Youth elk

awbmab · Jun 26, 2018

My 13 year old son got one of the youth elk tags this year. We are looking at hunting the north slope. If anyone has any general info they would be willing to share, ie trailheads, drainages to scout I would appreciate it. Feel free to pm me.

deadibob · Jun 27, 2018

One post and this is how you start? PM founder, he will give you info for a fee. If it was a once in a lifetime or limited entry hunt, maybe. Here is a tip, buy a map, use google earth, call a biologist. I've given lots of info on this site to guys and only one or two were courteous enough to contact me afterwards and let me know how it went. No more info, that well done dried up!

awbmab · Jun 27, 2018

I've posted before but haven't for a little while so apparently my user info was deleted.
If you don't have anything constructive to say then don't say anything. I am not looking for anyones secret spot. Its been hunting all my life, just not utah general elk areas.
Ive been lucky enough to receive help from some great folks on these forums and have had the opportunity to pass along info to others. Grateful for the help from those that are willing.

Jeff1977 · Jul 31, 2018

I have been told to look into North Eastern part of the state. It looks like that is cow only for all other hunts except this youth hunt. Anyone have any info on that part of the state. Just want to get these two kids a chance at an elk

JakeH · Jul 31, 2018

Jeff, uhhh..... what area are you talking about??? I've never heard of an area that is cow only except for the youth hunt. There is a couple different Limited entry units in the Northeast corner of the state(South slope Diamond, and Three Corners). But those are off limits to the youth hunters.

The youth tags are good for the general season any bull areas go to the DWR web site and look up the map. Actually look up "Utah Hunt Planner.com" you can type in the hunt code on the tag and it will give you every area in the state that you can hunt.

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Jeff1977 · Aug 1, 2018

I am looking on the Hunt Planner and it shows South Slope Bonanza only archery bull no rifle bull. Not sure if that is correct or not but that is what it shows. I am looking at the Kama unit though more closely. Not as steep for the kids plus they will be the only ones hunting in that unit during that time. Any suggestions?

JakeH · Aug 1, 2018

Ok, that is a general season area, the rifle hunt starts Oct. 6th this year in all of the general season areas.

You are correct that for all the general season areas the youth hunters will be the only ones hunting at that time. But the archery hunt will have been going for a month before that, the archery season ends the day before the youth hunt starts.

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Houndsman77 · Aug 1, 2018

There use to be some in soap stone pass years ago ain't hunted it in yeats.but that would be a place to check good luck.

Life ain't about waiting for the Strom to pass.Its about learning to hunt in the rain!

hossblur · Aug 5, 2018

On the north slope pretty much like everywhere the elk are where the people aren't.

The good thing is that hunt sits right in the heat of the rut. Be mobile at first, listen, you'll find elk.

Problem 2 with north slope. Getting to them. Its steep, un gawdly thick country. Your not going to glass one up(outside of wilderness). I don't even carry binos.

Get a GPS/onx. You will get twisted around, you will get lost.

If your not backpacking in then my suggestion is get as close to wilderness as you can. The east fork is a good access point.

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roadrunner · Aug 15, 2018

According to Hunt Planner (interactive unit map on DWR website), Kamas and Southslope are your higher success rate areas. That's a good place to start.

Don't go to the San Juan/Montezuma Canyon. Bunch of private land and higher dollar access.

awbmab · Aug 15, 2018

LAST EDITED ON Aug-15-18 AT 09:07AM (MST)[p]I don't know if the success odds are correct in hunt planner or maybe they are just for the last year. Looking through the previous years success for north slope shows success in the 40 % area. The hunt planner shows it as 10%. I don't know if it was one bad year or where the numbers come from in the planner. I would look through several years of the annual reports to get a better idea on success rates.