Temperatures soared into the 80s during the first four. For example, in the roadless portion of the book cliffs limited entry unit in eastern utah, odds of drawing a bull elk tag for resident applicants is. If you havent been to the book cliffs you should check it out. The utah division of fish and game has managed for true trophy quality elk hunting. One of the reasons, or should i say excuses, for not filling my utah book cliffs archery elk tag earlier this month was the warm weather. The road less area is a small oasis all of its own. It produces 310340 bulls yearly with a few bulls 340 plus taken each year. The book cliffs are well known for being a sought after hunting destination, and for good reason. Remember its a long trip to town once we have arrived on the mountain.
Team 3t book cliffs utah 2016 archery elk hunt duration. Whats this area like for elk during the archery hunt. The book cliffs little creek roadless area does require horses to access. A total of 57,048 acres and an estimated elk population of 4800. The book cliffs area is an exceptional trophy elk and mule deer unit. Book cliffs elk habitat udwr assigns a value to elk habitat in the state of utah e. Utah hunting trips for elk, deer, mountain goat, moose and pronghorn.
Our book cliffs road less area elk hunts consist of all the things that make hunting. As the name mentions this area is totally road less and can only be accessed by foot or horse back from. The plateaus, mesas and mountains do not receive human traffic and the washes are ghost roads. Book cliffs road less elk hunting essential ingredients wasatch mountain bull elk hunts utah is in the good old days of elk hunting right now. Reasons to protect utahs book cliffs roadless area backcountry. Specializing in the roadless book cliffs, wasatch mountains, plateau boulder, oquirrhstansbury, fillmore oak creek. Mountains unit and spend a lot of time watching the elk, mountain goats and moose. As said, the book cliffs are roughly 240 miles long running west. Utah book cliffs, boulder and wasatch trophy bull elk.
Over the counter general season tags are available in the book cliffs units and the uintas. As pieces of the plan fell into place, backers thought local support for the effort would. Book cliffs roadless has a high hunter success rate 50% to 81. The book cliffs are for spike only while the uintas are for any bull.
Oil clashes with elk in the book cliffs high country. Utah sportsmen frustrated by lease of book cliffs section. Utah bookcliffs roadless area elk hunts allout guiding. The bookcliffs is one of utahs best trophy elk hunting areas. The nature conservancy and the rocky mountain elk foundation. In the early 90s, with the mission of promoting wildlife habitat in the book cliffs, the nature conservancy and the rocky mountain elk foundation bought a chunk of land from four ranches that controlled the water sources and the blm leases for this area the east tavaputs plateau.
Made some great friends and saw lots of elk and scenery. Ive been set on the wasatch archery but was seriously considering the roadless book cliffs area for archery. This is a friends le elk hunt and i was fortunate to get an invite. Welcome to bookcliff outfitters where weve been hunting elk, mule deer, mountain lion and you name it in the same colorado and utah locations for over 35 years. Book cliffs mountain browse isa wilderness study area. We offer elk, deer, antelope, bighorn sheep, buffalo, cougar and bear hunts. Rocky mountain bighorn sheep, which were reintroduced on the ute. Spokespeople from the utah branches of both the rocky mountain elk foundation and trout unlimited are raising concerns about the proposed lease of a portion of the book cliffs, a landscape filled. In the stateowned book cliffs roadless area, where bull elk permits are limited to 30 per. The book cliffs are a series of desert mountains and cliffs in western colorado and eastern. Limited entry book cliffs bull elk hunts and wasatch bull. Double c guides and outfitters a premium hunting guide on utahs. We hunt the book cliffs, rattlesnake, nine mile and san rafael units.