I have 6 elk points and my brother has 3. We would like to get into archery elk hunting. We are fairly green, but not completely. We have been on 3 western hunts - all rifle. First was a drop camp elk hunt in CO and we ended up with a cow. Second was OTC in southern CO and we got skunked. Third was a deer hunt this year in the Medicine Bow area of WY where we brought home 2 md bucks and 2 antelope does. We chose this area because we thought we might like to hunt elk in the general units of southern WY every few years. It was a deer hunt while somewhat scouting for elk.
I think we have a few scenarios and would like to get some opinions on what might be best.
#1 Burn all of our points and get 2 general tags for 2018
#2 Burn all of our points and get 2 tags in a 4.5 point unit for 2018
#3 Burn my brother's 3 points on a general tag and save my points for a 7 point unit in 2019
Any opinions or units that you would check out are welcome. Feel free to pm if you don't want to mention unit #s on a public forum. We are members of Gohunt and onX and have been researching possible units. But we are having trouble telling a lot of difference between the general units and the limited units in our point range.....looking at trophy quality, success, and % of public land.
Also would like to stay out of grizz country.
Thank you!
I think we have a few scenarios and would like to get some opinions on what might be best.
#1 Burn all of our points and get 2 general tags for 2018
#2 Burn all of our points and get 2 tags in a 4.5 point unit for 2018
#3 Burn my brother's 3 points on a general tag and save my points for a 7 point unit in 2019
Any opinions or units that you would check out are welcome. Feel free to pm if you don't want to mention unit #s on a public forum. We are members of Gohunt and onX and have been researching possible units. But we are having trouble telling a lot of difference between the general units and the limited units in our point range.....looking at trophy quality, success, and % of public land.
Also would like to stay out of grizz country.
Thank you!