I was calling 60-80 yards behind Jason, who would be the shooter. After a while, we finally got one bull to turn around and come to us. Although we were following a herd of elk that was walking away from us, they would respond some to our calling. We were hunting in clear-cuts where regrowth timber was planted after a clear-cut. But the toughest hunt I’ve been on was when I guided my friend Jason from Oregon. Sometimes when you’re hunting these elk, you’ll see them laying down on a sandy beach with the ocean behind them. Our elk in Northern California range from the Cascade Mountains west to the Coastal Mountains. I’ve found that all three of these elk species make just about the same vocalizations. However, you can use the same calls for a Roosevelt that you do to call in a Rocky Mountain elk or a Tule elk. A mature Roosevelt weighs between 1,000 to 1,100 pounds. The Roosevelt elk looks somewhat different from the Rocky Mountain elk - darker in color and with slightly smaller antlers and larger bodies than the Rocky Mountain elk. Because the country Roosevelts live in is so thick, you just about have to get the Roosevelt elk in that close for an archer to have a chance to take one. Most of the time, we can get the elk to within 20 yards of the shooter. Then I try to get myself or my hunter in the right place to take that bull when he comes in to us. The way I hunt them is to, first of all, find a bull that will respond to calling. You can have an encounter with a Roosevelt elk where the bull comes within 10 yards of you, and you still may not be able to get a good bow shot. The country they live in is pretty much straight up and down, and they like to get down in the deep timber in the drainages where they live. I believe the Roosevelt elk live in the roughest terrain of any of the elk species. At the peak of the rut, if you can call very well, you can just about bet on seeing a Roosevelt coming to your call and wanting to fight. Roosevelts tend to be much more aggressive than Rocky Mountain elk or Tule elk. I’m often asked, “What’s different about hunting Roosevelt elk?” I love to hunt the Roosevelt elk during the rut because I like the show they put on for hunters. I hunt Roosevelts primarily in Oregon because the state has over-the-counter tags for archery elk on the western side of Oregon and over-the-counter tags for Oregon residents who want to hunt them as well. The states of both Oregon and Washington have herds of Roosevelts. However, the zone that has the largest number of tags available in California is the Roosevelt zone, although there’s only 35 tags that can be drawn to hunt the Roosevelt elk. You can’t buy an over-the-counter tag to hunt any elk in California. But the California species have a limited draw. Roosevelt Elk: One of the Most Difficult Subspecies of Elk to HuntĬalifornia is the only state that has all three subspecies of elk required for the North American 29. He’s taken 12 elk, and he’s called in many more for his clients. His guiding service is called Just For Hunting. So, we talked to Parrey Cremeans, a hunting guide from northern California, who has been hunting and guiding in the far west since 1988. We wanted to take a closer look at these far western elk, and what’s required to take them. California is the only state that has both the Roosevelt and the Tule, as well as the Rocky Mountain elk. The same is true about the Roosevelt elk and even more so the Tule elk. Although, there’s some public hunting for the Osceola, it’s fairly well restricted. Actually hunting the Osceola isn’t any different from hunting any other turkey however, the area where he lives in Florida is very small. Weeds and grasses are preferred in the spring and early summer.In the turkey-hunting fraternity, one of the toughest turkeys to take in the Continental U.S. Huckleberry, trailing wild blackberry, vine maple, salal, and other shrubs are favorite food during the late summer, fall, and winter. Upon finding an area which meets their needs they spend their entire lives there. They prefer the logged and burned over areas of the coastal mountains and the western slope of the Cascades. Roosevelt elk choose to live in the rain forests of the Pacific coast. The greatest difference between Roosevelt elk and Rocky Mountain elk is in their habits and distribution. The terrain they live in can be extremely rugged and wet because many of them inhabit the rain forest located in Oregon. The Roosevelt Elk is darker than the Rocky Mountain elk and some say they are the toughest species to hunt because they often don't bugle as much as American elk. Roosevelt elk are found in Oregon and Washington but some inhabit northern California and British Columbia. A mature bull can weigh up to 1,000 pounds where a mature cow can weigh up to 600 pounds. The Roosevelt Elk is the largest of all elk species. The Roosevelt Elk is the largest of all elk species, weighing up to 1,000 pounds.
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