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Unit 1 Semi live late archery hunt

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Just to keep long form story telling alive.  Lets try this again with Elk. 

I think G&F wanted me to break one of the seven deadly sins (bible reference for Seeker) this year with the amount of tags given to me and my family, Gluttony.  My hunting year will end for the most part with the completion of what was my favorite elk tag in the state, Unit 1 late archery.  From what I have seen during September(helping my brother on his archery hunt) and a couple days of scouting the age class that made unit 1 great is gone.  (tag allocation and long range shooting is my theory for another thread).   So with that being said and my serious lack of vacation time from the aforementioned way to many tags this year, my standards are much lower than they would be usually.  The first mature six point if I am using my compound or any bull with my recurve will get alot of attention.  

First day of scouting,  (Friday the week before the hunt)   all I see are million turkeys, antelope and Deer road hunters. 

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Day 2 Scouting 

I was losing my confidence and went up high to one of my goto spots.  I see a no-brainer opening morning shooter (not pictured)  the only catch is he is in a herd of about 200 elk so getting close will be a challenge.  BTW they are still bugling.  

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For you duck lovers out there.  Crescent lake has a few.  From this distance they look like coots, but they werent.  Also Geese are on the shore

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Tomorrow Ill check out the north side of the unit again.  

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This should be good. I wish good juju upon you.

Do you have cell and or internet service up there?

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23 minutes ago, CatfishKev said:

This should be good. I wish good juju upon you.

Do you have cell and or internet service up there?

Pretty good internet from my house. I live in show low. 

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Good luck! 

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I forgot to mention my truck is in ICU for a couple more weeks after being taken out by a suicide bomber

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