Nice! I have no idea what unit i would want yet. I suppose good access and success rates will be the two biggest factors.
Nevada bull and cow elk
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So a buddy of mine wants to come with me to nevada for a cow elk hunt he hasn't hunted much in the last 20 years and he has 7 kids and not much disposable income. So now I am feeling the pressure to pick a good hunt and good area. I dont necessarily mind eating tag soup but I would feel pretty bad for him if he didnt tag out.
Our choices right now I think are 061, 071 early and 062, 064, 066-068 mid. If anyone can give me any insight in these choices we would greatly appreciate it. Are these good times to go to these units or am I totally off track? Our plan would be to day hike from a base camp or from town, whatever he is more comfortable doing.
Thanks in advance
Our choices right now I think are 061, 071 early and 062, 064, 066-068 mid. If anyone can give me any insight in these choices we would greatly appreciate it. Are these good times to go to these units or am I totally off track? Our plan would be to day hike from a base camp or from town, whatever he is more comfortable doing.
Thanks in advance
I had 061-071 archery last year. Friend had 062+ rifle in November. I saw lots of animals, like calbuck said glass your tail off. My buddy didn't see a critter on his hunt but is a road hunter. We had a base camp and took the atv's in and then hiked into good looking areas and glassed. My hunt only had 17 or 18 tags filled out of roughly 100. A lot of people won't put the work in for cow elk, I enjoy it.
Calbuck
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I hunted mid season last year and the elk were HIGH!! To the top. I used the utv also and then hiked up from end of the road. I never saw another hunter with a cow. Keep in mind early rifle deer hunters will be out and they also get depredation cow tags...it was a zoo last year
Pretty decent drawing odds for non res in area 6. The thing I like about the late season cow elk tag is that even if you shoot one a couple of miles off the road it's cold enough you can skin and quarter it and come back to finish packing out the next day.
I thinks it's beacuse a lot of guys are not willing to work too hard for a cow elk. I saw some posts here last fall from guys who just came right out and said they were not going to pack out a cow elk very far.
I am not like that at all. Im a meat hunter first horn horn hunter second. A buddy ofmine always says you cant eat the antlers.
Btw gr8 i had thought about the cold being an ally, it would definitely be nice to not have to worry about the heat.
Btw gr8 i had thought about the cold being an ally, it would definitely be nice to not have to worry about the heat.
Calbuck
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During my hunt last year, we had NO problem finding elk..within an hour of having camp set up, my dad and I took a ride in the UTV and glassed up several groups of elk. I watched the same groups for 3 days waiting for season to open. The deer hunters with depredation tags would drive right by us on their quads and never see the animals. Opening morning I was able to hike up to where they were and shot my cow at 9 am with a 135 yard shot. We didn't get her back to camp til 5 that evening.
I suspected that was maybe part of it but wasn't sure. I guess most guys just want to kill them a few hundred yards off the road then. I was hoping it wasn't due to a lack of animals due to all the cow tags NV is giving out now. Thanks for the response...
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