6A North Cow hunt

[BASS]

I opened my mouth too soon and agreed to help out for an old teachers archery cow hunt in "6A." He told me it was 6A South so that's where I have been scouting, but turns out he has the North hunt. Anyone care to give me some ideas on some areas that I should check out? I'll trade info for the Southern part or some other area up North.

[JVS]

Just south of lower lake mary in the finger meadows. I have seen lots of elk killed in there. Lots of elk in there period. I haven't been in there for two years, but I beleive there have been quite a few logging roads cut in there in the past few years. This may or may not help you.

[TATAat27]

Pine grove quite area is good, but the road that surrounds it is a little sloppy. If you can brave the road there are plenty of elk there.

[AZP&Y]

Bass,

 

PM sent! Last years results! - Good luck and stay with them... They will get 'pushed' around over there, but will always come to the water (lake).

 

Doug

AzP&Y

[Red Rabbit]

Bass,

You mentioned an old teacher, so don't know if he's hep on hauling an elk on his back out of the quiet area.

If so, one thought would be to use a boat to access the quiet area across the upper lake.

 

PM sent.

 

RR

[BASS]

Bass,

You mentioned an old teacher, so don't know if he's hep on hauling an elk on his back out of the quiet area.

If so, one thought would be to use a boat to access the quiet area across the upper lake.

 

PM sent.

 

RR

 

 

Well, "old" as in no longer one of my teachers. Thanks for the help guys.

[BASS]

For those who sent some info my way a huge THANKS! The guy I took out has hunting with a rifle for almost all of his life, so this was all new to him. Wearing camo was new too. Thursday night we tried to meet up with his brother and his friend but cell phone coverage is very poor on the 132 road so a trip to Flag was needed. After a nice meal at Dennys we headed over to WalMart to get the hunter outfitted with some gear. While there I also noticed that a Prime Time Elk video had been returned and was for sale for $5 so I had to get that too. On the way back to our camp I put it in the in dash DVD play and watched that all the way back to camp. It turns out the hunter had never heard an Elk bugle, or mew. So the next morning (opening day) the Elk were bugling all over where we were. At about eight or so, we put a stalk on a cow that was feeding to about fifty yards, but passed the shot up because of some brush that was in the way. After she wandered off the fun really began. He spooked a small herd that had a large bull, three cows and a stalite bull that was bedded down. They got up and started to trot off when the smaller bull bugled only thirty yards from us. That made the hunters day, and was all he talked about. That night we got a little turned around and headed back in the wrong direction. After a couple cold starts on the GPS we were headed back to the correct spot. We didn't get back to camp until about ten thirty completly exhausted. Saturday morning showed some missing skin, and a lot of sore muscles. Another trip to Flag for first aid supplies got us back to camp around eight. We picked up a hunter who was heading back to camp and gave him a ride. When we got back to his camp we found out his younger brother had shot a nice bull and needed help. Since my hunter was not able to walk I went to help get this elk out. I made some new friends and had a lot of fun quartering it out. Saturday was very quiet and there was nothing to be seen. Sunday was better, and we got close to some more cows but just couldn't connect with any of them. They are hooked on Elk hunting even more, and are really loving archery hunting. Over all I had an awsome weekend seeing hunting through there eyes as everything being new again. I'll get some photos off of my camera in the morning of that bull.

[KGAINES]

Sounds like you had a great trip, having an elk bugle at you for the first time is something they will never forget. Congrats

[bowhunter4life]

A friend of mine called from 6 north with his dad's first bull tag, they are hunting morman mountain area with only small satelites and very few cows located and only a few bugles. did you guys have much rutting action were you were? mike

[BASS]

A friend of mine called from 6 north with his dad's first bull tag, they are hunting morman mountain area with only small satelites and very few cows located and only a few bugles. did you guys have much rutting action were you were? mike

 

 

Friday they were bugling, but more of a locator than a rutting bugle. There were still plenty of cows out roaming alone, or trying to avoid the bulls when they got close, but I don't think the rut has started yet. The herds down in Mormon Lake are starting to get into a tight group, and the bigger guys are keeping the smaller bulls away from the cows, so we may be getting into the pre rut right now. A few people I talked to seemed to think that the rut was over a while ago, and were hoping for a second rut to be happening soon. I don't think this is the case, as this is the first weekend I have heard them calling.

[Ron G.]

Bass,

 

Glad you guys were able to make it back to camp ok on Friday. That'd be a frustrating experience. Seems to me that things are in a lull regarding the rut. I was out scouting on the 17th for a buddy's 5BN bull hunt and they bulls were screaming and chasing small bulls away and getting on cows. Watched the elk down in mormon lake and saw much of the same. Bulls were mounting cows and keeping busy chasing other bulls away. Didn't see as much of that on Thurs when I was up there checking out the lake herd. Fri am we were into elk and they were bugling and the smaller bulls were responding well to calls, but they shut up around 9. Sat didn't hear much either, not sure if it was the wind or we just weren't in the right spot. Got into them again on Sunday but couldn't make it happen. Bull went the wrong way around a tree and never presented a shot. Should be up there again helping my friend out next weekend. Hoping the rut kicks in more as well...

[BASS]

Here are some photos I took of the Bull we helped get out. I didn't get any of it on the ground with the hunter because I left my camera back at the truck, but I got some once we got back.

 

The final push for the trucks

 

 

Here we all are after we were done packing it out.

 

The mighty hunter who shot it, he packed a lot of it out himself so he passed out on my tailgate.

 

 

The guy we picked up is on the right with his brother who shot it on the left.

[davecinaz]

Here are some photos I took of the Bull we helped get out. I didn't get any of it on the ground with the hunter because I left my camera back at the truck, but I got some once we got back.

 

The final push for the trucks

 

 

Here we all are after we were done packing it out.

 

The mighty hunter who shot it, he packed a lot of it out himself so he passed out on my tailgate.

 

 

The guy we picked up is on the right with his brother who shot it on the left.

 

6x6? Kinda hard to tell from the pics - how did he score?

[BASS]

Yeah it was a nice 6x6 although there was an argument over if it was really a 6x7 since there was a small kicker on the G6. How long does a point have to be in order for it to be a point? I thought it was something like an inch. Out of the six guys who helped quarter it and pack it out there were six different scores ranging from 300 to 430. He was very thick and had very good mass, but was also right off to the shop to get the shoulder mount started.

[azryan]

Yeah it was a nice 6x6 although there was an argument over if it was really a 6x7 since there was a small kicker on the G6. How long does a point have to be in order for it to be a point? I thought it was something like an inch. Out of the six guys who helped quarter it and pack it out there were six different scores ranging from 300 to 430. He was very thick and had very good mass, but was also right off to the shop to get the shoulder mount started.

 

 

 

my guess would be 330-340