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Way cool bull!

I have not hunted 172 specifically, but I have seen some good bucks come out of the unit. I would start by looking high, above the PJ belt.

My wife picked up a FCFS cow tag for this area. This weekend was the first time I’ve been in the country. We did see some elk, but the private property and bad weather caused some hang ups on success. Anyone have any pointers/ areas to start looking for cows they would be willing to PM me? I can...

Is the LO tag only good for 172?

It’s been a long time since I hunted the unit, but I don’t see why you couldn’t hunt deer and elk both in 061. I do know that the advice on where to look in the original post seems to be a little outdated as far as where the elk have been hanging out.

Yes, I’ll be hunting the unit again this year with my in-law who drew a tag. We will be hiking in away from roads. There are deer in all of the mountain ranges in 17.

It’s a great cartridge for deer. In fact I’ve used it to kill a few elk as well.

I hunted the unit last year. I saw lots of deer and no other hunters away from roads and little to no deer near roads and lots of hunters. I didn’t see anything of quality, but lots of opportunity.

I hunted it last year. PM me your info and and I can pass on what I know.

That’s sort of the idea, see if I can find a big one while hunting some unique country. Are what few deer that live out there confide along the river corridors, or are there a few out in the deeper part of the desert around springs?

Hello, I know I’m jumping the gun here, but I’ll likely have a deer tag in pocket for the Manti/San Rafael unit. I’m planning a scouting trip to check out the desert portion of this unit this summer. I know there are deer in the mountains, but I’m looking for a starting point to check out down...

Well, tag cuts are painful, but it should lead to improvements going forward. Deer is my favorite thing to hunt. I sure hope all the greenery helps them recover so we can see tags come back in a few years.

I don’t see the need unless you want to plink long range with what you already have. I hunt and have killed deer, pigs, antelope, and bighorn with an AR in 223 without issue out to 300 yards. If you want to push that 300 yards to 400 or 500 yards the Valkyrie might make sense over the 223, but...

283-284 produces some good rams according to the record books. Looks like a 170+ ram is possible.

That thing has some mass to it.

Congrats on a great NV bull!

They should be rutting or close to it. Look high I that country. Those deer don’t really migrate and tend to stay on top late into the season.

Good luck. I’ve looked at those units and always thought they had the potential to hide some really good bucks.

If you work in front of a computer all day and can have the window up and are willing to check all night, you will get a FCFS tag. It’s about putting in the time. There were around 1K+ FCFS tags all together last year. That’s a lot of opportunities.

I cooked the back straps like steaks ( they were very small) in a hot pan to medium rare.

My wife had the same tag. We had some last night. It was excellent!

Thanks for the update! Congrats!

What a good looking buck! I love the super dark forehead.

Buckhorn, I just sent you some info.

I was there elk hunting a few weeks ago. If you want PM me and I can give you the location we saw some bucks. We didn’t see anything big though.

Good luck. There are still some nice bucks in 10 to be found.

I’ll be heading in helping someone for a rifle hunt next week. Anyone have any pointers?

Do you have a dog or know anyone who has one that can go back out there with you? If it was a lung hit and it died within a mile or so of your shot a run through with a decent dog should turn it up.

I’ve spent some time in there. It can be a difficult hunt because so many tags are given out other hunters tend to bump the elk. This is a very high pressure area. We found success locating high points that allowed us to glass a long ways and made sure we were there at first light. The elk...

I got some great Info from PMs on peoples past experience in 221. Thank you all. Unfortunately, life commitments are keeping me from scouting this weekend before the opener as I had planned. Has anyone been in 221 this year and seen elk?

Congrats!

I’m enjoying the daily reporting!

Looks like fun! Good luck to both of you. I’m interested to hear how the white bag method works.

Thanks!

Frank, there are deer in all the ranges outside of the Rubies, although in very low densities. If you want to hunt outside of the Rubies I would focus on areas within a couple miles of a water source.

My wife has this tag in October. We have never hunted the area. I pulled harvest data for rams and see a consistent pattern on where rams are being harvested, but the season is later than the ewe hunt. I have a few focus areas picked out based on harvest data, which is surprisingly different...

There is deer all through the rubies if you hike high into the wilderness. It isn’t a difficult unit based on my limited experience to find deer if your willing to pack in.

I don’t mind

There are antelope all over those units. I’m sure someone will be along to give you some specifics, but if there is water nearby, there is probably antelope.

That is who I messaged.