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Elk are rarely in the same place twice, they cover a much larger area than deer do.
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A given elk may not be in the exact same place from day to day, but being set up in an area frequented by elk certainly may produce a huntable encounter. If you can ascertain a group's daily circuit, the it may be possible for you to set up at their areas of feeding, drinking, travel corridors, or near their bedding areas. Bulls certainly may return to the same wallow several times.
http://www.trophyelk.com/elkinfo/elkinfo.htm
http://www.muleymadness.com/stories/cory.php
Around 1990, I worked out by Apache Creek, NM. Every morning, we would see a herd of elk out in the plain SW of us. That isn't to say that they were in the exact same place in the field each time, but that they were in the same general area every morning
The following suggests tree stands are not idea not because elk don't occupy the same place twice, but since tree cover may obliterate too much view.
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