2005 Elk

lilhun6993 · Oct 7, 2005

I've been out scouting a few times this year, and havent seen much until about 2 weeks ago. even though the hunt starts tomorrow, i was curious on what anyone's thoughts are on what kind of year its gonna be for the elk hunt, good, bad or average. i havent seen too many taken out this year yet either. if you have gotten one or heard of any any let me know.

rutnbuck · Oct 7, 2005

All elk hunts are good. all elk hunts are good.
I have seen a few. Where are you hunting?
where ever it might be go get em buddy!!

lilhun6993 · Oct 8, 2005

i'm hunting locally in utah, up emigration canyon. i've seen alot of bulls while i was scoutin on the archery hunt with my friend but other places where i used to hunt spike only units they all vanished it seemed. but i'm tryin hard to get em!!

u0143779 · Oct 10, 2005

I am in the same boat. We hunted in the Henefer-Echo unit Saturday and saw nothing. Lots of deer and moose though......Have you hunted in Emigration this year? See anything???? Send me a PM, would love to talk..........
Kelly

lilhun6993 · Oct 11, 2005

Yeah i have hunted emigration this year only, but tuesday morning i went up mith my friend and my boss, and right when it got light enough to see, we spotted some elk , and there was a five point pretty descent i would say. my boss took a shot and we thought hit it but not sure. and when we went to go track it we saw some elk which we thought was possibly the same one and shot it through a little opening in the pines but not a clean opening. very little blood trail and eventually lost it and never found it. very dissapointing but not givin up yet!!!

D13er · Oct 11, 2005

sounds like some fine shooting.......jeez.

JB

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
--Benjamin Franklin 1759

lilhun6993 · Oct 11, 2005

it was fun and exciting to atleast get the chance at a good bull for my first open bull hunt!

Bev42 · Oct 12, 2005

We hunted up emigration canyon on the opening and right at first light I shot a big 4x5 bull that had huge fronts. While we were gutting it we spotted a small group of 4 cows that had a nice 5-point bull with them that my brother killed with one shot. We did see one more bull, but it was moving through the thick trees and we couldn't get a good look at him.

We saw quite a few hunters but not as many as years past. We saw 2 does and no moose.

Atrain · Oct 12, 2005

Just kind of a ethics question here and not trying to stir the pot to much...but.... why would you take a shot at a second bull... that you were not sure was the first bull... when you had not even determined whether or not you hit the first bull????????? you could have two wounded animals out there.....

lilhun6993 · Oct 12, 2005

well to answer the one question, i had a tag and my boss had another tag. he shot at the five point so eother i was puttin that one down or i was gettin my own seperate bull.

but were you at the top of emigration or down lower. scouting this year i've seen about 7 or 8 bulls 5 different 5 points! but that scrub oak is real thick up there

lilhun6993 · Oct 12, 2005

bev42, did you get any pics of your bulls you could post or email me. that would be awesome to see! congrats though on a good hunt!

257Tony · Oct 12, 2005

>Just kind of a ethics question
>here and not trying to
>stir the pot to much...but....
>why would you take a
>shot at a second bull...
>that you were not sure
>was the first bull... when
>you had not even determined
>whether or not you hit
>the first bull????????? you could
>have two wounded animals out
>there.....

Let me clear it up, I shot at first light, felt good about it, had a guy on the binos call it as a hit. We started up the mountain towards him. It took us the better part of an hour to get there through the steepness and thick oak brush. Got to the scene of the crime and looked for sign for a while. Didnt find any sign of a hit, so we decided to follow the herd tracks into the pines. I stayed back to look for blood some more. My 2 buds were gone bout 20 minutes when I heard a shot. I got up to them as quick as I could, thinking they had finished him off. That wasnt the case, this particular Bull was feeding very comfortably when they shot, so I either missed or this was a different bull.
We found 2 little specks of blood in the pines, and spent the next 5 hours looking for more. We never found any other sign, so we spread out and headed down the draw, thinking if he was hurt bad, he would head downhill. Well we never found him or any more sign, so we went back up the mountain to look for blood where I originally shot. Nothing there either. Go figure....We both get shots and some home empty handed. Oh well, there is always next week....Hey D13r, you sayin youve never missed or wounded? if so, you are the best hunter the world has ever seen, cut a kid some slack, hes one of us....