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[Elkaholic523]

Anyone hunt the chin last year, I'm thinking of going up there this year haven't been there in two years anyone get out there last year. Any luck.

[yamaha 1]

What do you want to know? Moose ? Deer ? bear ? how the land is or what?

[Elkaholic523]

Moose

[thunderheart]

Originally Posted by elkoholic523

Moose

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[Elkaholic523]

Really no one hunted back there

[Piker]

too many hunters not enough moose it needs a rest. Piker

[KegRiver]

Originally Posted by Piker

too many hunters not enough moose it needs a rest. Piker

That pretty much says it all.

[Ice Fishing Maniac]

Thats what some guys from work from my Edmonton office said. Been there 2-3 years in a row.....no moose.

Or maybe its just their hunting skills.

Maybe get in WAY OFF the main roads and you may find sucess.

[glen1971]

There have been lots of "road warriors" up there trying to see what walks across.. Getting off the main roads is the key to any zone...

[thunderheart]

[thunderheart]

interesting info ..thanks .. so deer and the like up there in that area ?
gawd i have so much to learn . i love these threads
thanks

[Elkaholic523]

Ya I haven't fully decided yet I've got a wall tent I know of an area where I can b 20+km from the nearest road but convincing my buddies to come up there is thereal challenge. It's nice area but the hunting is defanately tough. Might just hunt a little closer to home again

[bezzola]

Why are you holding out on us?

[Elkaholic523]

If your up for it I'm All In

[NIKON]

We hunted hard there last year late season...... 11 days one meat bull
I'm thinking calling season would up the odds dramatically......Big zone though
Lots of grizz in that zone, as I was told alot of problem bears from banff get dumped in there........ GLTU
NIKON

[Dunezilla]

Originally Posted by Piker

too many hunters not enough moose it needs a rest. Piker

That goes for a lot of wmu's. That goes for other big came like deer, & elk.

I have been hunting for 29 consecutive years beginning back in 1983 & back then most hunters were bush hunters & there were a lot of them & so you had to find a place where you hope no one goes. Of course there were not as many lease roads as there are now, most roads were lumber roads in that year, & many of them were only walkable since they dug deep trenches every 100 yrds or so....or you owned a quad. I hardly ever saw a quad back then. I have nothing against them I just hardly saw one.

Now it is reversed, way more road activity & way less bush hunting at least in the wmu's I hunt.

Of course no one may agree with this & this is only an opinion but to ease the pressure on some wmu's they ought to withdraw antlerless supplemental deer tags in more wmu's, or at least make it so that you can only hunt 1 sup in one wmu & hunt the other sup in another wmu.

Again just an opinion.

[KegRiver]

Originally Posted by thunderheart

interesting info ..thanks .. so deer and the like up there in that area ?
gawd i have so much to learn . i love these threads
thanks

Deer population is down, but still healthy. Elk are increasing but the bulls never make it more then a few years, very high hunting pressure on them.

There are still some good places to find Moose, but only a few locals know those spots, and they aren't talking.

Being that you are soon to be a local, I'm sure you'll learn about some of those places once you've been here a while.

[riden]

Originally Posted by Piker

too many hunters not enough moose it needs a rest. Piker

Pretty much applies to the whole Peace Country right now.

[glen1971]

That's why I like it when there are washouts on the old roads that don't get fixed.. No one uses them as much anymore (old logging roads, etc) and there is no reason to fix them. They will keep those that hunt by the roads out of some areas, and keep the hunter numbers down in more remote areas..

[Elkaholic523]

Seen an exact spot just like that today culvert gone on the loggin road washed out a spot 6ft deep 6 ft across PERFECT keep all the pickups out I managed on my ranger but just barely

[thunderheart]

Originally Posted by KegRiver

Being that you are soon to be a local, I'm sure you'll learn about some of those places once you've been here a while.

yuppers .. gotta pay my dues

[bb356]

Originally Posted by thunderheart

yuppers .. gotta pay my dues

I can point you in the right direction Thunder .......... might give me a chance to check out some old stompin ground's north of the river ......... if all else fail's might be able to set you up with a special spot .........hmm ... might cost you free delivery on a canoe ???

[KCL]

Originally Posted by KegRiver

Deer population is down, but still healthy. Elk are increasing but the bulls never make it more then a few years, very high hunting pressure on them.

There are still some good places to find Moose, but only a few locals know those spots, and they aren't talking.

Being that you are soon to be a local, I'm sure you'll learn about some of those places once you've been here a while.

There aren't elk in 524 and you would be hard pressed to find a decent deer, moose numbers are down.

[KegRiver]

Originally Posted by KCL

There aren't elk in 524 and you would be hard pressed to find a decent deer, moose numbers are down.

There are some Elk, if you know where to look. Same with the Deer.
And you are right, it would be hard to find a good Deer out that way.

[KCL]

Originally Posted by KegRiver

There are some Elk, if you know where to look. Same with the Deer.
And you are right, it would be hard to find a good Deer out that way.

Well, I've worked down the chin for the last 15 years, lived in Manning for the last 35, own an outfitting business in the area and basically have been moose hunting out that way with my grandpa and dad since I was 6 years old. In that time I have seen the moose populations plummet, have seen one whitetail deer worth shooting, a couple fork horn mule deer at kilometer 80 and I have never seen an elk across the pipeline or north of the river. There could be the odd straggler but why would you ever hunt elk in 524, basically known as a moose and bear zone. Fly and quad all over this zone, I have never seen an elk, guess I don't know where to look.

[pickrel pat]

Originally Posted by KCL

Well, I've worked down the chin for the last 15 years, lived in Manning for the last 35, own an outfitting business in the area and basically have been moose hunting out that way with my grandpa and dad since I was 6 years old. In that time I have seen the moose populations plummet, have seen one whitetail deer worth shooting, a couple fork horn mule deer at kilometer 80 and I have never seen an elk across the pipeline or north of the river. There could be the odd straggler but why would you ever hunt elk in 524, basically known as a moose and bear zone. Fly and quad all over this zone, I have never seen an elk, guess I don't know where to look.

ya, theres elk in 524, not in the winter, but theres elk in 524, not just stragglers either.

[Elkaholic523]

Whether the numbers are up or down the only thing i know is it's some of the nicest area I've ever seen in Alberta defanateky the nicest area in the north country getting a moose from up there is just a bonus

[NIKON]

We were late season hunting 524 first week of nov last year..... only a skiff of snow ....... Talked to a local trapper ....... he said at one time lots of deer in his area , now the wolves have moved in and cleaned them out

And we did run into alot of fresh wolf tracks, could be why the deer numbers are way down up there....

Nikon