I'll have to give onX a try.
What unit were you hunting? I think we'll try unit 161. So many it's hard to narrow it down. Just kinda picked one and going with it.
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We hunted units 80/81 over the counter.
It is one of the most heavily hit units in the state, but we vacation there every year so we hoped our familiarity with the area would help.... it didn’t, haha.
We really scheduled the hunt about a week too early. The bulls were JUST starting to respond to calls, and only super early in the morning at that.
I would recommend calling a wildlife biologist or warden in the unit y’all pick for best times and areas. (after this season is over, so they aren’t too busy to talk)
Also, the website gohunt has a lot of good resources for picking units. Draw percentages, percentage of public land vs private, harvest stats, state rules and regs, etc...
A single year subscription to OnX, gohunt, and Elk101 are a fairly small expense (in comparison to the trip overall) and I regret not paying for them. The tools available between the three are enormous, and there’s always some podcast or website with promo codes for them.
What little I learned from our failure is that hunting elk is a LOT like hunting turkeys, but they have a nose as good as a whitetail. Learning how to call, and when, is extremely important.
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