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Originally Posted by dennisb
Well gents, I was there this week with my 17 yr old son. Due to his final exams we were limited to 2 days only Wednesday and Thursday. As luck would have it we only needed a few hours and we had a bull on the ground. From what I saw there was a herd of at 1000 head on the NWA far NE corner of the base. For the guys with a bull tag it’s not as easy as it sounds having a 1000 elk at 200-300 yards and getting a clear shot. We were on elk within the first 500 yards of walking in. Anyhow with a lot of patience it came together. Walking is the way to go. The walking is super easy and I think the total tree count on the base was 4. In fact when we were packing out the first load we came across a small herd of approx 60 elk and they actually started following us for about 300 yards. It was incredible seeing that many elk.
As far as the base personnel go they get a big thumbs up from me. Seemed very organized. However there was less than 25 hunter on Wednesday they waved the draws for the NWA. It was free sailing. I think it’s the perfect place to take a kid. Won’t be last time there however one of the base guys suggested they may shut down the hunt in a very near future.
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Thanks for the up date.
Congrat. on your hunt well done.
Did you have to hand in the full head for testing?
How much snow is on the ground?