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Elk Fence?
« on: September 04, 2013, 09:25:32 PM »
I have some friends who I hunted with last year, I scouted while hunting more to learn the layout last season.  The group is great, but don't like some of the area they hunt.  I am just willing to walk farther. Anyway, I noticed about 7-8 miles from camp there are significant elk fences.  I have never targeted areas with elk fence, any observations as to how deer behave around it?  It's a nasty 3 miles or so nd then another 4miles by bike to check it out (after a 6hr drive) so I won't get a chance to go back and check it out before hunting it. 

There are other areas that I might check out first, but this just looks sexy on maps.  No roads for a long way, deep canyon, water, north facing slopes......  question is an elk fence runs right through the middle





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Re: Elk Fence?
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2013, 09:33:02 PM »
Where in the state is this elk fence?
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Re: Elk Fence?
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2013, 01:43:01 PM »
more of a general question I would think they behave similar no matter where geographic location.  Target would be muleys.

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Re: Elk Fence?
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2013, 01:49:07 PM »
Elk fences are there to keep the elk out of a specific area. There's several areas around the state with fencing as mentioned.

Just don't shoot one on the wrong side of the fence and you'll be fine.
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Re: Elk Fence?
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2013, 10:44:11 PM »
Like any barricade, it can hurt your hunting or help it.

We hunted uplake Chelan for years at a place where the Mulies HAD to travel down and the back up the other side of a specific canyon in order to migrate. Higher in elevation they could not get around a huge long section of rock outcroppings and ledges. This worked to our advantage as we could focus a small section of the area- the area they could migrate through.

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Re: Elk Fence?
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2013, 08:20:02 PM »
Thanks ice,  I was viewing it similar to rimrock.  But how to hunt the "breaks" or lack there off? 

 


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