Where did you kill?
Contributors to this thread:Elk
From: SBH
19-Dec-18
I was just on google earth scouting and realized all 3 bull kills I was in on this year occurred within 1000 yards of private property, although we were hunting public land. Got me thinking, I wonder how many bulls are getting pulled off the private or taken on the fringes? So the question is this:
Did you kill your elk A) on Private land B) on the edge of public/private land...within 1,000 yards or so or C) Public land with no private in the near vicinity?
From: WapitiBob
19-Dec-18
Public
From: wyobullshooter
19-Dec-18
C), just like all the others.
From: ElkNut1
19-Dec-18
C -- All Public OTC no private around!
ElkNut/Paul
From: JohnMC
19-Dec-18
1000 yards is .57 mile. There is a lot public land included in that follows into that.
From: Brun
19-Dec-18
I killed my bull on BLM that was probably less than 1/2 mile from private. Not really sure, but it's an area with a checkerboard of public and private.
From: Coyote 65
19-Dec-18
Elk 1. 1/2 mile from private land, including my house. Elk 2. 1/2 mile from state highway. 2 miles from private property. 5 miles from my house. Elk 3 1/2 mile from Private as the crow flies, but down into a canyon up the other side and then down into a old homestead ranch headquarters. About a mile if you were to walk. 10 miles from the house
Terry
From: Michael
19-Dec-18
B for me. I was hunting a peninsula of public. The closest side of the Private was about 300 yards.
From: trkyslr
19-Dec-18
The woods
From: Bowboy
19-Dec-18
All public.
From: MichaelArnette
19-Dec-18
Within 30 yards of private for one and waaaay backcountry for the other
From: dirtclod Az.
19-Dec-18
Back Yard.
From: Whocares
19-Dec-18
McDonalds parking lot in Estes Park.
From: HUNT MAN
19-Dec-18
C
From: Scott/IL
20-Dec-18
The bull I called in for a buddy was near private.
The elk I killed a few days later in a different unit was not.
From: Mule Power
20-Dec-18
C. I killed a bull on private once. A nice one too but it was a boring and unfulfilling hunt. Gimme those mountains!
From: elkstabber
20-Dec-18
C - Where I killed this past year was 5 miles from nearest private.
From: SmokedTrout
20-Dec-18
A, but it was a walk in area with public access limited to the first four vehicles per day. Nearest public is some state ground about a mile away, BLM and USFS miles away.
About 15 years ago we were accosted by a landowner that told us "Don't hunt my boundary". He was parked about 1/4 mile into national forest land, just waiting for people to park on that public ground so he could harass them. It's amazing what a pile of elk will do to people.
From: swampokie
20-Dec-18
Public with no private near
From: SBH
20-Dec-18
In a lot of the areas we hunt, there is checkerboard or strips of private that have to be navigated around. Even on backpack hunts miles from the road. I also have a few spots close to town that I can sneak in a hunt before or after work that have small chunks of public within mostly private holdings. Only takes one!
From: OFFHNTN
20-Dec-18
C
From: Ron Niziolek
20-Dec-18
Public. All of them.
From: elkmtngear
20-Dec-18
All mine have been public (mostly Wilderness areas).
From: SlipShot
20-Dec-18
All on public, over half very close to private.
From: IdyllwildArcher
20-Dec-18
I called my bull off of private land, a ways onto public land, and killed him on public. I did this in 2015 as well in a different state.
From: DarrylDunsloppy
20-Dec-18
2 elk down (both not mine obviously) within 15 minutes, both less than 100 yards from private fence.
From: fishnride
20-Dec-18
C.) at least 10 miles from the nearest private land.
From: ahunter76
20-Dec-18
Mine. public, 1 next to 4x4 road, 10,500 ft. . 1, 1 mile from road, 10,000. 1 Private half mile from bunk house 9000 ft.. I've helped with several from close to 4x4 road to about a mile public no private close.
From: Well-Strung
21-Dec-18
As far as I can recall. Only one of mine was B (the first) the rest have all been C.
From: dirtclod Az.
22-Dec-18
Az is public.
From: TravisScott
22-Dec-18
C most always
From: jdan
23-Dec-18
Private
From: goelk
24-Dec-18
Letter B for my elk and letter C for my deer
From: ELKMAN
25-Dec-18
Never killed a Bull on private. All public land DIY...