We just came back from Haden hunted the 11th thru the 15th 5 of us and no Elk taken only 1 spike seen and now cows on lands that have produced for 20 years, shortened season , no cow tags or combination tags available. High winter kill and drought. our guide has 4 other areas he leases with full parties on each including resident hunters only 4 cows taken and 1 small mule deer. if possible if I were you I would try to find a better area. we herd Craig was no better. we never even saw a single rack in a truck when we left. that is pretty bad. we since read winter kill estimates were 30-50% on mature Elk and as high as 90% on calf due to deep snow. there was no snow above and Elk migration if any was not apparent. the normal herd on protect lands was around 500 normally 2,000.
