Anyone hunt ya ha tinda?

[Buckhorn2]

I know hunting is allowed as long as you are 500 meters from the buildings. Ive had multiple people tell me that there is very few deer out there. I am not familiar with this area yet ive only viewed it from the road and the elk herds near the campground. So i decided to get back off the trails abit do some exploring of the area. Followed some well used horse trails, and there seems to be deer sign, and droppings all over the place back there. Seen quite a few white tails. gps says we put on 11 kms one way. so i actually think we were north of the ya ha boundary? The fields as well closer to the bighorn falls, and bit farther north had deer droppings all over the place. Is it ok to sit at the edge of these fields in the mornings, as long the horse trails are not in the backdrop? My short chubby legs get me where i need to go but takes a bit of time id love to own a horse.

[guywiththemule]

Deer and elk usually feed at dawn and dusk, and relax in the middle of the day. They usually feed toward water on a well defined trail twice a day. Never shoot at any anything without knowing the backdrop or background. Hunt accordingly. Rut = different rules.

[Slicktricker]

I spent a few days in there when I lived in Rocky lots of deer and elk long wait though for the elk draw

[Grizzly Adams]

Ya Ha is pretty tolerant, Just don't forget the 400 meter road sanctuary that extends from the forestry road to the ranch buildings. Firearms have to be cased or taken down. Actually a fair number of Whitetails there.

Grizz

[Buckhorn2]

yeah i will be chasing whitetails. Im only a priority 5 on elk so ill be waiting awhile for tag. Ill do some more exploring back there over the summer, looks promising if nothing else gets me outdoors

[buck403]

Good hunting in there. I've hunted it lots in the back. Lots of other hunters tho.

[338 Rules]

I have hunted the ya ha tinda as well on horse back, a friend of mine has taken some really big bulls out of there. Lots of wild horses there too which are fun to see. Not many places where you can see wild horses In Canada.

[Abe89]

Family member used to pack up there on horse in the 70's. Said one hillside looked like a rats nest of blown down trees bottom to top...all antler sheds.


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[Grizzly Adams]

Originally Posted by Abe89

Family member used to pack up there on horse in the 70's. Said one hillside looked like a rats nest of blown down trees bottom to top...all antler sheds.


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[elk09]

first hunted 6 point elk on draw there in 2000 and there were 150 6 point tags issued and a ton of elk, hunted there several times prior to 2010 and two of us got 6 point bulls, now there are approx. 5 tags per season given out for 6 point bulls , not sure what happened???

beautiful country watch out for grizzlies

[dshaw]

Originally Posted by elk09

first hunted 6 point elk on draw there in 2000 and there were 150 6 point tags issued and a ton of elk, hunted there several times prior to 2010 and two of us got 6 point bulls, now there are approx. 5 tags per season given out for 6 point bulls , not sure what happened???

beautiful country watch out for grizzlies

grizzlies, wolves.

[elk09]

I like seeing grizzlies and wolves when I'm out hunting, makes the area seem wild. But I believe unmanaged wolf populations are very efficient in killing off large populations of herding animals like elk.