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Wilderness_chick
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Well ladies and gents, this being my first year bow hunting Utah has been incredibly rough. Boot miles beyond imagine and Ive turned up one buck at 1000 yards.
Ive got the Ogden archery tag for deer and archery elk. I thought I had done my homework scouting and putting miles on, but man alive its been tough.
For you folks that have hunted archery in Utah up around the Ogden unit or into the extended, whats the deal with the area.
Moose galore, but not many deer and few elk. matter of a fact, i haven't seen a single elk. If you've got a Moose tag up here, I can point you in a good direction! I had a Big Big bull Moose at 45 yards on Sunday. Saw 5 Moose that day.
Ive scouted and hiked miles into the public land areas i thought would produce deer or elk. the terrane was right, had water and good cover. nothing.
I could use some pointers for the area if anyone would be willing to share experiences or places to flat out avoid. Ive so far ruled out several.. lol
I am glad to see I can shoot a doe during the extended for the meat, but why the wait. I could have filled my tag on a doe the second day but alas the wait.
I would prefer a buck to keep the doe's breeding, but understand we need the bucks to breed as well.
am I waisting my time hunting this early and should I wait for the later time in the extended? I haven't had the opportunity in the past to hunt later in the season with a bow or a rifle so this is all new to me. Usually my pervious tags in another state ended with bow in September and rifle mid October.
I can PM you where I have been that hasn't turned up any bucks and few doe's.
I have a GPS with land chip so I've been hitting off of that in scouting pretty hard.
any help is greatly appreciated. I'm not afraid to walk and i have a horse if needed. I don't own ATVs.
Ive got the Ogden archery tag for deer and archery elk. I thought I had done my homework scouting and putting miles on, but man alive its been tough.
For you folks that have hunted archery in Utah up around the Ogden unit or into the extended, whats the deal with the area.
Moose galore, but not many deer and few elk. matter of a fact, i haven't seen a single elk. If you've got a Moose tag up here, I can point you in a good direction! I had a Big Big bull Moose at 45 yards on Sunday. Saw 5 Moose that day.
Ive scouted and hiked miles into the public land areas i thought would produce deer or elk. the terrane was right, had water and good cover. nothing.
I could use some pointers for the area if anyone would be willing to share experiences or places to flat out avoid. Ive so far ruled out several.. lol
I am glad to see I can shoot a doe during the extended for the meat, but why the wait. I could have filled my tag on a doe the second day but alas the wait.
I would prefer a buck to keep the doe's breeding, but understand we need the bucks to breed as well.
am I waisting my time hunting this early and should I wait for the later time in the extended? I haven't had the opportunity in the past to hunt later in the season with a bow or a rifle so this is all new to me. Usually my pervious tags in another state ended with bow in September and rifle mid October.
I can PM you where I have been that hasn't turned up any bucks and few doe's.
I have a GPS with land chip so I've been hitting off of that in scouting pretty hard.
any help is greatly appreciated. I'm not afraid to walk and i have a horse if needed. I don't own ATVs.