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ElkSmith
Guest
Hey guys,
After two straight years getting skunked on the general elk hunt, my brother and I are very discouraged. We are first generation hunters trying to learn and have never gotten an animal. We don't have atv's or horses, just packs and rifles. My questions are the following:
1-We have hunted different areas of the South Slope both years and briefly in the Monte cristo area and have put in some hard hunting but never even seen a bull. Is there an area (hopefully close to SLC) we could go this weekend in a last ditch effort in the any bull general region that we might have a better chance of seeing bulls? bulls of any size, mind you.
2-Should we apply for different tags next year? Antlerless, Spike etc...? We just want to learn to hunt properly(reading every article and post on MM apparently doesn't cut it), and seeing more than tracks and scat would do wonders for morale.
I realize this is lame, but we really don't have anywhere else to learn from and our current methods obviously aren't working. Any tips at all will be greatly appreciated.
After two straight years getting skunked on the general elk hunt, my brother and I are very discouraged. We are first generation hunters trying to learn and have never gotten an animal. We don't have atv's or horses, just packs and rifles. My questions are the following:
1-We have hunted different areas of the South Slope both years and briefly in the Monte cristo area and have put in some hard hunting but never even seen a bull. Is there an area (hopefully close to SLC) we could go this weekend in a last ditch effort in the any bull general region that we might have a better chance of seeing bulls? bulls of any size, mind you.
2-Should we apply for different tags next year? Antlerless, Spike etc...? We just want to learn to hunt properly(reading every article and post on MM apparently doesn't cut it), and seeing more than tracks and scat would do wonders for morale.
I realize this is lame, but we really don't have anywhere else to learn from and our current methods obviously aren't working. Any tips at all will be greatly appreciated.