Unit 8 late rifle elk

[dolemike]

Howdy folks,

 

Headin out on my first elk hunt in a couple of days for cow elk in unit 8. I was wondering if anyone has been up there recently or has any info to share. The weather makes me think they are still in the high country. Good luck on your late season hunts and thanks in advance.

 

Mike

[elkaholic]

hunt the 25 road early and late - try the north end of schultz lake - get the new mvu map to get to 59A area and hunt - walk fence line right down to the lake

[mbiewer]

Hey Mike,

 

Co rd 73 (or what becomes fourth st in williams) is kinda the east west divider. We normally camp some where off that road. Lotsa good areas but never been fortunate enough to fill a tag in the few times ive been up there. Just past williams on the west end of the unit is some cedar scrub area, and there is an elevation drop the further south you go, quite rapidly. Be ready for the cold. I was kinda banking on the 60/30 temps that were predicted for the past few days, but yesterday they changed all that. now 44/21 for sunday and slowly creaps back up after that. (at least they arent predicting snow like they did yesterday.). Not sure what they will do with that. Last hunt, i seen a cold snap push them all out of the high country. Alot depends upon the pressure previously as well, as you probably already know. Ive seen plenty of cows up tere the past couple of months though.

 

Alot of road closures in the area. Odd ones at that... We were up for turkey and one end of the road was marked closed, while the other end wasnt flagged at all. Like Elkaholic said... get the map.

 

Me and my brother will be out there with two cow tags. my number is 602-885-1527, if you wanna trade tips/info/ or need any help.

[HUNTnTAT2]

Seen a lot of cows still up high. They're r runnin around all day. Pressure I suppose. It is the last elk hunt for 8 right? If it gets colder or snows it would look in transition areas

 

Goodluck!