Wallows

How do you hunt wallows? Any advice would be appreciated.
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dreaming big
Be very quiet and wait, also make sure your wearing clean socks! lol
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NotEnufTags
Strap some antlers to your head, pis all over yourself, roll around in the mud. The other elk will come in to see who the new guy is. Then shoot. JK lol

Skull Krazy said it best. Find an active one. Set up a blind or stand near it. Use a trail cam to determine the time of day that the wallow sees the most activity. Be there during the active time. Pre range your shot distance. Be quiet and as scent free as possible. Good luck.
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PhillyB
"NotEnufTags" wrote:Strap some antlers to your head, pis all over yourself, roll around in the mud.
 My Dad's long time hunting buddy use to hunt elk in Colorado that way in the 70's and 80's (maybe minus the own uring part). John would find the active wallows, roll around in the mud and wait it out. He was fairly successful with this method. l would recommend camping near a creek or having something to wash off with at night if you decide to do it :thumb
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The Ox
"PhillyB" wrote:
NotEnufTags wrote:Strap some antlers to your head, pis all over yourself, roll around in the mud.
 My Dad's long time hunting buddy use to hunt elk in Colorado that way in the 70's and 80's (maybe minus the own uring part). John would find the active wallows, roll around in the mud and wait it out. He was fairly successful with this method. l would recommend camping near a creek or having something to wash off with at night if you decide to do it :thumb
 until he got shot for spoting a rack and i take it seeing how he used to do it he eventually got shot and killed for someone mistakeing him for an elk? haha not a smart move in my opinion
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sneekeepete
[quote="NotEnufTags"Skull Krazy said it best. Find an active one. Set up a blind or stand near it. Use a trail cam to determine the time of day that the wallow sees the most activity. Be there during the active time. Pre range your shot distance. Be quiet and as scent free as possible. Good luck.[/quote]
Right on the money there. If anything is going to work it is this but you never know hunting is hunting and nothing is gaurenteed!
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When do you sit in them if you don't have a camera? Is there a specific time? How long? Do you call from the stand at all?
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dreaming big
I think if your in a wallow and it shows good sign of elk, get in early, be patient and plan to stay for a while, at least this way you may see some movement and be able to set up on them the next time you hunt the same area.
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proutdoors
As a rule, the bulls will usually hit wallows somewhere between 10 am and 3 pm, at least that has been my experience. As has been mentioned, find one that is being torn up daily and sit upwind and stay there until the thermals change and it's cools off later in the evening.
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big game bowhunter
pick a good wallow put up a good stand and wait for that 400in bull
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PhillyB
"The Ox" wrote:
PhillyB wrote:
NotEnufTags wrote:Strap some antlers to your head, pis all over yourself, roll around in the mud.
 My Dad's long time hunting buddy use to hunt elk in Colorado that way in the 70's and 80's (maybe minus the own uring part). John would find the active wallows, roll around in the mud and wait it out. He was fairly successful with this method. l would recommend camping near a creek or having something to wash off with at night if you decide to do it :thumb
 until he got shot for spoting a rack and i take it seeing how he used to do it he eventually got shot and killed for someone mistakeing him for an elk? haha not a smart move in my opinion
 (???) Right, the only thing "not smart" in this thread is this comment. Please, if you have nothing intelligent or informative to say, dont post.
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Hey guys, does weather affect the patterns of wallow use? If it is wet, rainy, and cooler will they not wallow or is wallowing a part of the rut too. Will they wallow regardless of temperature and moisture? Appreciate the input. :thumb
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