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Just finished up a bow hunt in the Teanaway and thought I'd start a little discussion to see if anyone has had better luck in there.
We only saw 1 elk and it was a small-framed 6x6 that was plenty talkative on day 1. We called him down into a thick draw and got him nice and pissed. FYI it's a spike or antlerless only unit unless you draw a bull tag so we were just playing with him hoping to see if he had some cows or spikes hanging with him.
Aside from that bull we heard 1 or 2 more bulls further north that weren't reachable from our chosen drainage. We also saw almost zero sign and we covered about 16 (brutal) miles. We heard the wolves at night pretty near the area we found that bull and day 2 was SILENT. I covered as much ground as possible and called every now and then and heard nothing. The mountain was covered in fresh wolf tracks and they had even crossed my path at some point during the day.
Also, I was surprised to see so few hunters, especially since it's one of the only antlerless units in the state. We only saw maybe 15 other hunters. But what we didn't anticipate was the people up there riding dirt bikes. 2 strokes were screaming up the trails all day long. 4 different dudes ripped past us at 20 yards while we were talking with the bull. No wave, no "sorry I didn't know people hunt up here", nothing.
Anybody see anything different or have any success in the unit?
We only saw 1 elk and it was a small-framed 6x6 that was plenty talkative on day 1. We called him down into a thick draw and got him nice and pissed. FYI it's a spike or antlerless only unit unless you draw a bull tag so we were just playing with him hoping to see if he had some cows or spikes hanging with him.
Aside from that bull we heard 1 or 2 more bulls further north that weren't reachable from our chosen drainage. We also saw almost zero sign and we covered about 16 (brutal) miles. We heard the wolves at night pretty near the area we found that bull and day 2 was SILENT. I covered as much ground as possible and called every now and then and heard nothing. The mountain was covered in fresh wolf tracks and they had even crossed my path at some point during the day.
Also, I was surprised to see so few hunters, especially since it's one of the only antlerless units in the state. We only saw maybe 15 other hunters. But what we didn't anticipate was the people up there riding dirt bikes. 2 strokes were screaming up the trails all day long. 4 different dudes ripped past us at 20 yards while we were talking with the bull. No wave, no "sorry I didn't know people hunt up here", nothing.
Anybody see anything different or have any success in the unit?
