Fillmore Pahvant Elk

MJM353 · Aug 25, 2018

Hello. I am new to this forum. I moved back to Utah three years ago after being on active duty and away from hunting for quite a while. I unexpectedly drew a late season bull tag in the Fillmore Pahvant Unit. It isn't that far from where I live in Cedar and I have recently gone up there to start getting familiar with the unit. It is a pretty rugged place and I have never done anything in the late season. I know that late season differs from the other hunts in many ways and that weather will play a major factor in where the bulls go post rut.

If anyone on this forum has hunted this unit for elk (especially late season) could aid me with some advice to narrow down my scouting, I would be grateful. I am not looking for anyone's hard earned secret spot that I can just roll into. This means a great deal to me and I am afraid that I will waste valuable scouting time in the wrong area and not fill a tag that is a tremendous gift.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

roadrunner · Aug 26, 2018

Anyone's hard earned secret spot will either be a guide/outfitter or someone who chases spikes and cows with archery tackle hoping to one day draw an LE permit.

Anyway, look to either the higher country or the north side of ridges in dark timber. Bulls late season will be at either one of these two types of places.

I have never hunted this unit, but can't believe it is much more different than any other unit I have hunted.

Also, you can go to the hunt planner under the hunting tab on the DWR website to get a little more "generalized" info on where to start.

Wapitiwilly · Aug 26, 2018

The south end of the unit on the I-15 side is a good place to start.
Thank you for your service??

legacy · Aug 26, 2018

I'll be on the unit Labor Day weekend and we have 5 GS rifle deer tags there. I'll let you know if I see anything note worthy. I have seen a handful of bulls on trail cameras this year that were decent bulls. Those were on the south end of the unit. We always run into elk on the unit - you shouldn't have much of a problem finding elk.

Elknut33 · Aug 26, 2018

We found the best age class of bulls on the north end of the unit east of Holden. My brother in-law had the tag in ?13 and killed a 330 class bull on the last day. Pray for snow! We had a tough time due to hot temps and no precipitation. Good luck let me know if you need any further info.

littlebighorn · Aug 26, 2018

MJM353,
Scouting this early in the year may not really help you in finding Late Season Bulls.
By the time the late season rolls around the old bulls have found Bachelor pads in isolated places to hang out. Smart old bulls are not always real visible that time of year and it will take some searching to find a good one, especially one that's not all broken from fighting.

I have never hunted that unit so I can't help but I too heard that in the late season some good bulls hang out east of Holden, for what that's worth.

legacy · Aug 26, 2018

>MJM353,
>Scouting this early in the year
>may not really help you
>in finding Late Season Bulls.
>
>By the time the late season
>rolls around the old bulls
>have found Bachelor pads in
>isolated places to hang out.
> Smart old bulls are
>not always real visible that
>time of year and it
>will take some searching to
>find a good one, especially
>one that's not all broken
>from fighting.
>
>I have never hunted that unit
>so I can't help but
>I too heard that in
>the late season some good
>bulls hang out east of
>Holden, for what that's worth.
>

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