Tag soup, no elk cheeseburger no coke. Had what I feel was a challenging hunt on the Hopi reservation. There were only 25 tags, and I think 23 of them were on the east sunset mtn
valleys judging by the vehicles. I only hunted thru tuesday due to a Wed. appt. Great weather except for tuesday with pounding rain and reports of a tornado touching down about
19 miles to the north.
I varied my approach to stalking tracks, sitting water sitting bluffs etc. Saw a bull the second morning about 450-500yds off, then a cow the following two mornings, about the same
distance running away from me. One sitting and glassing, the other two stalking. The wind was mild for the first 3 days, really picked up on Monday, Also scared up a couple of deer
and some truly huge jack rabbits. There is a lot of water in the section I hunted, 2 tanks, a pond about 1-2acres and plenty of water catched from recent rains. I chose this area
from a previous scout trip, primarily due to the amount of tracks (fresh as the ground was soft) and a natural barrier, "jacks canyon" running about 1-2 miles inland towards west sunset.
As far as other hunters, I only heard one gunshot friday morning frm the east sunset mtn. Do not know if he tagged or if there were other shots taken wed and thursday.
I'll try to attach a few piic's below. Hunting the pinyons is quite challenging, and those successful have my respect.
regards,
goma