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Anyone ever hunted the late hunt in this unit? See a lot of bulls? What elevation were they mostly found at?

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Not hunted it nor know exactly where it's at. But be aware there was a HUGE wildfire near Jarbidge a few years ago. I'd give the BLM office a call and find out where the rehab did well and start from there. FWIW...

It is a pretty big unit- I am sure there are areas unburned as well as lush with new growth- just wondering who has hunted there and what type of country they found most of the bulls; high grassy bald hills, steep rocky stuff, thick brush lower down etc. Not looking for someone's secret canyon, just generalities on what's available.

How late is it? The wilderness is pretty high elevation. If it gets early snow, you might find the elk north of there - in Idaho. I've seen quite a few elk on the Idaho side in Oct. but tags are extremely hard to draw.

Nov 6-20

That time of year the weather could be anything. Last year we had an early heavy snow in Nov, enough to make traveling at T-day a bust. Then most of it melted and we had no snow at all for a couple months. I don't know what it takes to move the elk out of the Jarbidge area. I can see the high peaks from home but I've never hunted elk in that area, just deer on the Idaho side. There's a permanent elk herd on the Idaho side that migrated north some years ago and stayed here. I'd suggest you contact the NV fish and game and find out what the migration patterns are to see which way they go, north or south. With elk, if they decide to move, you won't find any.

I haven't hunted elk there, but I have hunted deer.
The best suggestion I can give you is to call Nevada'a Dept of Wildlife office and ask for the phone number of their local wildlife person. They can and do tell hunters where to find them under the conditions you'll be hunting them.
The only other thing I can suggest is look for lots of grass, particularly new growth, even if it's snowed and some of it has melted off. That and water. Nevada doesn't have alot of grass in most places due to lots of heavy grazing. But the Jarbridge Wilderness, up higher, will have some pretty good stands. E

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spent many days riding for cows there and picking up sheds in the 90's, always seen a few great bulls from robinsons hole up the river to the wilderness, i think its called robinson hole, also around white elephant,,,dated info but i seen quite a few 300-330 class bulls

None of those names mean a thing to me. Is it 5000-6000' elevation or are we talking 8000-9000'??

In looking at websites of the the two outfitters that work in their, most of the bulls look to be 320-340 class bulls- nothing big really. I suspect the potential is better than this but I guess the track record isn't.

Not sure what my buddy would be satisfied with. I am thinking 360 or better.

So far, the Idaho wolves haven't really moved south to the NV border in any numbers. That's changing fast, though. They've been seen in a number of places south of I-84 the last couple of years.

Man the guys giving you a solid lead its 8000-9000 take the cowboys advice or go with everyone else and hunt O'neil basin.

We'll be there Labor Day weekend, last year the same time frame they were just starting to bugle. I'll let ya know what we see.

This thread is two years old! He killed a 350 bull.