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LAST EDITED ON Dec-02-10 AT 06:27AM (MST)[p]I have an opportunity to hunt a private ranch on this unit in the next year or two. Anyone have any information on this area? What to expect, quality of bulls etc., Which would be the best hunt, archery or rifle? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks for your help.
 
Two years ago someone took a 350 Bull archery on opening day at a pond on public land in that area right at the edge of the private ranches off HWY 36. Most bull's are smaller... We don't hunt elk rifle so don't know any of the specifics in October. Usually during archery the elk are lower at the edges of public land and into all those private ranches. Some years it is in the 90's in early Sept. and the last two years we had bad storms so go figure...

Check with F&G biologists in Pocatello on herd quality and the F&G website to see the amount of animals taken over the last couple of years in the harvest data area. We archery hunt elk a different zone but know some people in that area and were told about the 350 elk.

Good Hunt'n


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Thanks for the honest reply. This opportunity just dropped in my lap, so it's pretty hard to pass up. Anything over 300 is a good bull in my eyes. It sounds like you're thinking the archery is the way to go, even with the hot weather. I've been think the same thing. That gives a person first pick of what is available that year, in the area. My only problem is I'm a school teacher, and still two years away from retirement. It's darn hard to get time off at the beginning of the year. Thanks again, for your information.
 
Once your hooked on archery elk it is hard to go back to a rifle. Get some Scent-Lok cloths and Scent-Killer products and learn how to de-scent everything properly. No camp fire smoke or food odors on your cloths and gear. When you get back to camp change out of cloths and bag them to keep them scent free...same with your pack. We can slide in and out of herds everyday and never get busted if you move slowly and are scent free. We had cows and a couple of satillite bulls within 100 yds walking/bedded/wandering/for a week and we never spooked them.
A lion messed up my chance at the herd bull when he was comming into my set of wallo's at 20 yds.

Pick up a cow call to cover the sounds you make when you walk or break brush or trip on a rock. If you go into your hunting country in the dark and cover your sounds with that cow call you can sound like a herd of buffalo in the dark and you won't spook the elk. They just think it is another elk.

Think and hunt like a predator.

Pick up some Easton FMJ 340 arrows and put a quality cut on contact broadhead like a G-5 Striker or Montec. You want a lot of kenetic energy so make your arrow 440 plus total arrow weight. We shoot 466gr.

Those elk will still be there in two years. That will give you plenty of time to gear up and practice shooting. You will need to be effective out to 40 yds or more unless being on that ranch you can find water/wallo and set up a tree stand for closer shots. Remember elk are the most observent cautious animals I have ever encountered. You must stay perfictly still and draw when they are not looking or your busted.

Good Hunt'n

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