HELP!! Utah Muzzle Elk

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UTMuleyhunter

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Since I am new to elk hunting, I'm looking for help from all of the wise elk hunters out there. My question is how will all of this early snow here in Utah affect the muzzle elk hunt in November? Will it push them down to lower elevations? The area I plan to hunt on Nov. 6th will probably have 3-4ft of snow by then after the expected storms later this week. Any advice?
 
I've never hunted that late with a muzz but I'd say snow would help with tracking and also pusing animals to lower elevatios. Snow can make or break those late hunts but you don't want to much, just enough to get them moving and to silence any stalking noise.
 
UTmuleyhunter, the snow that is here now is starting to push some of the smaller bulls down i was up in hardware the other night and watched a 330 6x7 and some spikes and cows come in right now there are around 200 head up there with several hundred more coming in with the storm that is due to hit just before the elk hunt it should be excellent for hunting the elk. and as said before get on the game trails and just follow em you should run into something.

BBH
 
i have only hunted the muzz hunt once, about 4 yrs ago
but there was a early snow like this year and when i finally located the elk they were grouped together. bulls, cows and calfs. quite a big herd lost count at 200 head, but the bulls were still bugling and chasing cows. i later learned that this could probably have been during the 3rd rut for the cows that didn.t get bred the first go arounds.
so in my opinion when you find the elk they probably will be in big groups with the bulls hanging out on the edges.
look for south facing ridges where the snow is swept off and the sun hits it.

that's my experience wether right or wrong.
good luck to y'all

remember "NO GUTS, NO STORY"
SNYPER >>>>>>>>>>>>>>-------------------------.
 
If you know where the winter range is for the particular herd you're hunting winters, i'd be looking inbetween the highs & the lows. They're bound to be somewhere in those areas. Also, you can hunt them by telephone, asking people in the areas if they've seen them recently. Don't ever count out farmlands that may be in the areas. Elk are suckers for hay by that time, and some landowners that are "elk haters" may let you hunt private property to help them out.
 
I live in Northen Utah, so I most familiar with the Monte Cristo/Causey area. I don't have access to horses, so that might make things difficult as well.
 
Not to burst your bubble, but I was hunting moose in the causey area in mid sept. and there were 3 different groups of guys packing in there camps for the late muzzleloader elk hunt. I have a feeling everybody and there dog will be hunting in that area.
 

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