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I just drew a limited entry elk tag for the Book Cliffs Roadless area in Utah.  I am way excited and really don't think I can wait till september for the hunt.  I was wondering if anyone has hunted there in the past and if so what was the bull sizes that you saw down there?  My goal is 375+  Is that too much to ask for that area? 

I would appreciate some feedback if any of you have any.

Thanks.

Jhartwell

I had a good friend that drew the other Book Cliffs tag last year.  He was able to take a 383″ bull on his first day of hunting.  He would be the first to admit that it was easier than he was expecting.  Sometimes you just get lucky!  I would think that the road-less area would hold just as good of bulls if not better.  I will ask around and see if I can find any other info for you.

Congrats on drawing a great tag!  How many points did you have?

Scott,

I appreciate your input on the subject, I can't tell you how excited I am to for this hunt.  I drew the tag with 10 points, a friend of ours got us in contact with a guy that has guided some people in the roadless area two archers one muzzlelaoder and one rifle.  They got bulls ranging from 330 to 350.  One of my bosses fathers had a rifle tag there two years ago and shot a 380 bull.  If you know anyone that has gone down there and could give me any more advice/input that would be great.

Thanks again.

I will see if I can track down that photo. I know what you mean on the can't get it off the mind. Scott and I drew out Central Nebo as well as Scotts dad so we are pretty excited. Its an area we have hunted before and Scott guided a good friend Mike the owner of Timberhawk Packs on that hunt last year and taged a nice bull. You can read about that story under the Hunting contest tab as the example and I think there are photos in the blog under Mikes Bull. It scored 330 but had a lot of carracter. Ever since I saw the charges come out of my account the nightly Elk hunting dreams have started. I will keep my ear to the ground and be sure to pass any more info I hear on the Book Cliffs hunt. Stay Addicted!

Jhartwell said:

Jason,

Hey I thought I would follow up with you on my muzzleloader hunt on the Bookcliffs Roadless area.  I ended up with a 371 gross bull.  Check him out at http://www.myrockymountainhunt…..-post.html

Jhartwell

Nice Bull. Good work on taging a nice trophy bull. I wish my season went as well. I had the central Nebo archery tag. We saw a ton of bulls and several really nice bulls. I had a nice 350 class bull come in 35 yards on Labor Day weekend and pluged an arrow into him the shot was not ideal because he was quartered to me slightly but the arrow hit the rib cage about mid body and I was sure I got a minimum of one lung. He bled out pretty good we tracked him all night and he never would lay down. We ended up tracking the next morning and found an area of heavy oak brush that he went through wipeing a ton of blood off on the trees but then the trail went cold and we never could find him. It was a rough end to a great season but we had a ton of encounters. One of my favorite parts is being able to call these magnificent animals in and I can say that I was able to do that several times. I was able to call in a 380+ bull that my buddy Scott got 2 shots at but missed. That was a nice bull. It will be public land hunts for the next 5+ years but Im sure we can get into so good units.