Missouri breaks east archery elk

[vandeman17]

Anyone ever draw this tag? Old man and I applied for it with 3 points.

[Skyvalhunter]

Very tough draw, always on my application but never drawn. 10 pts

[Reidus]

Rifle is a tough draw. Archery not so much. Lots of elk. Big bulls. Very difficult to call amd lots of dweeb hunters. Really open country. Some dandy bulls come out of there.

[vandeman17]

Very tough draw, always on my application but never drawn. 10 pts

Do you apply for rifle or archery?

[The scout]

It's about 70% chance to draw. I have never done the hunt, but my cousin lives in billings and he has. It sounds like a fun hunt, but September, October can be a bad month to be there, last year there were a number of archery camps stranded for over a week because they got something like 6" of rain in 2 days.

[Dan-o]

The dirt roads become literally undrivable when soaked.   

If you walk, you end up with 15 pounds of m$ud clinging to each boot. 

When dry it is awesome place to roam..... and some m$onsters do roam there....   like most places, they are hard to kill or they would be dead.   

[JDHasty]

"The dirt roads become literally undrivable when soaked."

My cousin's wife drew a Slippery Ann rifle elk tag this last year.

Weather was tough, gumbo mud will stop any vehicle short of a Sherman tank, they got a call from a friend/shirttail relative and could have shot a real monster bull... basically from their front yard. She is from Winnett and they know everybody.

They turned down the offer, they wanted to make it a hunt, they went home and came back later and hunted hard and got a really nice bull, maybe not quite as big as the one they turned down, but really a very nice bull.

[vandeman17]

It's about 70% chance to draw. I have never done the hunt, but my cousin lives in billings and he has. It sounds like a fun hunt, but September, October can be a bad month to be there, last year there were a number of archery camps stranded for over a week because they got something like 6" of rain in 2 days.

I heard the same about the roads but will just have to hope for good weather. My old man is retired and my job has flexibility so we could have a time we want to go but adjust based on the forecast. Plan would be to drag our trailer there but also bring backpacking tent and gear to spike camp if necessary.

[JDHasty]

It's about 70% chance to draw. I have never done the hunt, but my cousin lives in billings and he has. It sounds like a fun hunt, but September, October can be a bad month to be there, last year there were a number of archery camps stranded for over a week because they got something like 6" of rain in 2 days.

I heard the same about the roads but will just have to hope for good weather. My old man is retired and my job has flexibility so we could have a time we want to go but adjust based on the forecast. Plan would be to drag our trailer there but also bring backpacking tent and gear to spike camp if necessary.

You can't walk in it either.  It builds up twenty pound balls of mud on your boots.  Be flexible and pray for decent weather. 

[vandeman17]

It's about 70% chance to draw. I have never done the hunt, but my cousin lives in billings and he has. It sounds like a fun hunt, but September, October can be a bad month to be there, last year there were a number of archery camps stranded for over a week because they got something like 6" of rain in 2 days.

I heard the same about the roads but will just have to hope for good weather. My old man is retired and my job has flexibility so we could have a time we want to go but adjust based on the forecast. Plan would be to drag our trailer there but also bring backpacking tent and gear to spike camp if necessary.

You can't walk in it either.  It builds up twenty pound balls of mud on your boots.  Be flexible and pray for decent weather.

Ya I meant that is our plan based on good weather. I have been in gnarly mud before and it was terrible.

[DaleVR]

Super fun hunt!It's been quit a few years since I've gone. We hunted it from boats, weather was 90 degrees, made for tough conditions. Fishing was awesome also. We chased some monsters though.

[dune]

I use to draw every year when I lived  their  lots of elk and lots if fun.

[mp.hunter]

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Adam-sounds like its more of a spot n stalk than a call-a-thon, good luck.


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[vandeman17]

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Adam-sounds like its more of a spot n stalk than a call-a-thon, good luck.


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Awesome thanks mike. Spot and stalk is good with me. Fun challenge

[JLS]

It's about 70% chance to draw. I have never done the hunt, but my cousin lives in billings and he has. It sounds like a fun hunt, but September, October can be a bad month to be there, last year there were a number of archery camps stranded for over a week because they got something like 6" of rain in 2 days.

I heard the same about the roads but will just have to hope for good weather. My old man is retired and my job has flexibility so we could have a time we want to go but adjust based on the forecast. Plan would be to drag our trailer there but also bring backpacking tent and gear to spike camp if necessary.

Depending on which unit you are referring to, there is little use in spike camping.