Unit 100 elk

forkhunter · Feb 25, 2019

We drew 100 this year. Excited to do the scouting and the hunt, but have a few months to prepare before I actually get feet on the ground in the unit. I am looking for likely locations to camp for the hunt. If anyone has ideas or experience, I would love to hear any advice. I will contact local game folks here soon, but would love to hear your thoughts. Open to places to bring a travel trailer or places to tent camp. My buddy would probably prefer his trailer, but I am open. Thanks!

30Hart · Feb 26, 2019

Best advice is to have two spare tires for each thing when traveling in 100. You will be hunting BLM so you can pitch a tent as far back in as you are comfortable going in. I would pick someplace central as 100 is a large unit and you'll want to move around a lot and cover ground.

mlchaser · Feb 26, 2019

I second 30harts advice. The unit is huge, and unless you have a specific bull scouted, you can often go 10 miles between bulls. And if you get a camper in and get weather, it could be staying there a bit.

It's no secret, but herd concentrations around Steamboat mountain (more of a long ridge than a mountain) on north and south sides are greater than in other areas of the unit...but that also concentrates the hunters. As mentioned, it's all BLM so camp anywhere...but watch the weather and try to be centrally located and watch your fuel gauges out there. You'll burn a lot.

Chesterwyo · Feb 26, 2019

You should have a good hunt. However there's a lot more tags out there than there used to be, so it might not be the kill a six point from the pickup type hunt it used to be. The area mentioned is good, but there's quite a few outlying more lonely places that hold some of the bigger bulls. Feel free to PM me if you'd like some more info on where those places are.

forkhunter · Feb 28, 2019

Thanks for the advice so far. Anything else as to access or where/how you would set your camp would be great. I won't turn down hunt area advice, but I am more fishing for where to attack from and not where to attack. If that makes sense....

elknr · Mar 5, 2019

Congrats! Res or non res?
Did you and yr buddy both draw?
I'm a non res. But been there twice in last 8 years.
Hopefully they didn't raise the tags
To 150 or more. From 100.
You plan to bow hunt ?or just rifle?

justdada · Mar 5, 2019

I also drew a tag this year and appreciate the input. Definitely hope they don't increase the bull tag quota this year... I'll be hunting solo, and have heard the stories about the opening day circus. Do those experienced feel archery is the best shot at a quality hunt?

Geko42 · Mar 5, 2019

Plenty of bulls and plenty of country. Will be a fun hunt!

copple2 · Mar 5, 2019

I hunted antelope out there 2 years ago and was amazed at all the elk I saw. Out in antelope country!

That would be a really fun tag to have. Just start covering ground and you will find the elk.

Good luck to guys who drew.

mulecreek · Mar 6, 2019

Archery in 100 is a great hunt. Rifle in 100 is a great hunt. Anyone that cant turn a 100 tag into a quality hunt just isn't trying very hard. Enjoy a great tag, you will find plenty of bulls to keep you interested. Lots of places to camp.

People stress over too much stuff. I get it you have waited a long time but in all seriousness, a 100 type 1 tag is as chill a hunt as you will find. Plan to cover a lot of ground. Be picky. Look over a lot of bulls to find one you are happy with. Its a big unit and some bulls definitely move after the pressure arrives. If you archery hunt bring a decoy.

forkhunter · Mar 6, 2019

>Congrats! Res or non
>res?
>Did you and yr buddy both
>draw?
> I'm a non
>res. But been there twice
>in last 8 years.
> Hopefully they
>didn't raise the tags
>To 150 or more. From 100.
>
> You plan
>to bow hunt ?or just
>rifle?

We are non-resident. Party app with the 2 of us. We will rifle hunt only. As much as we both like to hunt, our lives require that we only have a limited amount of time and windows of time to hunt.

forkhunter · Mar 6, 2019

>Archery in 100 is a great
>hunt. Rifle in 100
>is a great hunt.
>Anyone that cant turn a
>100 tag into a quality
>hunt just isn't trying very
>hard. Enjoy a great
>tag, you will find plenty
>of bulls to keep you
>interested. Lots of places
>to camp.
>
>People stress over too much stuff.
> I get it you
>have waited a long time
>but in all seriousness, a
>100 type 1 tag is
>as chill a hunt as
>you will find. Plan
>to cover a lot of
>ground. Be picky.
>Look over a lot of
>bulls to find one you
>are happy with. Its
>a big unit and some
>bulls definitely move after the
>pressure arrives. If you
>archery hunt bring a decoy.
>
I love this response. I like to ask the questions and get info, but I decided years back that I won't stress too much about any tag. I drew a sheep tag 10 years ago and stressed so badly about the hunt that it took the fun out of it. I refuse to do that again. I will take it as it goes, get as much info as I can and hopefully enjoy a good hunt. I appreciate all who have reached out.

nontypical · Mar 10, 2019

I would highly recommend a summer scouting trip if at all possible. 2-3 days where you can just drive the roads and figure out the lay of the land and the boundaries, etc. You have great tags.

forkhunter · Mar 10, 2019

>I would highly recommend a summer
>scouting trip if at all
>possible. 2-3 days where you
>can just drive the roads
>and figure out the lay
>of the land and the
>boundaries, etc. You have great
>tags.

Thanks and yep. We are planning an August trip.

Geko42 · Mar 11, 2019

Dont try to drive through the sand in your pickup.!!
Unless you let the air out of your tires

llamapacker · Mar 17, 2019

Several have alluded to it, but I don't think anybody directly mentioned most roads become impassable when wet. Even UTV's struggle, but you can get around on one or in an ATV when wet, but ALL trucks, etc. will flounder. Spent two+ days once trapper in camp and unable to move any vehicle more than 100 yards. Things dry fairly quickly, but when raining you can be in trouble.
Bill

mlchaser · Mar 21, 2019

PM sent

Drahthaar · Jul 22, 2019

Just got back from a weekend scouting trip in 100. I have 2 youth hunters that have Type 1 youth with life-threatening illness commissioners tags coming to hunt starting Oct 2nd (the rifle season opens 5 days early for them). Saw a lot of elk this trip, but they sure are skittish in that open country! Any chance you'd be willing to share tips/information to help us out with these 2 boys?

mlchaser · Jul 22, 2019

LAST EDITED ON Jul-22-19 AT 09:30AM (MST)[p]They can be skittish, and really get so once rifle starts and the vehicle traffic gets good. A couple things I found out there:
1. In archery season, they would spook from a quad from a long ways out. But I was able to walk past a herd of a few hundred from 300 yards out on the way to a waterhole and they didn't mind.
2. The first 30 minutes and last 30 minutes of legal has them (and most game) so much calmer. a couple years ago on a cow hunt in 100, we chased this group around all day and had a hard time being close. And then the next morning was there in the dark and in the first few minutes was able to ease into a herd, pickout a large cow and dump her (at less than 100 yds). And then we had to wait for herd to leave and have a 325+ bull come up to 250 yds bugle at us and gather the herd.

So timing is a part of it, but in the middle of the day, you have to be prepared to cut them off or easy as far as you can undetected and be ready for a 300yd+ shot.

Since it is a "road huntable" unit, way too many guys are still coming out to prime spots as sun is coming up.

Drahthaar · Jul 22, 2019

Great to hear. Appreciate the information!

DeerHunter53 · Jul 23, 2019

Hey Forkhunter

how many points did it take to draw this tag being a non resident. I have 11 points this year will that be enough to draw this tag in the future?

DH53

GeorgeE · Jul 23, 2019

You?re going to need max, or luck...

'Ike'

Bowhunter...

ruger1022 · Jul 23, 2019

I drew antelope tag in that area this year, and went and checked out the unit in June. It was super green, so horn growth should be amazing. When I head down in Sept to hunt I'll keep my eyes open for bulls.