West desert deep creek

Ashton357

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I was able to draw a west desert deep creek archery elk tag. made my first scouting trip out there and was not able to locate any elk anyone have any pointers?
 
When I hunted it in 2007, most of the hunters lined up at the edge of the alfalfa on opening morning. I mostly hunted up in a basin on top. It was good up there but I shot this one lower right at the edge of the cedars.

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When I hunted it in 2007, most of the hunters lined up at the edge of the alfalfa on opening morning. I mostly hunted up in a basin on top. It was good up there but I shot this one lower right at the edge of the cedars.

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Awesome bull I was able to find quite a few bulls today nothing down low all up high sounds like a lot of them come down to rut
 
I saw on opening day an old timer killed a bull with all brow tines between 22"-24". It didn't have much on top, the 5th and 6th points were about 4", but they measured it at 390".

I also saw where they were chasing the elk herd in trucks off into the desert toward Nevada.
 
This little boy walked by at 20 yards. He was in a herd with 3 bigger bulls including the really big one I missed.

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@Serrano 2007 was an awesome year. My dad had his first of two rifle tags. Found a 390s typical a few days before the hunt. Opening evening had him at 700 yards but dad couldn’t/wouldn’t drop down the canyon. Might be the same bull you are talking about, great everything but small 5ths. Next day he was killed by a 70 year old man from the pavement.

I’m almost positive I watched you shoot your bull, load it up. That broken 7 side stands out in my memory
 
West side low. It was late in the hunt and the first day I had hunted low. I didn't see anything on the east side.
 
I was hunting Kansas when I first heard the saying, 'The guy with the fastest truck, kills the biggest buck'.
On that 07 Utah elk hunt there was a white pickup chasing elk all over the place. I had never seen anything like it, and haven't since. I never hunted the hay fields as it seemed over crowded. I saw that pickup chasing elk in the hay fields many times, and on the desert as well. It appeared they were trying to run a bull down. I know of 3 different stalks where that pickup came bombing into the hunt. I spoke to several pissed off hunters and a land owner. I was happy to see them leave. I received alot of help from MM members horseman, one dry boot, and several others.
 

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