How to Choose an Elk Unit for a DIY Public Land Hunt

How to Choose an Elk Unit for a DIY Public Land Hunt – Part I

Good Reasons to Hunt Elk in Colorado: · Colorado is the closest state with OTC elk tags for eastern hunters · Colorado has the largest elk population (~280,000 ...

How To Pick Your Best Options for Elk - Petersen's Hunting

Perhaps the greatest benefit of a guided hunt is the reduced hunting pressure as compared to a DIY public-land hunt. Reputable outfitters balance their number ...

How to use Harvest Data to Choose an Elk Unit for a DIY Hunt

If I didn't have any more knowledge of one hunting unit over another, I would choose a unit with a better success rate to hunt rather than my local elk unit. My ...

How to choose a unit | Rokslide Forum

Then certainly all of the factors you mentioned (success rate, public land, number and type of animals taken in the unit, number of hunt days to ...

Looking for any advice on first DIY public land hunt - Reddit

Honestly the elk are everywhere out here and I'd say hunt scores and hunt statistics are garbage when considering. I'd just pick a unit that has ...

DIY Public land Elk hunt | Elk101 Forums

Yes pref points are a must in Wyoming and if I remember right the Pinedale area and that county has multiple zones. It\'s gonna take some time ...

The ElkBros Approach - Tips to Selecting a Hunt Unit

Large parcels of private bordering, encompassing or part of the unit. Elk have no clue what a fence means and private lands that are managed well and promote ...

better units for non res w wyoming general elk tag? - Hunt Talk

looking for any help on units with decent amounts of non-wilderness national forest land or blm for elk hunting the general season??in particular unit 73 at ...

Elk Newbie looking for direction (Montana) | Rokslide Forum

Once you have what you think is a good area to try, reach out to the area biologist. The ones I've worked with have been a huge help. They get a ...

HELP!! DIY CO OTC Elk hunt - The Hunting Beast

Beetle kill areas is another thing. If you pick a unit with a decent Elk population with a good amount of public there is Elk in there you just ...

The Ultimate Guide to Planning an Elk Hunting Adventure

Choosing an Elk Hunting Destination ... Finally, a big part of preparing for an elk hunt is readying yourself mentally. ... Benefits of Owning Land Next to Public ...

Colorado DIY Public Land Elk Hunt: A Rookie Perspective

First rifle is not over the counter and requires a quota drawing that is not 100% guaranteed. I made sure to choose a unit that had a fairly ...

2017 DIY Elk hunt help | Hunt Talk

Look for places in wilderness areas that are 2+ miles from a road and cover 1,000 vertical feet or more. I always look for tight topo lines ...

10 Best Public Lands for Elk (And How to Hunt Them) - Field & Stream

What I am looking for are forested ridges that finger sharply down onto private ranches in the valleys. Hunting pressure from the ranches often creates a daily ...

General Season Elk Rules Guaranteed To Improve Your Hunt

My first DIY, public-land elk hunt ended the way it started: elkless. ... General unit elk hunting requires you to set aside those hours and days.

How to Choose the Best GENERAL ELK HUNTING Unit! - YouTube

elkhunting #howto #hunting Randy explains how to decide what general elk units to hunt. Randy also breaks down what states offer ...

FIND THE BEST COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING UNITS

The land is 65 percent available to the public and the success rate is 23 percent. Snowfall causes elk to migrate from neighboring units to the ...

The Everyman's Approach to DIY Archery Elk Hunting - Outdoor Life

However, I prefer less competition in an already crowded OTC unit. Bulls tend to be in the pre-rut, or seeking phase, in the earliest part of ...

6 Resources for Planning Your First DIY Colorado Public Land Elk ...

I also recommend using Google Earth in combination with onX maps. After I identified my unit inside onX maps, I then used Google Earth to dive ...

Ask MeatEater: Where Should I Go on My First Elk Hunt?

... DIY elk hunt. That's a big question, and one ... There are plenty of states to choose from that offer great elk hunting. ... public lands hunting ...