Region F updates

[Soccerdude]

Headed to F in a few weeks for deer, anyone out there now and offer an up date on weather, snow or elk hunters seeing deer?

 

[mightyhunter]

pm sent

 

[Soccerdude]

Thanks. I sent you a PM back.

 

[Soccerdude]

Bump...anyone been out there yet? Snow update? Migration etc?

 

[mightyhunter]

Migration is really late in Sunlight Crandall. The elk hunting has been good. The game warden bagged a nice sow grizzly the other day. He left 3 cubs as orphans. mh

 

[JakeSwensen]

The game warden
>bagged a nice sow grizzly
>the other day. He left
>3 cubs as orphans. mh
>
They should take the cubs to Washington DC.


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Jake Swensen

 

[Millsworks]

Just got back last Wednesday after 22 days hunting F in 105 and 106.
Hunted mostly for elk in 51 type-2 area above Sunlight.
Saw lots of deer but few good muley bucks. Many younger age bucks that if a loud to go e few more years will be great shooters.
Buddies took decent size Young bucks. I opted to eat my tag and focus on elk.
Hiked many miles but it appears the herds of migrating elk moved low earlier than normal and completely out of my unit by first weeks end of the season.
The resident elk were small and broken up into small groups of 4-6. I never saw a bull in my unit. So I ate that tag too.
Beautiful country though, and I hope to be back as soon as I can.
Saw some nice bulls that were taken during the first week down near lower elivations than where I was camped. Couldn't get down that far too hunt due to vehicle break down. Got stuck hunting from camp as far as I could hike till buddies showed up 8 days after I got there.
Saw more muleys than I expected, but few good bucks.
Had no bear trouble at all in base camp or out on the mountains bivy camping. But, did see lots of sighn.
Weather was plenty snowy and cold up high. Had some hard wind days that made glassing a little brisk. The muley bucks seemed unwavered by the wind in the high country though. But I saw less and less up high as I was there.
Many appeared to move lower earlier than in normal years. At least from what I saw where I hunted around clay Butte, Beartooth lake, Table mountain, and Lilly lake.
Saw no deer or elk sighn that was fresh near the top of the world store or the upper area along the Morrison Jeep trail.
Though the snow drifts on the service roads up high may have covered up alot of tracks and limited vehicle travel. But my hikes in the timber didn't turn up much either up high.
The lower I got, the fresher the sighn was after the 10th of October.
Saw some good bulls in unit 54. But, obviously not what I had a tag for.

Enjoyed hiking up there all the same. Hope to get back by 2019-2020.
Snow cover helped show where the animals were concentrating, but most were on the move to some place else and on a mission.
Other than a few people on horses I never once saw another Hunter in the high country while hiking and camping on the mountains.
Herd little gun fire at all and none after the first week of October.

Glad I got two Antelope doe tags for Eastern Wyoming. Filled them on my way out in less than 5 minutes. The meat was great and it was all I ate the time I waited for my buddies to show up.
Definitely a trip to remember.

 

[mightyhunter]

We have had lots of snow and cold weather in the last 5 days. This should make deer hunting very interesting for the next 5-6 days.

just sayin...mh

 

[Soccerdude]

Mightyhunter. We hit cody and start tomorrow morning. Any place I should check out? I have a few places I scouted this summer but wouldn't mind any tips.

 

[mightyhunter]

I hope you are ready for lots of snow and cold weather. The deer are really hunkered down. mh