I would be glad to update you.
I arrived for further scouting during the 1st hunt. There was no bugling activity and very poor success. I arrived for further scouting the first and last several days of the second season. The elk were not bugling, very low success, and by the end most hunters had left early due to poor hunting. I arrived for the third season. We had scouted from july to the beginning of the hunt. We covered most of the unit in our scouting. Our third hunt in the rut was difficult. The animals were scarce and were not vocal. To say the least the prime rut hunt was not very good quality. Lack of vocal animals and animals in general was surprising. I am not sure if it was due to the number of wolves, which were howling throughout the unit or the drought, but I would reason to guess that success rates were probably lower than in past years as per our conversation with many hunters. With our extensive scouting we did end up getting into some bugling bulls. General report disappointing. Hopefully, more elk will appear from somewhere in the unit for the rifle hunt. Sorry I am a little down on the unit, but it sure isn't what people made it out to be in the past. With over 2 months of trail cam pictures from 4 cameras=several thousand pictures of elk, not one bull over 330 was photographed. Best of Luck and I sure hope your hunt is better than ours. Please let us know.
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