Elk grazing pattern question

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I am hunting elk at the coast on a damage tag. I spent the last couple of days scouting the property and trying pattern these winter elk. I have noticed that all the tracks and trails are one direction .It appears that the elk come over a saddle and onto the property and then down any of three drainages and out.There are so many trails it is hard to keep track. I see this traveling pattern of local herds in eastern Oregon at a ranch I get to hunt. I have not hunted the coast before this year. Can anybody lend me some wisdom about these elk.

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[hsullyc]

Where on the coast is your tag.This time of year they tend to get back into cover just before daylight.I to have a damage tag and the elk are moving through the property only at night.I have to stay on them daily and hope they stick around longer.

 

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my tag is near Cloverdale. What kind of area do they bed in? Dense, open so they can see..... I am also seeing the tracks of single elk, usually in totally different areas from the herd.

 

[usmc]

most likely the single tracks are bulls but not always. they'll bed anywhere out of the weather. on the edge of re-prod, field, tree lines and in later evening in the middle of a clear cut. mid-day mostly in a nice fern bench with the wind in their favor.one thing to remember elk move all the time, graze, bed, relocate, drink water.lather rinse repeat