What limited entry hunt would be your choice Books or Crawford or something else??

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We all know that the Crawford Mtns. are weather dependent! But I know some friends that have drawn Indian tags and they all have faired well on this unit. But this is the shocker they only hunt one or two days, because if they see what they like they take it. They don't wait it out and take the best of bucks. I mean this unit has the exception of being over the week mark. And they usually kill the first decent buck they see. I am willing to wait for a 28 inch + for either unit. Just curious what everyone else thinks!
I only have 8 pts. I put Books 1st Choice Crawafords 2nd.
 
RE: What limited entry hunt would be your choice Books or Crawford or something else??

Books of course...

Crawford is totaly dependant on the weather to push deer out of wyoming.

Henery Mtn is also anouther good choice
 
RE: What limited entry hunt would be your choice Books or Crawford or something else??

I agree with the Book Cliffs choice as you have a lot that is out of your control with the Crawford mountain hunt.

Henry Mtn's would be the top choice, but you will be waiting a lot of years to get that tag unless you get lucky in the random draw.

I wouldn't worry about putting a 2nd choice on your Utah app for limited entry Deer/elk or Once in a lifetime hunts - it is not likely you would ever draw your 2nd choice.

Good luck in the draw and getting a dandy buck if you draw. The book cliffs are a fun place to hunt for sure!!
 
RE: What limited entry hunt would be your choice Books or Crawford or something else??

28 plus bucks are in the book cliffs but It is still not an easy task I think you would be just as lucky to get the right weather on the crawfords than to find a 28 plus buck in the bookcliffs. I would go crawfords and hope for the best for weather.
 
RE: What limited entry hunt would be your choice Books or Crawford or something else??

"I wouldn't worry about putting a 2nd choice on your Utah app for limited entry Deer/elk or Once in a lifetime hunts - it is not likely you would ever draw your 2nd choice."

+1

I would say that it would be impossible to draw a limited tag on a 2nd choice. Those would only be given if not enough people put in for it as a second choice. Don't think so.

I never even put a 2nd choice. I guess stranger things have happened.

txhunter58

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RE: What limited entry hunt would be your choice Books or Crawford or something else??

LAST EDITED ON Feb-18-09 AT 08:11PM (MST)[p]Might as well put in a second choice. I could but probably wont happen.

The books.. I wouldnt waste points on the unit anymore... Way over hunted and its getting to be the undesireable bucks are the dominant ones. theres more and more big 2 points and 2x3 3x4 than anything there now and if you can find a 4 point he probably has crabs.. Not saying you couldnt find a big buck, but you think about what you could have in a couple more years on a better unit.. its worth the wait and will be this way until the dwr does something about it.

Every bonus point costs 10 bucks. You said you have eight. By now you have dumped 80 bucks on top of the cost of the tag for a buck you have a good chance of finding on a general unit. You will see ALOT of deer but very very rarely will you find the buck of your liftime. Better chances on a different unit.

The books needs a better management program and it has the potential to be THE BEST unit in the state. The numbers and habitat are there but needs a little help.

My 2 cents.
 
RE: What limited entry hunt would be your choice Books or Crawford or something else??

No need to worry about drawing the Crawford unit on a second choice. As has been stated twice above, you will not draw a second choice on a limited entry buck hunt in Utah. The only way you could is if there were not enough applicants that applied for the hunt as their first choice, and that my friend does not happen in this state.
 
RE: What limited entry hunt would be your choice Books or Crawford or something else??

If you have to ask Crawford however be prepared to eat the tag...

Rackmaster

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RE: What limited entry hunt would be your choice Books or Crawford or something else??

As stated by Southslope, and sneekest_sneeker, the books is not the hunt most people think it is. You will be hard pressed to find the kind of buck you are looking for, The quality has been droping every year since they reopened it up in '99. Way to many people that get the tag out there will go out and shoot the first 4x4 they see witch over the years has led to there being more and more 3x3s and 3x4s, and even alot of Big 2x2s that nobody wants to shoot so they are left to do all the breeding. Also they give out WAY to many tags out there, to the point that most of the bigger bucks are getting killed off every year before they have chance to become Huge.

Thats my oppion, good luck if you draw the tag.



Jake H. MM Member since 1999.
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