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Transplanted Mainer needs help with elk in AZ Unit 22
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<blockquote data-quote="azsugarbear" data-source="post: 389226" data-attributes="member: 4809"><p>Lots of elk in the unit - and lots of hunters. I will assume that you are looking for a 5 or 6 trophy and not a meat spike. Given the fact that your hunt is last, the bulls will be holed-up in the nasty stuff. There will be the ocaissional bull taken off the roads and in the open, but the bulls that survived will be in the thick stuff. </p><p> </p><p>There are several resident herds that live below the rim on a permanent basis. Look north and east of Star Valley. Several groups can also be found around Tontozona (old ASU football site), but watch the private land holdings. There's another good herd up around Natural Bridge. With Hardscrabble Mesa, the bulls will down in the canyons to the west - the ones that drop down into the Verde River valley. In general, be willing to go where the other hunters will not.</p><p> </p><p>A more remote hunt: Dollbaby Ranch - west of Payson at the north end of the Matazal Mtn. Wilderness area. Enter off the airport road. Again, look from there down into the canyons to the west.</p><p> </p><p>I would scout towards the end of the rut. Listen for the distant bugles and you will get the general direction as to where the bulls have moved towards. That's where I would start. Good Luck!</p><p> </p><p>Karl</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="azsugarbear, post: 389226, member: 4809"] Lots of elk in the unit - and lots of hunters. I will assume that you are looking for a 5 or 6 trophy and not a meat spike. Given the fact that your hunt is last, the bulls will be holed-up in the nasty stuff. There will be the ocaissional bull taken off the roads and in the open, but the bulls that survived will be in the thick stuff. There are several resident herds that live below the rim on a permanent basis. Look north and east of Star Valley. Several groups can also be found around Tontozona (old ASU football site), but watch the private land holdings. There's another good herd up around Natural Bridge. With Hardscrabble Mesa, the bulls will down in the canyons to the west - the ones that drop down into the Verde River valley. In general, be willing to go where the other hunters will not. A more remote hunt: Dollbaby Ranch - west of Payson at the north end of the Matazal Mtn. Wilderness area. Enter off the airport road. Again, look from there down into the canyons to the west. I would scout towards the end of the rut. Listen for the distant bugles and you will get the general direction as to where the bulls have moved towards. That's where I would start. Good Luck! Karl [/QUOTE]
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