Utah-Youth Elk Hunt

[woodruffhunter]

I have a question about the Youth Elk Hunt. First, If a youth applies for this hunt, it is my understanding that he or she cannot apply for a LE Elk hunt.

If this is the case, can the applicant still accrue bonus points for the LE elk hunt? If not, youth would give up 6-7
bonus points for the LE Elk (before they turn 18). Also, the youth hunt offers no preference or bonus points.

Now, I think the youth hunt is a great idea. However, some may find giving up bonus points too much of a sacrifice IMO.

Also, is there a "draw odds" report for the Youth Elk hunt? I have not been able to find it. Thanks!!

 

[HuntElk4Fun_]

I put my 11 yr old (soon to be 12) year old in for it, but my 13 yr old put in for the LE hunts for the very reason you stated. I know for me personally and my boys, they want the LE chances vs. the Youth Any Bull.

Here are the odds:
http://www.huntinfool.com/members/s...General+Any+Bull&Type=R&Weapon=R&EType=LE&S=E

ODDNUT1
Kirt C.

 

[CATMAN]

Woodruffhunter,
Your Son/Daughter can indeed put in for a youth any bull tag AND for limited entry elk. I have put my daughter in for two years now. They do get points for the LE hunt, but they will only draw one tag, and I cannot remember which one is drawn for first.
Catman

 

[HuntElk4Fun_]

Catman-

That's good to know!

Here is the order they draw (from the 08 guidebook):
First?buck deer (premium limited entry, limited entry and CWMU)
Second?bull elk (premium limited entry, limited entry, management bull elk and CWMU)
Third?buck pronghorn (limited entry and CWMU)
Fourth?once-in-a-lifetime
Fifth?youth general buck deer
Sixth?general buck deer and general buck/bull combination
Last?youth any bull elk

ODDNUT1
Kirt C.

 

[woodruffhunter]

This is why Monster Muleys is the BEST site on the net!

I appreciate all of the help!!!

 

[CAelknuts]

You can indeed apply for both tags in the same year. I put my son in for both, and he drew the youth tag in 2005. Thanks to some help from Robb, aka PleaseDear (Bullelk1 on bowsite), we had a nice hunt. My son didn't kill a bull, but passed up several opportunities at a 300-310 class bull. Most people consider this hunt to be a non-trophy hunt, but my son would have been thrilled to shoot that bull, just didn't have a shot he was comfortable taking, due to too many other elk around him each time. He had about 30+ cows with him, and was rutting like mad. I wish we could do it all over again, but it's a once in a lifetime tag for a kid.

He's got 8 points now for LE elk, soon to be 9 points.