Unit 113 Buck Creek near Usk

[Heredoggydoggy]

One day I talked to a couple of hunters that had driven the road all the way from Bead Lake to the area I was hunting just east of Usk.  While scouting near Bead Lake and Marshall Lake I looked for the road they took, and never found it.  Didn't have a map, though.  If I have a map, I can find anything!

I think you're talking about Cook's Lake Rd.  Takes you up above Bead, past Mystic and Cooks Lakes then loops you down Best Chance towards the river and Usk.

Cool country!


Yup--I was walking down Best Chance Rd. when I saw them.

[CAMPMEAT]

I think a road trip is going to happen. 

[quacksmoker]

Pretty country for sure, but I've never had any luck up there for elk. From my experience they are there or not. They definitely are around, but since the population is so small and the pressure is heavy, they know how to stay out of sight.

Just my experience.

[Heredoggydoggy]

Pretty country for sure, but I've never had any luck up there for elk. From my experience they are there or not. They definitely are around, but since the population is so small and the pressure is heavy, they know how to stay out of sight.

Just my experience.

I jumped an Elk out of its bed during early muzzy deer and elk season one year, but with the leaves still on the trees and brush, I heard it, but never saw it.  Pretty country, yes, but hard to hunt until the leaves fall off!  That's why I gave up on the early half of the muzzy season.  And Elk is closed the late half. 

[CAMPMEAT]

The dates are Nov 1st-4th.

[Heredoggydoggy]

The dates are Nov 1st-4th.

Those dates must be for your special hunt.  I don't even see it listed in the Big Game pamphlet.  But that would be a good time to be hunting them up there...

[CAMPMEAT]

The dates are Nov 1st-4th.

Those dates must be for your special hunt.  I don't even see it listed in the Big Game pamphlet.  But that would be a good time to be hunting them up there...

It is. Only 2 permits given out and nobody else can be in there except my special, little companion...... and the other persons.

[Heredoggydoggy]

The dates are Nov 1st-4th.

Those dates must be for your special hunt.  I don't even see it listed in the Big Game pamphlet.  But that would be a good time to be hunting them up there...

It is. Only 2 permits given out and nobody else can be in there except my special, little companion...... and the other persons.

You mean your "Leetle Frend"?    

[CAMPMEAT]

I'm getting some good reports of some big bulls in my area.... A trapper friend says it's real promising.