My buddy and I spent 6 days and nights camping in the Bethel unit. We did very little road hunting but hiked in and out of areas that we placed cams into this summer. We saw a total of 3 elk the whole time. That being said I had a cow followed by a 6 point bull within 25 feet but as is typical for me I am spike hunting. We did not hear a single bugle all week, is this normal? We attributed it to the fact that once the hunters moved in the elk moved out and until weather moved in this unit is no good. Any thoughts? We had fun but just no elk around.
And yes I read gasman's hunt and he found elk.
And yes I can see it already... get away from the roads to find elk. Kinda hard in the bethel, roads everywhere.