Books-San Arroyo help - How bad is the drought!!

[rkurelowech]

The boy & I drew a cow elk tag, Books - San Arroyo- and because of the drought not sure if it is worth making the long drive down there to see if the elk are even on the unit.

Anyone been down there? San Arroyo is the Cisco Desert from I-70 north to the base of the Escarpment, then over to the Colorado line. Once you start heading uphill into the Books, you are out of the San Arroyo unit.

Is it a big dustbowl? Is there still water in the stockponds? Anyone seeing any elk or sign on the desert? Hopefully I can get some help from the archery hunters.

How bad is it down there in the Cisco Desert? Should I consider turning the tags back?

PM if you'd rather, any help would be appreciated.

 

[NickJ1980]

There are almost always some elk out there somewhere. There may be water in some of the tanks from the weak monsoonal activity we had a few weeks ago. There are parts of several washes that have surface water too, although I haven't looked this year.

I've found elk anywhere from the state line to Nash Wash year-round but what's the western boundary of your hunt?

 

[rkurelowech]

>There are almost always some elk
>out there somewhere. There
>may be water in some
>of the tanks from the
>weak monsoonal activity we had
>a few weeks ago.
>There are parts of several
>washes that have surface water
>too, although I haven't looked
>this year.
>
>I've found elk anywhere from the
>state line to Nash Wash
>year-round but what's the western
>boundary of your hunt?


Thanks for the info, I've hunted the unit two other times. The western boundary is the Diamond-Cottonwood Canyon road to the Campbell Ranch. I've never hunted the Nash Wash, The furthest west I've hunted is Bryson Wash area.