LAST EDITED ON Oct-08-19 AT 05:03PM (MST)[p]Hey all drew the 55 Oct tag. Which I know is not amazing, but is decent. Never hunted area so I read all the related posts on here and other forums. We are experienced we have taken a couple 180-200s on public land and probably 25 deer.
Basically everyone says hunt Harrison, cache, independence, city of rocks or malta.
We are on day 4. Hit Harrison twice, cache/independence twice and aren't seeing much at all. Have hiked 32 miles gps tracked so we don't road hunt. Glassed high. Glassed rocks. Glassed junipers. Hunted from 7k to 9k ft.
So far we have had chance at 2 forkies which we passed. Seen like 30 doe. Maybe another buck we couldn't confirm.
Deer sign everywhere but no bucks. But seems odd considering this unit has produced 250-300 bucks a year with 55-70% harvest for years.
Talked to others who are reporting the same issues. Have only heard maybe 6 shots total and there were probably 50 different people up here throughout the weekend and seems most are also not road hunting.
Any ideas or anything happen here recently I'm unaware of?
My only guess was maybe we had early snow and archery unlimited massacred them last year. But the archery numbers were down last year
Seen zero killed. And even the horse guys said they can't find anything
Basically everyone says hunt Harrison, cache, independence, city of rocks or malta.
We are on day 4. Hit Harrison twice, cache/independence twice and aren't seeing much at all. Have hiked 32 miles gps tracked so we don't road hunt. Glassed high. Glassed rocks. Glassed junipers. Hunted from 7k to 9k ft.
So far we have had chance at 2 forkies which we passed. Seen like 30 doe. Maybe another buck we couldn't confirm.
Deer sign everywhere but no bucks. But seems odd considering this unit has produced 250-300 bucks a year with 55-70% harvest for years.
Talked to others who are reporting the same issues. Have only heard maybe 6 shots total and there were probably 50 different people up here throughout the weekend and seems most are also not road hunting.
Any ideas or anything happen here recently I'm unaware of?
My only guess was maybe we had early snow and archery unlimited massacred them last year. But the archery numbers were down last year
Seen zero killed. And even the horse guys said they can't find anything