YoungHuntr Report post Posted October 17, 2012 Hey all. Just getting ready for my elk hunt and wondered if anybody at all had any extra advice. I sighted in my Weatherby Vanguard 30-06 the other day with 165 Trophy Bonded Tips. 1" @ 100 yards. Ready to leave on thursday and be in the woods Friday. I'm hunting 7E Peaks hunt unit for cow elk. Starts Friday. Hoping to recover my first elk. I've hunted a lot but this is only my second time going after elk. (I have plenty of time- I'm 16). Wondering if anybody else has some advice or tips. Anybody been up there recently? Are the elk moving down a bit in elevation or are they still at the base of the peaks? I would much appreciate a pm for some last minute info before we go up there. We scouted the area and I have a little watering hole I plan on trying day one. If no dice, then I'll starte hitting some higher/lower areas looking for elk. If anybody has some extra advice or info on locations to find the elk in this unit right now, tactics, etc.... send me a PM. I'd appreciate it.I've got some good places to llok and have been pointed in the direction of some elk, but you can never be too prepared. One last thing- looks like we are going to be using Rhonda's Butcher Shop for processing if we get one down. Anybody have any experience with them? Excellent/good/decent/acceptable/bad? Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted October 17, 2012 Good luck, have fun, and stay safe. Sorry no help in that unit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted October 17, 2012 Never hunted the unit but here's wishing you good luck and I look forward to hearing your hunt story here with some pictures. Shoot straight! TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungHuntr Report post Posted October 17, 2012 Never hunted the unit but here's wishing you good luck and I look forward to hearing your hunt story here with some pictures. Shoot straight! TJ At least there's one thing I can do . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
m77 Report post Posted October 17, 2012 I feel the Arizona Game and Fish website on where to hunt for unit 7E is right on. I have mountain biked through most of the San Francisco Peaks meadows and always bumped into many elk herds. I love hunting from a mountain bike. You can cover a lot of ground, quickly and quietly. You'll do great. Just enjoy your hunt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Rabbit Report post Posted October 17, 2012 Good luck on your hunt. While I was photographing the fall aspens on the peaks, I witnessed one bull taken in the inner basin opening Saturday of the first season. Two weekends ago, there appeared to be two large hunting camps near the trailhead to Bismark. There was some shooting above the Nature Conservancy one morning. Hunters i met said they were encountering elk near 9500'. With aspen colors nearly over, you should encounter fewer leaf-lookers. My hunch would be that the two previous hunts and the leaf-lookers will have pushed the elk high, away from the road boundaries. Doug~RR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muzzlehunter75 Report post Posted October 17, 2012 Do not use Rhonda's butcher shop, you won't get back your meat you will get some one Elsa's Use case's butcher shop in flagstaff he is clean, and alway's smells the elk first before he does anything! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muzzlehunter75 Report post Posted October 17, 2012 Do not use Rhonda's butcher shop, you won't get back your meat you will get some one Elsa's Use case's butcher shop in flagstaff he is clean, and alway's smells the elk first before he does anything! I have seem them take elk that still had hide on it in september, and the bull was shot the night before, and they didn't drop it off until the next day at 300 pm. I have also seen their butcher have two elk hanging in their with hide on, touch the elk, and then start grinding and touching hamburger, with out gloves! I had a friend also took a elk in to them, and he had no pine trees where he shot the elk and his meet was clean, the meat he got back had pine needles all over the meat! I have all good experiences with casey! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZHUNTER05 Report post Posted October 17, 2012 I have had 2 elk butchered by Rhonda's butcher shop, and have been very pleased with there work. Very nice people there, and they will deliver to almost anywhere, in the state for $35. I will continue doing business with them in the future. Good luck on your hunt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muzzlehunter75 Report post Posted October 17, 2012 All I can say is Casey's will not go wrong! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mpriest Report post Posted October 18, 2012 PM'ed and all I use is Casey's unless I do it myself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
THE RIFLEMAN Report post Posted October 18, 2012 If it gets too crowded on the peaks try the north side of Sunset crater around Wupatki area. The elk in there rarely get hunted ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tines Report post Posted October 18, 2012 If it gets too crowded on the peaks try the north side of Sunset crater around Wupatki area. The elk in there rarely get hunted ! Careful, that's not within "The Peaks hunt" boundaries. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted October 19, 2012 Best of luck and hope to see a story here with you and your first elk! If it's not too late, take your elk to Casey's. You will have a very hard time finding any negative feedback about Casey's Processing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elkaholic Report post Posted October 20, 2012 just some information about Rhondas - my buddy killed a nice cow - was able to drive to it - cut up- in gamebags - right into back of truck - very clean meat -- dropped off at Rhondas - they never even bothered to weighted it - he never got a single package of steaks - a bunch of the burger had stems - hair - dirt and pine needles in it - no way any of his meat was contaninated when he dropped it off! he'll never take anything there agin and will not recommend either ! i would not make this up- you can ask him - hes my Pastor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
