Wow-- You beat the odds -- a super tag overall-- the very first comment I read sent to you from
Wapiti willy hit the bulls eye, hunt last 10 days & if you find one you, drop him right there, do not think about it, you will never see him again !!! They are just passing thru the area-- fast ! Big bucks can appear most anywhere in unlikely places. I had the tag some years ago & spent a lot of time there checking out many areas, saw some good bucks, but never saw the monster I wanted, that 200 buck I sought, so I ate tag soup. Best buck I saw likely was just barely a 180, saw lots bucks up to the 150--160 mark. Hunt the areas all around Table Mountain -- lots of glassing there & some good bucks too. Another good area--- the areas all around Whiskey Mountain, especially the scout camp area, the rutting bucks put on a show there & like that area a lot, every day different bucks & no one hunts it generally speaking, got the place to yourself most days. Lots of fun to watch that area.
The area is not what is used to be trophy wise, according to locals anyway. Another wild card, the private land wheat field right beside the town dump & IN town too--the deer love that field & I saw a hunter drop a big buck right on the fence line that adjoins the B L M Land on one side, all legal too, at daylight . He killed it on the B L M Land & drove right up to the buck & loaded it in his truck, with the help of another man.
Glad to tell you about my experiences there if you want. Have a great hunt, lots of fine areas to hunt. Best of Luck on this Tag of a Lifetime ! Jerry Gold--- E M :
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