Book Cliffs general elk

dgwoody · May 23, 2011

Does the state wide archery elk tag apply to the Book Cliffs?

BrowningRage · May 23, 2011

No- it's LE

"Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion!" 2 Ne. 28: 24

AndymanSavage · May 23, 2011

Yes you can hunt the book cliffs, but you can only shoot a spike or cow.

so...yes

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dgwoody · May 23, 2011

Thanks Andyman, that's what I was hoping. According to my account, I pulled an archery deer tag, but I was hoping my old man would have something to hunt, so I could convince him to come down with me.

Silentstalker · May 23, 2011

Actually on the Book Cliffs you can only shoot a spike on the general tag. Cows are off limits.

Elkhunter96 · May 23, 2011

I was hoping they would cancel the spike only hunt out there as well. Not enough bulls to be killing the spikes and give out lots of LE tags.

AndymanSavage · May 23, 2011

LAST EDITED ON May-23-11 AT 03:15PM (MST)[p]Cool, I know a few units are like that...... Thanks, My bad for not double checking.

edit - it looks like Book Cliffs, Monroe, and Paunsaugunt are the units where cows are a no-go with archery

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Silentstalker · May 23, 2011

No problem Andy, just did not want someone getting in trouble on a simple error. I wish they would close that spike hunt out there. It has quite high success for the rifle hunt.

Broadside_Shot · May 23, 2011

Wait until the second part of the proclamation comes out at the end of this month.

Rumor has it that the Book Cliffs will be strickly limited entry with no spike hunting.

So be careful before you go out there hunting and make sure the hunt is still available after the second guidebook is printed.

AndymanSavage · May 23, 2011

They just posted the "official" version of the fields regulations (not the draft) on the state website and it still has the bc as Spike only, no cow.... So no changes for this year.

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Elkhunter96 · May 23, 2011

From what I have read, (I was not there) it was brought up at the RAC or board meeting, but it did not pass. IMHO, the bull to cow ratio out there is way out of wack and the spike hunt needs to be stopped immediately. Tons of cows and not very many bulls, especially mature bulls. Still, an awesome place to have a tag...