Just got back from a pre-pre scouting trip. Saw a ton of turkeys, just a week after the spring turkey hunt. Saw a few elk on private land and found some nice deer sheds off of forest road 478.

I hope to find one of those places that has the fantastic elk. There were only 75 tags for the public land on that first hunt and it is a pretty big area. I've been looking at several different...

Thats too bad but one of those things I'll just have to deal with. Hopefully I can locate a good out of the way spot. Does anyone know about how the wilderness areas (Apache Kid and Withington)...

Interesting that they aren't places you'd expect. Guess thats why they are bigger there. Don K do you know how tough the hunting pressure is? I have the first hunt of the year.

Thats the kind of motivation I like. Nice bulls. jay I think I saw some of your pics from another unit 17 thread.

Umpqua, I'll check that out. Good place to get an idea of whats out there.

I've heard that too. As far as being in shape for physical aspect I'm good. I work out regularly, run, and go backpacking all the time. As for this unit I hear that it is tough both physically and...

Hi, I'm pretty new to this site but have found some great info on it. I was drawn for elk either sex archery early september. I have hiked the apache kid wilderness a few years back and ran into a...