Your thoughts guys!! Northern Utah hunters

I have talked to a couple biologist in Utah and they are pointing me to the Twin Peaks Area for mule deer during archery season. Have any of you hunted there or heard of people hunting there. On google earth it looks like goat country. I'm not afraid to go to 11000 feet if there are bucks there but I don't want to spend a week looking at billys. Anybody have any thoughts?

Also I like the look of Grandview and Lookout peak country. Anybody been around there? Any help about these areas would be appreciated.

Dennis
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one hunting fool
Goat country is write. remember biologist are not hunters. and just because something looks like deer should be there but that does not mean they are there. here are some pics of twin peaks
http://sangres.com/cimages/notc/mountainimages/calpk/12big.jpg
http://sangres.com/cimages/notc/mountainimages/ellingwood/twinpeaks1.jpg
this is from Trails .com
Salt Lake County - American Fork Twin Peaks

Preview: It is easy to understand Tyng’s choice for his grave. There is little vegetation near Twin Peaks, affording vistas of Timpanogos, Box Elder Peak, the jagged ridge line separating Little Cottonwood Canyon from American Fork Canyon, and the Uintas on a clear day. The Great Salt Lake is a moody blue. Since the 1920s, hikers also have been able to spot mountain goats.
there are areas around there that are huntable just don't look to twin as one
here is a peak on the trail head that as you can see should hold deer
http://www.peakware.com/photos/2312a.jpg
this is Sundial Peak
here is some more info on it
http://www.peakware.com/peaks.html?pk=2312

Hope this helps
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79Ford
Never hunted it myself, and judging by the pics i'm not going to start anytime soon. I'd get up there and either see only fork horned bucks, or drop a monster down in a steep rocky canyon. I dont know which would be worse.

I'll stick with my northeastern unit for deer hunting. However for sheep and/or goats i'd love to have a once in a lifetime shot.
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ridgetop
I don't have any faith in the biologist anymore. I have had them lead me wrong too many times. If you can get into the areas around lookout and grandview then you should see plenty of deer and elk but it is a long, long ways back in.
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I don't think Northern Utah is the best place to hunt mulies. They usually have lots of rifle tags leftover and the rest of the state is drawn out for rifle, which tells you how hard it is to sell the tags. There are nearly 10,000 leftovers this year. I'd hunt one of the general units in the southern part of the state. We're seeing lots of deer and some big ones. We saw lots of 2 1/2 year olds last season so they should be decent trophies with a bow this year.
Mark
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"m gardner" wrote:I don't think Northern Utah is the best place to hunt mulies. They usually have lots of rifle tags leftover and the rest of the state is drawn out for rifle, which tells you how hard it is to sell the tags. There are nearly 10,000 leftovers this year. I'd hunt one of the general units in the southern part of the state. We're seeing lots of deer and some big ones. We saw lots of 2 1/2 year olds last season so they should be decent trophies with a bow this year.
Mark
 sorry Mark your wrong on some parts. this area of northern Utah is Archery only all the time its the Wasatch Unit. there are some very nice BIG deer there but you have to get to an access point and hike around the private property to get to them. most people do not waste there time doing that they just tramp through peoples private property giving us all a black eye. so don't look for a lot of help from land owners in that area they are tired of hunters. your best bet it to get to acess areas and climb through the thick brush (oak) to get to where the deer are. I hate oak brush it is so damn thick. but the big buck like it lots and play hide and seek like there life depends on it... :-k oh it does.
here is a picture of a buck taken this year off of the wasatch front that allows rifle
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this is a 20 year old and his 3rd big buck . this is an area that not to many get to its high steep and rough and in my younger days i use to climb it 1-2 times a month to scout my deer now i know the area so well i just get there once or twice a season and find what i am looking for.
this deer has a twin brother that i will show video of this year and with luck the harvest as well. I would be glad to help any and all with information on the wasatch. the winter has been hard but i have already seen sign that it was not has hard as predicted
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