Absolutely!I hunted it for Deer year before last. Happy to give you my limited input.
Thanks! Same to you. Glad to hear that, I am really eager to get after it this season. I know the unit is pretty heavily roaded but getting on those ridges and looking into spots that are hard to see from the truck seems like the best approach.Congrats on the tag! I haven't hunted unit 3 yet. All my experience is in 11 and 211. I will say I always see good buck that time of year and the migration could help. Walking ridges and glossing is where it at.
I just picked up a unit 3 tag for second rifle and was worried crowds this given the number of tags and OTC elk hunters. If anyone has some areas they liked and allowed you to get away from the legions please PM me. Probably will only get 2 days to hunt.
Wags- what do you mean by “how a majority of guys hunt”? As a new hunter I’ll try not to engage in distasteful behavior.Pray for snow….
Since you’ve been there before you have a lay of the land already you should have a rough idea of normal migration paths. It’s not my favorite area because of how a majority of guys hunt it but if you get weather and are patient you can come across a good hull.
Wags- what do you mean by “how a majority of guys hunt”? As a new hunter I’ll try not to engage in distasteful behavior.
It's a road hunters paradise. Groups will radio each other and chase herds. Shoot across roads.... shoot into herds.... wound animals that they don't have tags for... private ranches chasing elk with ATVs to keep them on their land so their hunters can kill them... One morning as we were driving to town we happened across a herd that made the mistake of ending up on public ground. There were trucks parked all over both sides of the ridge and more came flying past us (on the mud road) to get in on the "hunt." When the shooting was done the 2 bulls in the group were wounded and back on private, 2 cows were dead (they laid there the rest of the season) and a calf was walking around dragging its intestines. I've hunted the area a fair amount and have seen this type of "hunting" every time. It's shameful and far from hunting IMO. Fun fact, 90% of those plates were CO plates, not out of state hunters.
I'm sure there are guys who do it right and get it done there. But a majority of the guys I've come across rarely leave the cab of the truck.