16E Muzzy elk!

[BRUIN4L]

Hi Guys. I am helping the luckiest guy I know on his 16E muzzy elk Oct 17. He is non res and its his third tag! His first 2 were unit 15. Looking for any insight on this hunt we can get. It will be DIY. I helped him in 15 also and he had 2nd muzzy and we had vocal bulls and was wondering if anyone has hunted this 16E hunt and what their experience was. Again any tips on this hunt will help.

 

[throwfar]

LAST EDITED ON Apr-29-15 AT 03:50PM (MST)[p]Bring an extra set of tires and boots it's that rough.

 

[jessbad]

Tough hunt....get good boots!

 

[hank4elk]

and you can get stuck.....

 

[BRUIN4L]

Lol. Sounds like he'll be hunting in hell!

 

[hank4elk]

>Lol. Sounds like he'll be hunting
>in hell!
That's farther south....LOL.
It's a great place,but access and ease it is not.
There are some big bulls in there.

 

[BRUIN4L]

So does anyone have a positive experience with this hunt they would share?

 

[mickeyelk]

I hunted it a few years back. We hunted the southern/south western part of it. Where we hunted it was hard to tell if we were going thru private or ???? (went thru some fences to pass thru) A quad is helpfull but you'll end up doing allot of walking. If you have horses they are well worth it to take. Quite hilly and dry. I was there for 5 days and saw bulls almost every day. It was one of my choices this year but with a rifle. I leaned my lesson last time. Most of the bulls were at 300+ yards and I don't want to shoot that far with my muzzy. There are ponds there and the elk will use them. (when ?) Roads getting there are fine but roads going in deep are not. My quad got me where I needed to get then legs took over. I hope to get this tag one of these days. Bets of luck.

 

[jessbad]

The positive......you will be in GREAT shape at the end of the hunt.

 

[jessbad]

Speaking of getting stuck. Two years ago we were hunting on the way to help a couple of guys get out from being stuck we ran into another guy that was stuck. My buddy got stuck....so now that made four trucks that were stuck. I lent the guys my truck to go into Socorro to get some help. After three days of digging all four trucks with the help of those guys friends that they called in from ABQ they ended up getting all the trucks out. It was a rough hunt for the guys that got stuck. Met a few good guys from this fiasco at least.

 

[throwfar]

Is one of those guys named Jamie?

 

[jessbad]

Yes it was do you know him? Good guy we talk often.

 

[SHmuleyking333]

16E is no joke I'm pretty sure I was apart of that 4-5 truck fiasco. I drew first archery in E this year I've started prepping already. Truck now has a winch and 2 90 feet straps haha. Looking forward to the hunt and hopefully to whack a giant.

 

[coryb]

We killed a couple of cows there several years ago. The areas we hunted were the easiest elk terrain I have ever hunted. Very little elevation and we saw lots of elk all day every day. I have never hunted it except the one time in December but we routinely see elk on the VLA road near the SE corner of the unit if we take that way to turkey hunt in April or September. This is all flat and open if you've never been there. I know guys that hunt really tough terrain in there but I don't think you have to.

Cory

 

[throwfar]

Yeah he is a good buddy of mine I heard your kid pulled a good tag congrats

 

[hntbambi]

LAST EDITED ON May-03-15 AT 01:32PM (MST)[p]It is a good hunt. I drew it 2 years ago and I killed my first bull. I saw elk and bulls every day. I was in the SW corner of the unit. There are plenty of woods and ridges to climb in the area.

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