Muzzy unit options

UtyoteKiller · Feb 21, 2020

Didn't want to hi-jack the other thread on this subject but looking for options for muzzy elk with 16 res points.

desertpointbrian · Feb 21, 2020

Pahvant or Beaver would be my choice

Servehim · Feb 21, 2020

Random draw for NR

Elkslayer · Feb 22, 2020

Pahvant or beaver your still quite a few years away in the max point pool.

UtyoteKiller · Feb 22, 2020

Servehim said:
Random draw for NR

Not sure what you meant here?

Elkslayer said:
Pahvant or beaver your still quite a few years away in the max point pool.

Yes I agree those are still long odds. I'm leaning heavily toward Manti. Pros/Cons?

Elkslayer · Feb 22, 2020

I don't know the manti well, but there's plenty of elk and room to breathe. Been some nice bulls getting killed the last couple of years.

hossblur · Feb 25, 2020

Manti is great.

But.

1. Muzzy deer hunt.
2. ATV traffic
3. Sheep

We hunt deer with muzzy. So does a big swath of dudes. Lots of guys wandering around

Sanpete county is becoming world famous for ATV promotion. The weather is still nice and there are a lot of tourists.

Sheep come off usually last Saturday of Sept. They move them the week before and stage them at top of sheep trails on top of the lower towns. Something to think about when planning.

Manti muzzy is the tag I'm putting in for.

UtyoteKiller · Feb 25, 2020

Thanks hoss, I'll take that into consideration. I've read about a roadless area in there, how big of an area is it? Looks like there are a ton of roads.

Cam@strawberry · Feb 25, 2020

Early rifle wasatch was a 16 point draw last year. That tag just brought $21,200 at auction. Significantly higher than average, and if anything tells the story about where a unit is, its the auction tag prices.

S. Cache is a sleeper on the up and up right now. Manti is pretty much exactly what you would expect it to be. Good, and great for a handful of guys.

Books is pretty rough from what i hear and see, same with SWD.

I’ve heard its a pretty dang good year to look at the dutton. Fish lake kicked out a couple hammer bulls last year and probably is a early rifle tag to look at.

Reality is at 16 points as a RES the tags you can draw are gonna be an overspend to draw muzz. Meaning it would only take 10-12 points to draw the muzz for the most part. Not much you can do at this point, its just the nature of the beast.

Rmhely · Feb 25, 2020

I hunted the early rifle last year in the "roadless" area on the north end of the Manti. Not really roadless in the wilderness sense, but fewer roads than the rest of the Unit. It was a nice piece of country to hunt from horseback without ATVs buzzing everywhere. I can confirm that sheep were common during the early rifle - in fact we moved camp once because of them. Best elk hunt I've had in years - lots of elk, hard rutting activity, with some real bruisers. Unfortunately I didn't tag the best bull we saw, but good enough.