>I'm not trying to circumvent the
>guide system, I'm also considering
>a guided hunt.
>
>Elk
>I have 13 Utah NR points
>going into 2013.
>I'm getting to the point where
>I can start looking at
>some pretty good elk tags,
>and I want as much
>information as possible. I have
>a lot of questions to
>consider;
>I want my best chance at
>a big 360+ bull.(pisscutter ?)
>
>
>Burn the points now, 2013, on
>a good tag, or wait
>a few more years and
>go for a great tag,
>keeping in mind who knows
>what will happen a few
>years from now.
>.
>Rifle or muzzy ( shoulder problems
>rule out archery )
>
>Guided or DYI
>
>A quality guided hunt would stretch
>my budget, but I could
>pull it off.
>
>I haven't decided on a unit
>yet, but a quality scouting
>service might change the equation
>a bit.
Anaconda, when I dropped my points a few years back I went DIY. Granted I didn't kill the biggest bull on the unit, but we spent a week and had an absolute ball. I haven't ever used a guide, and baring the Alaska trip we all dream about probably never will. Most of the units in utah that you are now in the area to draw are pretty well known, and you should be able to find good elk relatively easily. Finding that one bull, harder, but I would rather hang with the fam hunting, then some dude watching my wallet the whole time.
"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun"