Sorry for bringing this old post back to the top, but I always hate it when people ask for help on here and then after the hunt they are never heard from again.
I wanted to make one last post to thank all of those who helped me with this hunt. I would especially like to publicly thank ?delmag1942? and ?mightyhunter?. Delmag has helped me with some other hunts and not only gave me some info for this hunt, but also mailed me his maps from when he previously hunted this unit. Mightyhunter, who lives in the unit, exchanged numerous emails with information about the unit and even offered me the use of his game cart and raft to help get an animal out. He even drove out a few times to his favorite glassing spots to see if he could find a good bull for me. I was lucky enough to meet him in person and thank him and his wife with dinner in Cody one night during my hunt. Thanks David and David!!!!
As for the hunt. I was fortunate to get to hunt 16 days. I hunted 5.5 days in early October with little luck. I returned to the unit and hunted the 10.5 days just prior to Thanksgiving. The weather wasn?t very cooperative. Even though they received a good snowfall just prior to my second arrival, the wind blew strong all week and the elk stayed pretty tight. By about the 4th day most of the snow had either melted or blown away in any open meadow or clearing leaving good access to feed for the elk. Although the local elk migrated down to their wintering area, I don't think the elk farther west really migrated into the unit before the close of the season.
I didn't see many elk which was a little disappointing, but that is part of hunting. I did see more elk on my second trip and passed on a few bulls in the 300 ? 320 class range but was holding out for 350 or better. I think this tag deserves holding out for that upper caliber bull.
Even though I didn't harvest a bull on this hunt, I had a great time and finally got to go on a late season migration hunt that I had dreamed about for many years.
