Chefofthewoods
FNG
Hello Roskliders,
So I bit the bullet and a cousin and I bought leftover cow elk tags for Wyoming Unit 3. Highly ranked by land mass and low hunter density, the unit is only about 10% widely spread public access with elk not so widespread. We arrive Sept 29 and hunt until the 8th or 9th of October.
We've applied for access permits to the Broom Creek HMA that encompasses some 70,000 acres of military and private holdings, that's drawn on the 18th of August.
Has anyone here either hunted the unit's sparse, spread out public lands or the Broom Creek HMA for elk? Any pointers are welcome. There's lots of pivot-based and typical agriculture along the North Platte and Niobrara Rivers, how heavily do elk feed in these post rut? Will I be on the outside looking in at elk in pastures I can't access? Gaming their likely bedding route and trying to intercept them in this country?
From using OnXhunt I've mapped out about every reasonable part that MIGHT hold elk, but I've no experience locating elk and am guessing we're in for a lot of hiking and glassing. I also planned to reach out to some landowners or ranches for access or permission, but don't have much hope on that as a nonresident.
If it ends up a camping and hiking trip with guns we're fine with that; just hoping to learn a few ropes and enjoy the fall somewhere other than Michigan.
BTW we also picked up whitetail doe tags if all else fails and deer are our best option for venison.
Thanks!
So I bit the bullet and a cousin and I bought leftover cow elk tags for Wyoming Unit 3. Highly ranked by land mass and low hunter density, the unit is only about 10% widely spread public access with elk not so widespread. We arrive Sept 29 and hunt until the 8th or 9th of October.
We've applied for access permits to the Broom Creek HMA that encompasses some 70,000 acres of military and private holdings, that's drawn on the 18th of August.
Has anyone here either hunted the unit's sparse, spread out public lands or the Broom Creek HMA for elk? Any pointers are welcome. There's lots of pivot-based and typical agriculture along the North Platte and Niobrara Rivers, how heavily do elk feed in these post rut? Will I be on the outside looking in at elk in pastures I can't access? Gaming their likely bedding route and trying to intercept them in this country?
From using OnXhunt I've mapped out about every reasonable part that MIGHT hold elk, but I've no experience locating elk and am guessing we're in for a lot of hiking and glassing. I also planned to reach out to some landowners or ranches for access or permission, but don't have much hope on that as a nonresident.
If it ends up a camping and hiking trip with guns we're fine with that; just hoping to learn a few ropes and enjoy the fall somewhere other than Michigan.
BTW we also picked up whitetail doe tags if all else fails and deer are our best option for venison.
Thanks!