Utah LE archery. Anyone else struggling?

goforbroke · Sep 11, 2024

Helping my brother on a book cliffs hunt. Seeing elk and hearing bugles morning and night, but overall activity is low. Still seeing cows with no bulls. Calling gets weak responses with rag horns coming in, but I am hoping rut activity gets going.

Lots of water so sitting water hasn’t been too productive. Stalks are always tough.

Surprised how few hunters we have seen, only have talked to two other elk hunters.

Wondering how other LE hunters are doing.

Good luck and happy hunting.

notdonhunting · Sep 11, 2024

What fat does your hunt end?

goforbroke · Sep 11, 2024

Pulling out Tuesday

Uttaxi1 · Sep 11, 2024

This weather change coming hopefully will help.

RutnBuck13 · Sep 11, 2024

Those aren’t rag horns. Those are bookcliffs herd bulls

SureShot · Sep 11, 2024

Doesn't LE archery elk end this Friday?

Silentstalker · Sep 11, 2024

LE archery ends on the 17th.

My son and I both killed our LE bulls about 10 days ago. Didn’t see a lot of bulls while hunting but we capitalized when the opportunity presented itself.

My guess is this cooler weather should trigger some rut activity.

Good luck!

BrowningRage · Sep 12, 2024

As always, the last week of Archery is the only remote chance the rut gets going for the big boys. I'm only a little shocked to hear you haven't seen any big bulls out there. They keep to their hidey holes pretty well until they wanna get the girls.

Turn the frustration into focus. Keep at it. All of a sudden, in a day or two, you'll have a chance at a big bull, and you have to be ready! Good luck!

hogg_65 · Sep 12, 2024

Leave your bow in camp and you will see bulls... That's how it works sometimes.

bighamr · Sep 28, 2024

How did it end up for you guys?

elkassassin · Sep 28, 2024

I'm Not Hunting Elk But I Don't Think I've Ever Seen It Any Hotter Than This In The High Country?

goforbroke · Sep 28, 2024

bighamr said:
How did it end up for you guys?

Never really got good. Able to call in raghorns. My brother shot a 270 6 point with 3 days left. Fun hunt as we saw bulls everyday. Calling elk in the last 3 days we hunted.

BrowningRage · Oct 28, 2024

I hope you don't mind me being happy for you guys getting the 270" bull... Archery hunts are hard enough without the hot weather y'all had to put up with. If bulls don't start popping off with about a week left, it starts to get stressful. The Book Cliffs are huge, and though there are a lot of elk, locating a bull through bugles is paramount. I'm glad you guys stuck with it despite the discouragement. I hope you all realize size doesn't necessarily make the trophy.

goforbroke · Oct 28, 2024

BrowningRage said:
I hope you don't mind me being happy for you guys getting the 270" bull... Archery hunts are hard enough without the hot weather y'all had to put up with. If bulls don't start popping off with about a week left, it starts to get stressful. The Book Cliffs are huge, and though there are a lot of elk, locating a bull through bugles is paramount. I'm glad you guys stuck with it despite the discouragement. I hope you all realize size doesn't necessarily make the trophy.

Had a great week hunting and hunt went about as expected. with archery you accept less than 50% success rate. I saw more small 6 point/5 point bulls than I thought we would, and fewer 320 and better bulls. But still had a great time with tasty meat, beautiful trophy and timeless memories!

middlefork · Oct 28, 2024

Our crowd went 1 for 4 on LE Archery elk in 4 different units.
Many bulls were found and a few hunted. Everybody had a good time although disappointed in the final results.