Nebo 2017 Archery Hunt

Tall tines

As far as elk I've purchased two or three archery elk tags in 20 years and hunted the elk 4 days or so each year on the front. Every year I passed up cows and spikes. One year I passed up a rag horn bull. One year I passed a 35 yard shot on a 330 plus 6 point bull because I wasn't 100% positive the shot would be a good one. I also passed that 6 point bull because I was within 15 minutes of watching a friend of mine kill his OIL bull moose. What a mess that would have been! The moose took 3 horses and several guys to get it out.

I'll also admit elk are not my thing! They are alot of work and I'm not tough enough to take them on myself. I however do have several friends that do hunt elk on the front and they have killed at least a dozen good bulls. Sure it's hunting you can't guarantee your going to tag a BIG bull but I can guarantee you wont on the nebo lol. As far as bucks go I've taken 8 4 point bucks off the front in 10 years hunting them. I probably average less than 7 days a year hunting them. Several of my friends hunt the front and every single one of them has been successful. Some have been even more successful then I've been. Iv even helped a youth take a 6 point point bull a few years ago.

I guarantee you if I spent 15 straight days on the front. I'd take a good buck or bull and I'm not nor would I ever consider myself a great hunter. So if I can do it I figure anyone with my McDonald's eating ability could do the same. Just make sure your aim is true. You wont get multiple chances.

As far as the OP is concerned the decesion is up to you where you want to hunt. I will admit spending 15 days on nebo will be way easier hunting and you can or could get a good buck if you were able to do some scouting. Big bucks are a dime a dozen on the front. They are in every canyon. So less time needed scouting. Both areas you can find yourself alone durring the middle of the week. If your aim is true on either unit you will fill at least one of your tags in your 15/17 day hunt.

Let me know your decision by PM which area you choose to hunt and I'll make sure you don't go in blind.

Thank you for your service!





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Tall Tines said:

A dime a dozen? Now that's funny! But I guess if we go by your definition of LE quality bucks, then maybe you are correct. I've seen your pisscutters that you believed were worth a LE tag. A 4 point buck on a GS unit is by no means impressive. Especially when they are all 140" or smaller. Anyone could kill a 4 point buck with a bow, on the front, if they had 3 months to do it and had someone else do all the scouting for them. It's funny you say elk really aren't your thing, yet here you are, spouting off your valuable opinion on them and advice, when you yourself haven't Had much success at all with them. How about quit jumping into something you don't know much about, throwing your opinions around, when you don't have much experience to back them up with next time? Just because you have 5k posts on here, doesn't mean that they are all worth while. Remember, "Quality. not quantity"

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The one spouting off without proof is you tall boy. Your a joke hiding behind a screen name! As for someone doing my scouting that's laughable. As for me killing only 140 or smaller bucks that's also laughable. Elk aren't all that hard. I call them land carp for a reason. I doubt ill pull the trigger on anymore cows in the near future way to much work. It takes me at least 5 years before I forget how much work they are and get stupid enough to do it again. I would never shoot a spike! In fact any one could search my alleged 5000 post and see I've been against spike hunting for the last 10 years. Going out shooting one would only make me a hypocrite. No it's big bull or tag soup for me. I don't have to worry about that because I don't buy the tags. You can bet your arse though if I put my mind to killing a big elk on the front it would happen. What can I say I'm pretty successful on the front.

I'd like to see your front bulls or bucks big tall boy! Care to post them with your face in them or are you just a coward behind a screen name?

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