Fillmore oak creek general tag

Bowhunter05 · Jun 2, 2023

Was able to pull this tag for archery this year. Of course the same year I draw my home state nevada bull tag after 12 years. I hate to turn in the tag but I really need to focus on this bull tag back home. Has anyone hunted this unit for archery? I'm trying to decide if I should wing it with limited scouting time or just go guided. Any help would be appreciated.

Blackie6 · Jun 2, 2023

You have the filmore general tag or the oak creek LE tag?

Elkslayer · Jun 2, 2023

If you have the Oak creek tag, I would suggest you hunt hard for a giant.
If you have the Fillmore general tag, you may want to turn it back.

Bowhunter05 · Jun 2, 2023

Blackie6 said:
You have the filmore general tag or the oak creek LE tag?

My fault. For some reason I thought the unit was fillmore/oak creek. I have the general fillmore tag

Bowhunter05 · Jun 2, 2023

Elkslayer said:
If you have the Oak creek tag, I would suggest you hunt hard for a giant.
If you have the Fillmore general tag, you may want to turn it back.

It's the fillmore general tag.. the unit is that bad ha?

Blackie6 · Jun 2, 2023

Bowhunter05 said:
It's the fillmore general tag.. the unit is that bad ha?

I wouldn’t say it’s that bad. It is just a completely different tag/draw than the oak creek. You wouldn’t want to turn in the oak creek tag.

Zeke · Jun 2, 2023

When I saw "Oak Creek" and "turn the tag back" I about had a heart attack.

Fillmore general, ya, don't mess up you NV elk hunt for that, IMHO.

Zeke

legacy · Jun 2, 2023

Yes, if you have an OC tag, PLEASSSSE turn it back in.....

El Gringo · Jun 2, 2023

You should turn that Utah General tag back, or use it to start a campfire, or whatever utility it has, and hunt your A$$ off on that Nevada Elk tag…. It’s not even close, and I’m far and away a Deer guy, over Elk

elkassassin · Jun 2, 2023

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yotebuster17 · Jun 2, 2023

This is my new favorite thread. It will live in infamy to all who google “Fillmore oak creek deer” for eternity

BrowningRage · Jun 4, 2023

I doubt a guide service would take you on a general season unit hunt... they wouldn't want to hurt their season average on inches... ? Most only hunt LE units where quality animals abound.

Ticks N Tines · Jun 5, 2023

I wonder how many guys with a General tag are wandering around on the Oak Creek LE?

Elkslayer · Jun 5, 2023

Ticks N Tines said:
I wonder how many guys with a General tag are wandering around on the Oak Creek LE?

I know of a guy who got caught on the oak creek during the general five day hunt a few years ago. He shot a 2pt and had it loaded when the warden showed up.

Blackie6 · Jun 5, 2023

Ticks N Tines said:
I wonder how many guys with a General tag are wandering around on the Oak Creek LE?

In 2014, got to talking to a dad and son on the muzzeloader hunt. They had been hunting for 3 days at this point. After a few min of talking, I got the impression they had general tags. Sure enough they did, and had no idea there was a difference of the two.

Shadow · Jun 5, 2023

You know full well it happens. Some by mistake, others not so much. You know there are deer that cross to the fields and get taken with general tags.
Remember years back, in the early days of the Oak Creek LE, when the locals cried their eyes out, so the DWR shifted the original boundaries from the roads surrounding the unit clear up to the forest service line?

Zeke · Jun 5, 2023

Years ago, I caught some guys on the Vernon unit with general tags. Took pics of their truck plates and turned them in and the warden said there's nothing he could/would do about it.
Things that make ya go "HUH?".

Zeke

Downrange · Jun 5, 2023

Ticks N Tines said:
I wonder how many guys with a General tag are wandering around on the Oak Creek LE?

Had a friend of mine about 5 yrs ago that was helping his brother on the rifle hunt doing some scouting during the limited entry muzz hunt. He was driving up the main canyon on his atv and 3 guys were coming down the canyon with muzzleloaders all on their shoulders on their atv. They only gave 6 muzz tags that year and he thought it was odd to have 3 of them all together. Well he stopped and talked with them a bit and he asked how many pts they had to draw the unit and that they must of put in as a group. Things weren’t adding up so my buddie asked if they knew they were hunting a limited entry deer unit and they all said no. So a long story short all 3 had Fillmore gen muzz tags not Fillmore oak creek tags. They had been hunting a few days and were dang lucky they hadn’t killed anything. My buddie went up the next morning and their camp was gone so yes it has happened before. I wish they would change the name of the unit to FOOL CREEK DEER UNIT after the highest peak in the unit, then I don’t think there would be a problem.

elkassassin · Jun 6, 2023

And How Do I Get One Of These General Tags?

Elkslayer · Jun 6, 2023

Downrange said:
Had a friend of mine about 5 yrs ago that was helping his brother on the rifle hunt doing some scouting during the limited entry muzz hunt. He was driving up the main canyon on his atv and 3 guys were coming down the canyon with muzzleloaders all on their shoulders on their atv. They only gave 6 muzz tags that year and he thought it was odd to have 3 of them all together. Well he stopped and talked with them a bit and he asked how many pts they had to draw the unit and that they must of put in as a group. Things weren’t adding up so my buddie asked if they knew they were hunting a limited entry deer unit and they all said no. So a long story short all 3 had Fillmore gen muzz tags not Fillmore oak creek tags. They had been hunting a few days and were dang lucky they hadn’t killed anything. My buddie went up the next morning and their camp was gone so yes it has happened before. I wish they would change the name of the unit to FOOL CREEK DEER UNIT after the highest peak in the unit, then I don’t think there would be a problem.

They must have been some picky hunters, not tagging out on the first day on what they thought was a general hunt.