Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game Advice and info needed.... Cow elk hunt

If you can't kill a cow with a 270, you need to A: get closer than 700 yds, or B: learn to shoot

Umm, don't that is legal to shoot from on top or with 1 foot on the ground, better check those regs again.

Some leftover cow tags in Wyoming will be ok due to quotas coming out after the NR app period and they have lessened some restrictions on some cow tags. Some wil be full price cow tags and some reduced price.
Like states=d read carefully , so have no public access or very little.

That getting in shape advice is very wise. Buy & break in good insulated boots, invest in a good backpack. The rest of your gear will be fine if you hunt deer in cold weather. There are always lighter cooler items but $$$ sky is the limit there. Binoculars you own will probably work fine but use them spotting at home for practice.

Read what you can, computer scout the areas, arrive early to acclimate to the altitude.

Find yourself a place to practice shooting off of that nice pack or sticks or bipod or knees out to 500 yards. When you hit a big dinner plate consistently you’ll know 300 on the side of the mountain is a piece of cake.

Utah cow tags draw......yes apply in June...public land a plenty

Buy an OTC spike tag.......in July....maybe tag two Elk

Just remember winter in the west this year has been B A D for big game

Tag numbers may be much fewer

Highway 6......

One of Utah's most dangerous highways

Runs between SLC-Denver

This winter........deer/elk/moose collisions

Drove it a month or so ago....really sad.......

Tag numbers reduced I'm sure for '23

https://www.ksl.com/article/5059692...ah-roads-with-over-1000-killed-this-year

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That takes me back a few years. I was driving Hwy 75 just north of Ketchum, ID before sunup one morning. I needed to call my wife so I pulled over. As I was talking, I looked in my rear view to see about 50 elk come out on the highway from a subdivision road right behind me. There was some traffic so everyone had to stop. The elk milled around for maybe a minute, then took off down another subdivision road.

You could do it for very cheap diy, every year. A 270 is fine.

For over the counter look at Washington and Oregon, not known for the best elk hunting but there are plenty to hunt on public land. Like others have said fully expect your first year to be a shakedown/practice season. After that you will be motivated to learn how to apply for better units and have a better idea what gear you will want. Even in "good" states residents have a 7-18% success rates. Your Elk will most likely cost more per pound than a good steak...