CEI Report post Posted August 18, 2013 First, blog post about my Utah Archery Bull Elk hunt. This post may not be formatted correctly or the grammar maybe less than par. I am posting from my iPhone. I made the drive from Arizona to Utah on Thursday. I made it up just in time to drive around half my unit via the highway. I woke up the next morning to glass up a few elk and mule deer everywhere. I decided to head up on to the mountain to see what it was like. I saw a giant herd of cows and calves in an old burn. There were campers, OHVs and hunters everywhere on top. That afternoon I decided to head off the mountain and look at some of the low country. I ditched the truck and climbed on my old honda foreman. It was pretty dry, so my goal was to cut sign. I found an area that seemed to have several elk and it was pretty good country, so I climbed up high to glass. I immediately found 11 mule deer bucks below me, but just one spike elk. I came off the mountain and stayed down in the bottom that night. I got up to a thunderstorm off to the south and a few road hunters driving below the mountain. This was the opener for my Utah Limited Entry Archery elk hunt, but I was mainly just scouting. I glassed up about 50 head of cows and calves which was a promising morning. My plan is to comeback around the 1st of September, which will hopefully be the beginning of the elk rut. I decided to do a complete 360 of the unit. I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything. I did, but much of the unit is pretty dry and I didn't see anymore elk tracks down low. I am pretty sure most of the elk are up on the mountain. I got up higher that night. It was stormy, but I finally glassed up a mature bull raking a tree. I am heading home this morning and I guess I accomplished what I wanted to. My current impression of this Utah Limited Entry elk unit is... Too many roads. Not enough low juniper country. No Excuses -Craig View the full article Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coueswt Report post Posted August 19, 2013 Congrats on the tag and good luck! What unit did you draw? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZBAR Report post Posted August 21, 2013 Good luck Craig. I'll be following your blog & share in the joy of your success! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
