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GMU653 White River MF Bull Tag
« on: October 15, 2019, 08:11:11 PM »
Looking for any leads I can get. Plan on starting on NF land east of Greenwater. Did not buy a Hancock permit.

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Re: GMU653 White River MF Bull Tag
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2019, 08:35:16 PM »
You wont need a hancock pass.  I drew the archery tag a couple of years ago and seen plenty of elk off the 72, if you can run down there and scout it once or twice.  Should be all you need. 

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Re: GMU653 White River MF Bull Tag
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2019, 08:35:24 PM »
Depending on snow, stick around corral pass. noble knob has a road off 72 ( I think)  that gets you very close to the top. Have seen good elk around there. Never been up this late though. Good luck

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Re: GMU653 White River MF Bull Tag
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2019, 08:38:30 PM »
Depending on snow, stick around corral pass. noble knob has a road off 72 ( I think)  that gets you very close to the top. Have seen good elk around there. Never been up this late though. Good luck

Thought the road was closed to get to the top from the fire a couple years ago??
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Re: GMU653 White River MF Bull Tag
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2019, 09:06:15 PM »
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Re: GMU653 White River MF Bull Tag
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2019, 09:25:09 PM »
You wont need a hancock pass.  I drew the archery tag a couple of years ago and seen plenty of elk off the 72, if you can run down there and scout it once or twice.  Should be all you need.

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Re: GMU653 White River MF Bull Tag
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2019, 09:59:44 PM »
Depending on snow, stick around corral pass. noble knob has a road off 72 ( I think)  that gets you very close to the top. Have seen good elk around there. Never been up this late though. Good luck

Thought the road was closed to get to the top from the fire a couple years ago??
Depending on snow, stick around corral pass. noble knob has a road off 72 ( I think)  that gets you very close to the top. Have seen good elk around there. Never been up this late though. Good luck

Thought the road was closed to get to the top from the fire a couple years ago??

The most direct road to coral is toast last I heard, but you can hike to it from the 72 side.  I did it once and it is about a 4 mile hike, but not to nasty and all on established trails.

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Re: GMU653 White River MF Bull Tag
« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2019, 04:41:32 PM »
Have you had any scouting success?

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Re: GMU653 White River MF Bull Tag
« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2019, 04:49:53 PM »
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Re: GMU653 White River MF Bull Tag
« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2019, 09:28:24 PM »
Saw a lot of elk up on the ski area today. Some nice bulls. Have not went up the 72 rd. Did the 7160 and the 73 today. A friend said to go down to carbonado and check it out. Any idieas???

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Re: GMU653 White River MF Bull Tag
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2019, 03:30:53 PM »
Crystal definitely has some dandy bulls, I’d focus on that area. I’ve spent a lot of time around Wilkeson, Carbonado and yes there’s elk around but idk if I would spend to much time there. There’s elk throughout the entire white but if your looking for a good one go up towards the mountain. I’ve been trying to draw a tag for years. Don’t over look some of the lower areas, some of the bigger bulls will drop down this time of the month, I know that for a fact

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Re: GMU653 White River MF Bull Tag
« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2019, 08:33:52 PM »
How do u hunt the ski area?  I can’t wrap my head around shooting a gun around hikers and people enjoying the resort not to mention gut piles on their slopes?  am I missing something. The areas steep too


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Re: GMU653 White River MF Bull Tag
« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2019, 09:00:21 PM »
How do u hunt the ski area?  I can’t wrap my head around shooting a gun around hikers and people enjoying the resort not to mention gut piles on their slopes?  am I missing something. The areas steep too



You can't hunt on the ski runs. But you can hunt right up to them. And you can glass the country from the parking lot. You can also access that country right from the parking lot. We did to hunt Bullion Basin. And it is steep. Keep in mind that the resort isn't open yet for the ski season. Both the warden and biologist I spoke with gave this location a strong thumbs up and offered explicit areas to hunt there.

Al, go back to the 74 road. Get in there well before daylight and stay until you cannot see. There's bulls in there.

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