On my sight selection. Hunting Roosevelt Elk during the rut is similar to hunting the whitetail rut. Things can go from 0-60 in a millisecond. Cold calling, you may see a bull come from 500yds away or in the timber, turn around and see one at 20yds. Hard to believe an animal so large can be as stealthy as a whitetail, but they are. I also like to run and gun (with bow). You can be working one bull and instantly be in the middle of 3 bulls. It gets wild every now and then and I want the performance of the sight and my equipment to be as sound as possible. I'll post some pics from hunting and of the terrain we hunt, and you will understand. Thanks to everyone so far replying to all my questions I've posted.

Here's some pics I've taken while elk hunting Coastal Oregon

The clear cut in the upper middle has 3 bulls. We made the hike over and made a play. .

Bored logger. Good hide from the rain, lol

Rutting bull

Saddle Mountain


Scouting

Small bull video from a couple years ago...

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now THAT looks like fun. Thanks for sharing.

everything is still green, what are the temps there > Beautiful by the way ?

Those are just random pictures from the last few years. August/Sept time frame during archery elk season. There actually is a lot of green here right now as well though. Temps this time of year usually 40's and rain.

Elk calf to the left of my peep. I was moving in behind a bull rubbing a tree

I'd worry about swapping that 4 split string peep to a 2 split before I'd worry about my sight.

That's an old bow. Two split on the newest.

Great pictures.

Are those fiddle ferns in the last picture?

Awesome pics, I hope to get out west to chase those animals with a bow some day.

Awesome. If I was younger I'd move out there.

I think it's a sword fern but, I've never asked a local...

Killing an elk on a "run and gun" is atop my bucket list. Are you hunting public or private land? How hard is it to draw oos tags?

Timber co lands open to public. Most is free, some require a permit. Its an OTC TAG. You just gotta purchase TAG NLT the day before season starts.

There's also a lot of state land to hunt.

I forgot to add that the timberland that is open to public is hike and bike only. Their permit land allows ya to drive as well as the state land.

You're in some beautiful country, kodiak!

It's nice for sure. Terrain is challenging on the hunts but, that's one of the perks. All the work getting to the top of a hill usually has a great view.

If only I was a younger man. I'm wore slap out just from looking at the distant clearings in the pics

Awesome pics and you're definitely in some prime hunting lands.