Drove out and looked around for 3 full days. Found a few elk, but not as many as I had hoped. Would have liked to talk to more people, but did get a few opinions. Sounds like elk kind of bounce around from drainage to drainage more than move out completely?
Secondly, looks like not very many areas that are more than a couple miles from a road/2 track trail that are open year around. That was a little surprising that they did not shut down some of them.
Also found out we can use the permit during archery. So should a guy go day 1 even though it likely will be hot and definitely pre rut, or should a guy wait until later sept and in the rut? I dont think we will be harvesting before the very end of sept, so i think i could do a week or so somewhere in sept.
So im excited to prepare to archery hunt in sept. Still interested in learning about what to look for to possibly find a mature bull very late.
