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Ballista
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Hey Guys-
First a preamble. I need some direction in my research efforts to be successful in this unit. After all my years of hunting the mighty Wapati here in Utah, I was finally blessed with the hunt of a life-time. I came home from hunting turkey in northern Utah with one of my hunting buddies and was greated by the draw results from this year. I opened the envelope expecting a NONSUCCESSFUL status for my elk hunt, as usual, and a SUCCESSFUL deer draw for the general archery. To my surprise and disbelief, I was wrong on the elk but right on the deer. I drew out for a limited entry archery tag in the Wasatch Unit. Now I need some help to pin-point where I want to start my research.
I have hunted the Current Creek and Strawberry Reservoire areas numerous times and seen elk every year. Two years ago I went with by brother on a spike only hunt during rifle season and saw the biggest bull I have ever seen close up. It was on the top of the ridge, just as the sun was rising, bugeling away. The silhouette was pristine, watching the his breath coming out his mouth and nose each time he bugeled. Before we could make out any other antelers some out of state hunter started firing away and off they went. But I digress. I searched the harvest report for 2007, the last available year, and saw that in the current creek, strawberry areas, there was less than 200 elk taken. In another area of the Wasatch Unit there was close to 500 elk taken. My question is, which area is this? Or, in the event no one knows, should I stick with the Current Creek area or move to the west? The Wasatch Unit is pretty large and a lot of the state's elk population is in this unit, but Current Creek/Strawberry is on the far east of the unit. Should I look for another area? Where have other people seen a large number of elk? I do not necessarily need a honey hole but I absolutely HAVE to be successful this year. If you tell me any secrets I will NEVER share them with anyone else. If you can PM me with any helpful info that would be awesome!
First a preamble. I need some direction in my research efforts to be successful in this unit. After all my years of hunting the mighty Wapati here in Utah, I was finally blessed with the hunt of a life-time. I came home from hunting turkey in northern Utah with one of my hunting buddies and was greated by the draw results from this year. I opened the envelope expecting a NONSUCCESSFUL status for my elk hunt, as usual, and a SUCCESSFUL deer draw for the general archery. To my surprise and disbelief, I was wrong on the elk but right on the deer. I drew out for a limited entry archery tag in the Wasatch Unit. Now I need some help to pin-point where I want to start my research.
I have hunted the Current Creek and Strawberry Reservoire areas numerous times and seen elk every year. Two years ago I went with by brother on a spike only hunt during rifle season and saw the biggest bull I have ever seen close up. It was on the top of the ridge, just as the sun was rising, bugeling away. The silhouette was pristine, watching the his breath coming out his mouth and nose each time he bugeled. Before we could make out any other antelers some out of state hunter started firing away and off they went. But I digress. I searched the harvest report for 2007, the last available year, and saw that in the current creek, strawberry areas, there was less than 200 elk taken. In another area of the Wasatch Unit there was close to 500 elk taken. My question is, which area is this? Or, in the event no one knows, should I stick with the Current Creek area or move to the west? The Wasatch Unit is pretty large and a lot of the state's elk population is in this unit, but Current Creek/Strawberry is on the far east of the unit. Should I look for another area? Where have other people seen a large number of elk? I do not necessarily need a honey hole but I absolutely HAVE to be successful this year. If you tell me any secrets I will NEVER share them with anyone else. If you can PM me with any helpful info that would be awesome!
