Unit 74 Early Rifle...

ALPS · Jul 5, 2011

I drew the Early rifle tag for 74 this season... Took 12 points... You boy's ever hunt there? Silverton area... La Platas... Where do the monsters hang out? I will hike anywhere to make this hunt happen... I figure it's as close to once in a lifetime tag as I can get while I'm still young enough to hike...

ORIONTHEHUNTER · Jul 5, 2011

You mean like these guys. They hang out where you find them I suggest a lot of scouting. Bucks you find between now and september should be in the same drainages.

ALPS · Jul 5, 2011

That first one is a giant... Great looking bucks... Are they from hunts you were on? Is one of them yours? Great looking deer!

bucktaxi · Jul 7, 2011

They love to hang out in and around the willows at timberline.

ALPS · Jul 7, 2011

>They love to hang out in
>and around the willows at
>timberline.

I figured on hunting above 12,000 ft... I know there's monsters there, that's why I spent all the points! Just figured that someone on here may have been into that country could help if they've been in my shoes before, I won't likely be hunting there again for at least a decade...

If you can assist I appreciate it... If anyone needs help in Idaho, Utah or Wyoming, let me know!

ORIONTHEHUNTER · Jul 7, 2011

What drainages are you considering? What trailheads are you looking at for access? Are you going to scout? I don't think anybody is going to give up drainages on an open forum, but I could be wrong. Both of those bucks I posted took a lot of work and the internet is not how they were found or killed.