huntercrose
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- Aug 13, 2014
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Well, previous posters hit the nail on the head. MT Unit 324 was overrun with hunters opening morning. In the basin I was in, I stopped counting when I got to 30 others hunters in about 7 other groups. One of the groups had a fire going right in the middle of the basin where the elk like to bed down. We saw one bull killed two miles up the basin on the ridge to the North. That gentleman shot at least 10 minutes before legal shooting. No other elk were seen, although there was shooting from every drainage in every direction. I was kind of blown away given that this part of the Snowcrest range is 60 miles from the nearest town (Dillon), 1.25 hours off the blacktop, and 1400' of elevation gain from the truck to the ridge around the drainage. Still, after a big snow storm, the weather cleared up and it was a beautiful morning. I hope everyone had a good opener.