read what i discover on my scouting trips.