Elk Hunt Eastside, Westside or other.

[buglebrush]

West side with the new Muzzy areas opening this year.  No contest really. 

[BABackcountryBwhntr]

west side.. closed gates, plenty of elk and branch bulls.

[floatinghat]

Thinking east side this year after west side the last few.   Something about being able to see more than a few feet and stay dry.  My other concern is with this dry year much of the west side will be closed due to fire danger.  That will limit the open dirt and really concentrate the hunters.

[bobcat]

It's still way too early to be trying to predict whether timber companies will close their land down due to fire danger. That will all depend on what the weather is like 6 months from now.

[mtman]

I said east. I have hunted west side 10 out of the last 11 years. I will hunt the west side if all the new muzzy units open I really want a true rosey before I go east again. After I get a good rosey it will be all east from there on out. So much nicer hunting with your binos deep in those south east canyons with no one else around.

[Charlie]

I like the west side for archery and the east side for modern firearms.

[steelnducks]

I love hunting both sides. I will let the regs decide where I hunt.

[floatinghat]

It's still way too early to be trying to predict whether timber companies will close their land down due to fire danger. That will all depend on what the weather is like 6 months from now.

I agree but with the current trends of weather in the west.  With the exception of this weekend it warm and very dry. If we get a couple of good showers late summer all will be good.  The other question is if all these new muzzy hunters surface thinking the "new" units and season will be the next gold rush.

[Stein]

I chose other state.

West side - after living here for 17 years, I still like to be dry and see more than 4' on occasion.

East side - put in for permit and wait my 10-15 years.  I really can't call this "hunting" as it is mostly a tax to have a chance at hunting in the future.

I'm sure there are places in the west that are pretty good hunting, but you can't put in for the bruiser east permit and hunt the west in the same year.  I guess I could ghost point for a few years.

[Goldy79]

East side. It's warm and the terrain is much better. I've hunted West, Upper Lewis area, and it rained like hell. Made the week miserable and there were no animals moving. Last year on the East side we saw at least 3 small herds every day we were there...

[jeffitz]

I was gonna try eastside this year so i could put in for the premium bull permits(16 pts quality and bull), but the new muzzy early units might keep me on the Westside for this year. Unless i draw multi of course.so many decisions.....

[MarkyMark]

I would miss the thorny, slick wet creek bottoms too much if I switched to the east side...


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[Webfoot]

West side. But might have to change my plans some.
Rayonier charged me $200 + to hunt the Dickey this year and it sucked. Most of the gates were open for vehicle travel and traffic was heavy. Used to hike or bike behind gates and had good success.
Heard through the jungle drums that this year they are also going to do the same in the Goodman unit, this won't be good.

John