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Re: Has anyone hunted GMU 117 for elk?
« Reply #15 on: June 21, 2009, 07:25:32 AM »
dana base and steve zender are the bios for that area. dana lives right there. you have to pry info out of them, but they will spill it......I better shut up now ;)
Steve is retired now. Ton of muzzleloaders for deer on quads up there.

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Re: Has anyone hunted GMU 117 for elk?
« Reply #16 on: June 23, 2009, 01:25:03 AM »
Dana base is even more lost than a newbie hunting the unit, talked with him a few times over ther years. Best advice find some recent logging in the area, look for the thickest timber nearby and head in, trial and error, do this enough u will find elk, drive roads also and look for elk tracks, head in the vicinty, its worked for me alot

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Re: Has anyone hunted GMU 117 for elk?
« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2009, 05:28:39 AM »
So your the one cutting down those rubbed trees!!
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Re: Has anyone hunted GMU 117 for elk?
« Reply #18 on: June 23, 2009, 06:15:14 AM »
oh yes  :chuckle:

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Re: Has anyone hunted GMU 117 for elk?
« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2009, 08:03:05 AM »
Miles is right, those are just Moose rubs...... :chuckle:

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Re: Has anyone hunted GMU 117 for elk?
« Reply #20 on: June 23, 2009, 11:49:33 AM »
God darn... I never thought of that!! Good idea!
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Re: Has anyone hunted GMU 117 for elk?
« Reply #21 on: June 23, 2009, 12:15:50 PM »
I plan on getting off the road anyway. I'm hoping I'll be able to locate some bulls by bugling. Season opens oct. 3.

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Re: Has anyone hunted GMU 117 for elk?
« Reply #22 on: June 23, 2009, 12:19:40 PM »
Sorry, thats one bit of info you only get if I know you real well.   Goodluck on your quest.  Lots of people try it because they think they have discovered the "secret hunt" in the state.  There is a reason they don't do it again.  :)

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Re: Has anyone hunted GMU 117 for elk?
« Reply #23 on: June 23, 2009, 02:30:43 PM »
Yeah, bone doesn't even do it.

I hunted it the whole season back in 94...every day... and whitetail before and after the season... Saw two bulls... one was a spike and the other was a 300 bull with thick black horns.... course... he was at  a dead run by the time I realized he was there (and that was after I nearly stepped on him).... :chuckle:

Yeah...its thick...its nasty... its spotty.....
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Re: Has anyone hunted GMU 117 for elk?
« Reply #24 on: June 23, 2009, 10:48:23 PM »
I"m gonna hunt hard and have lots of fun with my son and pray the good Lord blesses us with an elk, if not well i'll have some good memories. I just love being in the great outdoors.

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Re: Has anyone hunted GMU 117 for elk?
« Reply #25 on: June 23, 2009, 11:40:44 PM »
Sorry, thats one bit of info you only get if I know you real well.   Goodluck on your quest.  Lots of people try it because they think they have discovered the "secret hunt" in the state.  There is a reason they don't do it again.  :)

That sounds like alot like GMU 249  :chuckle:
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Re: Has anyone hunted GMU 117 for elk?
« Reply #26 on: June 25, 2009, 09:17:49 PM »
Good luck on that meat tag, Rhino. Hopefully I was some help. Keep me posted on how you do with that tag and feel free to contact me again if you have any more questions.
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Re: Has anyone hunted GMU 117 for elk?
« Reply #27 on: June 27, 2009, 07:23:19 AM »
I've done some hunting there, although not for elk.  I've hunted mulies, whitetail and bear.  Great unit for all, but I've only seen elk once.  Oh yeah, moose will be seen as well.

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Re: Has anyone hunted GMU 117 for elk?
« Reply #28 on: June 28, 2009, 09:08:41 AM »
Think it's tough to get info in 117. :dunno:  Try it in 204  :chuckle:

I know where you can find elk in 204  :chuckle:
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Re: Has anyone hunted GMU 117 for elk?
« Reply #29 on: June 28, 2009, 09:51:55 PM »
Think it's tough to get info in 117. :dunno:  Try it in 204  :chuckle:

I know where you can find elk in 204  :chuckle:

I know your close ;)  I know where they been in the winter.  I'd be tempted to try with my smokepole, since I can hunt both sides.
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