The archery elk hunt was a real butt kicker last year. Scouted 20 plus days and hunted 14 or better. Passed up a few 300" animals ( I wish I shot NOW!!!! ).
Saw two bulls that would go around 370, but that was it. I covered that entire unit and was dissapointed in the amount of 350 plus animals that I saw. This unit is totally verticle, there is one road that runs north to south and everything FALLS.....to the east and to the west.
Have not been down during the late rifle hunt.....but it would scare me a bit. The elk seem to hold "mid mountain" and are in the worst drainages you have ever seen. With-out the rut it may be hard.
Take a look at the success that the 3 seasons of cow hunts have......not very good!!!
If you put in for this hunt, make sure you have horses and scout this unit.
It takes nothing for a bull to stay out of your reach in this tough country.
Email me for any other specifics.
PS.....If I was putting in for a late hunt, it would for sure be in a spot that "I Know" the elk winter in.
I would take a late Wasatch tag over a late Dutton Tag.
Heck, I would take most other late tags over a Dutton tag.
PM me with any other????????
Alan