Iowan
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I have read a couple posts that talk about 'low' success rates on some of the LE units. Several people have referred to 50-55% success rates as being low. Those success rates seem very high to me. I have always considered anything over 25% to be pretty darn good. In Iowa we literally have deer behind every tree and our archery success rates are still below 50% for whitetail deer. Most of that is due to either inexperienced hunters or guys trophy hunting - not lack of opportunity.
Can someone put these harvest rates into perspective for me? Is it due to people getting the tag and thinking the elk will walk up to them, people trophy hunting, or just simply some hunters finding success and others not being as lucky. I have never hunted Utah but apply every year. I have hunted two units in other states with 50% success rates and if you were willing to work and shoot any decent bull you saw the success rates would approach 100%. Same situation in Utah?
I guess the comments about those being low struck me as odd.
Can someone put these harvest rates into perspective for me? Is it due to people getting the tag and thinking the elk will walk up to them, people trophy hunting, or just simply some hunters finding success and others not being as lucky. I have never hunted Utah but apply every year. I have hunted two units in other states with 50% success rates and if you were willing to work and shoot any decent bull you saw the success rates would approach 100%. Same situation in Utah?
I guess the comments about those being low struck me as odd.