Muzzleloaders

[PapaRob]

Hello,
I am very new to this type of hunting/shooting and I have a friend of mine coming in from Arizona on the 2nd of Oct and looking for a good hunt. I did a preliminary scout of unit 503, and 513, looked ok, but probably too soon to tell where big daddy will be by the hunt. I am a little familiar with 530 and that seems to be the more productive unit. Any ideas?

[littlebuf]

keep up the scouting 

[bobcat]

All three of those are good units for the early muzzleloader hunt. You're right, Ryderwood probably has a higher number of elk killed but I think also has more hunters. Whichever one you're able to scout more would probably be the best choice. Also something to think about is that a good portion of the Ryderwood might still be closed due to fire danger during the early season. Hard to say right now but until we get a lot of rain they won't open it up for public access.