widowmaker
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I have read all the posts on Fish Lake, and so when I drew my tag, I was ready to prove everyone wrong about the herd on Fish Lake. I started scouting in Mid July and went down 9 times to find the big bull I wanted to shoot. I saw one bull that was 340 - 2 days before the rifle hunt but I never saw him again! I'm sure that bull made to over to the private. I saw over 100 bulls but not one of the 6pts were over 310 and the majority of them were 5pts. This unit is not worth anyone blowing 10 or 12 years of your life to shoot a rag horn. I would not recommend this unit to anyone unless they're good to shoot a rag horn bull. I can go to Colorado and have the same experience and not waste 5 years of points, let alone 14 years of points.
I'm sure the division has this unit all handled and that if I give them feedback they will assure me that my experience was unique and that they know what they're doing. It's so frustrating as one who loves Utah hunting and who once believed the Division cared about the hunters and the game instead of the money. I'd love to see what other elk hunters experienced because every single other hunter I spoke to was very unhappy with the unit. I even hired a local guide to help me out for the last few days, and while he was awesome and put me on more than a dozen elk, all of them were more of the same small class of bulls. I ended up shooting a small 5pt on the last day since that was all the unit had to offer.
I had a great time with friends and family hunting the area and getting to know that area, but after helping my buddy with his archery tag chase 350 to 405 class bulls on the Boulder, I expected Fish Lake to be much better than it was since they are close to each other. Even still I hold out hope that Utah can be a great elk state if the the division would just get their act together and manage the herd like they should. Right now there is a big bull hunt going on during the spike hunt. Fish Lake is not even close to what it once was! Has anyone in other units found the same problem I did?
I'm sure the division has this unit all handled and that if I give them feedback they will assure me that my experience was unique and that they know what they're doing. It's so frustrating as one who loves Utah hunting and who once believed the Division cared about the hunters and the game instead of the money. I'd love to see what other elk hunters experienced because every single other hunter I spoke to was very unhappy with the unit. I even hired a local guide to help me out for the last few days, and while he was awesome and put me on more than a dozen elk, all of them were more of the same small class of bulls. I ended up shooting a small 5pt on the last day since that was all the unit had to offer.
I had a great time with friends and family hunting the area and getting to know that area, but after helping my buddy with his archery tag chase 350 to 405 class bulls on the Boulder, I expected Fish Lake to be much better than it was since they are close to each other. Even still I hold out hope that Utah can be a great elk state if the the division would just get their act together and manage the herd like they should. Right now there is a big bull hunt going on during the spike hunt. Fish Lake is not even close to what it once was! Has anyone in other units found the same problem I did?