Got out bright and early yesterday for opening day archery. Was up at the top of the ridge by sunrise. Drizzled on and off throughout the day and the wind was light and very variable/swirling. Got a sniff of elk briefly but was never able to determine which way it was coming from. Put in 6.5 miles from 5am to 5pm, sat in a few places for an hour or more working on some longer calling sequences. Didn't see a single thing, saw no fresh as in the last 24 hours sign, and got zero responses to my cow calling. Heard another hunter that came up behind me let out a random bugle on his way up, yes 99.99% it was a guy with a bugle tube and not an elk. Think I might skip the opening holiday weekend shit show the next two days and get back to it on Monday, or I may use these two days to explore a couple of those places that look good on a map in regards to they check off all the boxes except that they are right off the road and you think "there's no way that they would be there" but I've heard stories about that kind of thing working out.
27 days to go.
