Early seaon youth elk hunt.

JimmyCrackedCorn · Sep 18, 2024

Did the early season youth rifle elk hunt screw up your archery elk hunt too.

Mtngoat690 · Sep 18, 2024

I haven't had any issues. Youth hunters never had to share their season with archery hunters until recently.

They extend the archery season into the youth rifle season, not the other way around. I could be wrong, but I actually think it's worked out pretty good in my experience.

Elkslayer1125 · Sep 18, 2024

JimmyCrackedCorn said:
Did the early season youth rifle elk hunt screw up your archery elk hunt too.

You could’ve just hunted earlier before the youth rifle season started….

elkhunterUT · Sep 18, 2024

Elkslayer1125 said:
You could’ve just hunted earlier before the youth rifle season started….

But then his excuse for not harvesting wouldn't exist

Seems like a pretty lame thing to blame a poor hunt on

Elkslayer1125 · Sep 18, 2024

elkhunterUT said:
But then his excuse for not harvesting wouldn't exist

Seems like a pretty lame thing to blame a poor hunt on

Yup exactly!

BrowningRage · Sep 18, 2024

Maybe just tell us your story..?

Betterluckythangood · Sep 25, 2024

Wait a minute. If the elk aren’t bugling until a day or two before the youth hunt starts and then they come in and blaze away causing the elk to leave the drainage you have busted your ass to find it can be a problem.

Also why do the youth need their own hunt now anyway to begin with?

Soj51hopeful · Sep 25, 2024

Why is this in the mule deer section?

Betterluckythangood · Sep 25, 2024

Good question. Maybe Jimmy who is a new member will tune back in and move it over to the right section?

Elkslayer1125 · Sep 25, 2024

Betterluckythangood said:
Wait a minute. If the elk aren’t bugling until a day or two before the youth hunt starts and then they come in and blaze away causing the elk to leave the drainage you have busted your ass to find it can be a problem.

Also why do the youth need their own hunt now anyway to begin with?

Maybe you’re hunting the wrong spots if the elk aren’t bugling until September 14. Everywhere I hunt elk and I think most elk start getting after it the end of August all the way through October. What’s wrong with giving youth hunters a little better advantage?

Betterluckythangood · Sep 25, 2024

Are you hunting Utah? It’s giving youth a huge advantage not a little better advantage. A rifle hunt smack in the beginning to middle of the rut.

Have you had a quality archery hunt in Utah on an any bull, general unit lately? Yes it could happen but I can see Jimmy’s frustration on the matter. Btw I am not Jimmy haha

Elkslayer1125 · Sep 25, 2024

Betterluckythangood said:
Are you hunting Utah? It’s giving youth a huge advantage not a little better advantage. A rifle hunt smack in the beginning to middle of the rut.

Have you had a quality archery hunt in Utah on an any bull, general unit lately? Yes it could happen but I can see Jimmy’s frustration on the matter. Btw I am not Jimmy haha

September 7th this year in Utah OTC unit. There’s far more OTC archery hunters then there are youth rifle elk hunters, the youth rifle elk hunt is not overly impacting the general season elk hunt.