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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: floatinghat on September 04, 2013, 09:25:32 PM

Title: Elk Fence?
Post by: floatinghat on September 04, 2013, 09:25:32 PM: I have some friends who I hunted with last year, I scouted while hunting more to learn the layout last season. The group is great, but don't like some of the area they hunt. I am just willing to walk farther. Anyway, I noticed about 7-8 miles from camp there are significant elk fences. I have never targeted areas with elk fence, any observations as to how deer behave around it? It's a nasty 3 miles or so nd then another 4miles by bike to check it out (after a 6hr drive) so I won't get a chance to go back and check it out before hunting it.

There are other areas that I might check out first, but this just looks sexy on maps. No roads for a long way, deep canyon, water, north facing slopes...... question is an elk fence runs right through the middle

Any free time I will spend my scouting for my muzzle elk.
Title: Re: Elk Fence?
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on September 04, 2013, 09:33:02 PM: Where in the state is this elk fence?
Title: Re: Elk Fence?
Post by: floatinghat on September 05, 2013, 01:43:01 PM: more of a general question I would think they behave similar no matter where geographic location. Target would be muleys.
Title: Re: Elk Fence?
Post by: jackelope on September 05, 2013, 01:49:07 PM: Elk fences are there to keep the elk out of a specific area. There's several areas around the state with fencing as mentioned.

Just don't shoot one on the wrong side of the fence and you'll be fine.
:dunno:
Title: Re: Elk Fence?
Post by: ICEMAN on September 05, 2013, 10:44:11 PM: Like any barricade, it can hurt your hunting or help it.

We hunted uplake Chelan for years at a place where the Mulies HAD to travel down and the back up the other side of a specific canyon in order to migrate. Higher in elevation they could not get around a huge long section of rock outcroppings and ledges. This worked to our advantage as we could focus a small section of the area- the area they could migrate through.
Title: Re: Elk Fence?
Post by: floatinghat on September 06, 2013, 08:20:02 PM: Thanks ice, I was viewing it similar to rimrock. But how to hunt the "breaks" or lack there off?