Pine Valley Elk

I bought a General archery bull tag. we were watching 2 decent bulls for about 2 months. the bulls were using the same path to water about every other day they would walk by the cams. when we went up this last weekend to hunt we checked the cams the night before we were going to hunt and the elk had not come in for the 2 weeks before the hunt. we hunted for 2 days looking all over for any elk and was unable to find them. i would like to find a bull to shoot but i really would like to get some elk meet this year. if anyone knows of some areas i can go to try to find even a cow elk that would be great. please PM me. thanks
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Heads or Tails
Be from Santa Clara and watching that area up there you know how scarce they can be. If you are just looking for some meat I would say go hit one of the spike units, beaver or boulder for example and get a spike or a cow.

You may be looking along time to find reliable elk on pine valley.
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MuleyMadness
I was afraid that would happen bud. Sorry to hear that, once the moisture hit it likely changed their pattern. But more than that, the rut starting to kick it and bugling. Plus once the velvet comes off they start wandering.
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HUNTIN FOR LIFE
i think it was more the rut. the bad thing was that i couldn't even get anything to respond to any kind of calls.

That brings up another question
Heads or Tails
If you are just looking for some meat I would say go hit one of the spike units, beaver or boulder for example and get a spike or a cow.
i thought if you have a bull tag that you could only hunt on bull units not spike units. i hope im wrong cause my buddy was up on the boulder and said that there are cows and spikes all over that moutain.
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Heads or Tails
Huntin' for life, if you have an archery elk tag, it is just "archery elk" it is not desicnated like the rifle tags, you can shoot a spike or co on the spike nits and a legal bull on the any bull units. I hunt a little on Pine Valley, I was on the Beaver last week helping a friend with a trophy tag nd will be over by the boulder unit this weekend. I play with the extended units at time too.

Good luck with whatever you do.
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HUNTIN FOR LIFE
thanks heads or tails, in that case we might jump over on the boulder.
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