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Re: Buddy drew the watershed tag
« Reply #15 on: June 21, 2013, 12:05:19 PM »
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Re: Buddy drew the watershed tag
« Reply #16 on: June 21, 2013, 12:14:50 PM »
I have yet to draw the tag, but been in a couple times with friends that have. Can't wait until I draw, don't have to try too hard to get away from people. Call me crazy but I love that country.


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Re: Buddy drew the watershed tag
« Reply #17 on: June 21, 2013, 12:16:46 PM »
I was shocked last year- there were people everywhere in there!  Some pretty tough dudes hunting the bottom all got nice bulls... but they earned them!  I have helped 3 guys in the shed and last year was the first time I have seen so much pressure deep in the unit.

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Re: Buddy drew the watershed tag
« Reply #18 on: June 21, 2013, 12:28:29 PM »
This guy is in damn good a shape but it still will be the hardest hunt of his life. I have two other friends thay hunted it last year and the advice they told me to give was to shoot a bull no later than the third day. He said because all the pressure last year that by the third day most the elk had been pushed out. So Brett you better talk him in to not waiting to long.

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Re: Buddy drew the watershed tag
« Reply #19 on: June 21, 2013, 12:33:45 PM »
This guy is in damn good a shape but it still will be the hardest hunt of his life. I have two other friends thay hunted it last year and the advice they told me to give was to shoot a bull no later than the third day. He said because all the pressure last year that by the third day most the elk had been pushed out. So Brett you better talk him in to not waiting to long.
  ya no last day kills there.
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Re: Buddy drew the watershed tag
« Reply #20 on: June 21, 2013, 12:41:37 PM »
Does anyone have any pics of a Watershed bull dead or alive?? 

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Re: Buddy drew the watershed tag
« Reply #21 on: June 21, 2013, 12:44:11 PM »
I have yet to draw the tag, but been in a couple times with friends that have. Can't wait until I draw, don't have to try too hard to get away from people. Call me crazy but I love that country.
You're crazy  :tup:

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Re: Buddy drew the watershed tag
« Reply #22 on: June 21, 2013, 12:49:47 PM »
This guy is in damn good a shape but it still will be the hardest hunt of his life. I have two other friends thay hunted it last year and the advice they told me to give was to shoot a bull no later than the third day. He said because all the pressure last year that by the third day most the elk had been pushed out. So Brett you better talk him in to not waiting to long.
That's good advice, though I don't think the elk leave the unit, they just quit wandering across open hillsides!  There are some thickets in there that hide them pretty well.  We passed on elk last year and ended up eating the tag.  Feet problems will ruin the hunt... MAKE SURE YOU TRAIN FOR SERIOUS SIDE HILLING!!!!!!

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Re: Buddy drew the watershed tag
« Reply #23 on: June 21, 2013, 12:59:15 PM »
I was shocked last year- there were people everywhere in there!  Some pretty tough dudes hunting the bottom all got nice bulls... but they earned them!  I have helped 3 guys in the shed and last year was the first time I have seen so much pressure deep in the unit.


Same thing I saw in there last year. 
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Re: Buddy drew the watershed tag
« Reply #24 on: June 21, 2013, 01:00:47 PM »
He said because all the pressure last year that by the third day most the elk had been pushed out. So Brett you better talk him in to not waiting to long.


Not true. 
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Re: Buddy drew the watershed tag
« Reply #25 on: June 21, 2013, 01:07:57 PM »
I love that pic. I hope to have a pic just like that this year.

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Re: Buddy drew the watershed tag
« Reply #26 on: June 21, 2013, 01:08:58 PM »
He said because all the pressure last year that by the third day most the elk had been pushed out. So Brett you better talk him in to not waiting to long.


Not true.
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 :yeah:  The watershed is such a huge area majority of the elk never leave it. The only time they even leave is late winter when bulls are shedding out. They rarely leave

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Re: Buddy drew the watershed tag
« Reply #27 on: June 21, 2013, 01:11:33 PM »
Does anyone have any pics of a Watershed bull dead or alive??
Stew pidasso shot a nice bull in that unit a few years ago. Maybe he will post a pic.

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Re: Buddy drew the watershed tag
« Reply #28 on: June 21, 2013, 01:19:23 PM »
 :tup: :tup: :tup:

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Re: Buddy drew the watershed tag
« Reply #29 on: June 21, 2013, 01:27:48 PM »
Nice bull!!

 


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