09-02-2003, 11:50 PM
The deer hunt starts at the right time but the elk hunt is way to early. It starts a week after the buck hunt and last about 3 weeks. The rut doesn't even start until the rifle hunt and they all shoot the bigest bulls of the back of cows. Actually the call them in and blow them away but it still isn't fair for the bow hunters who can't call a elk in or even locate them because the don't really start bugling until about a week after the hunt is over. Baiting isn't allowed in Utah either but I think it's a good thing. I think most of the diseases are spread this way and I'm sure you all know about the dangers of CWD.
We don't have the same buck numbers like 40 per square mile like some of the places back east but when you find deer there in good groups or atleast that was the way it was before the DWR and this drought killed them off. A good unit is more like 5 to 10 per mile but that's trophy areas. The general unit is around 2 to 5 per square mile.
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We don't have the same buck numbers like 40 per square mile like some of the places back east but when you find deer there in good groups or atleast that was the way it was before the DWR and this drought killed them off. A good unit is more like 5 to 10 per mile but that's trophy areas. The general unit is around 2 to 5 per square mile.
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