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Paul from Colorado
The north side gets a ton of pressure from the Outfitters but don't let that get you down. The elk do move and move a lot. The snow that last few days will get them into lower areas for a few days till it melts out. Which drainages are you looking at?
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Paul from Colorado
Definitely head for Hay Flats, the trail can get rough but get in there now so you can see what it's like. The herds do tend to move into Private so watch the borders for tracks.
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Paul from Colorado
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gonzalopsz
Hi, I didn't realize you responded till now. thanks so much for your input! On burro, I was looking at Beckman, saw a lot of elk down by the private nearby, but it seemed they barely cross to public. Almost no signs on the public border. Hence my question if they move to public at all...
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gonzalopsz
Since I posted, I talked to the local biologist, who said it's only worth it the first 2 days, if at all (like you said in our original post). Since it's important for me, he suggested to go to other less pressured areas, so I was kind of dissuaded into going to Burro. I did scout the hay flats very briefly on that same trip, the road was ok, better than some other roads near burro (I know it rained after..)
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gonzalopsz
So the plan is to try east of hay flats and west of burro and if it doesn't work, the trappers lake area. Seems that weather is not cold enough for lower elevations..
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Paul from Colorado
The wolves hammered the area between Big Ridge and Burro. The rancher I know who has the grazing lease lost 28 beef cows to the wolves. The slaughter over in Hay Flats was worse. The DOW agents found 18 elk killed as well, only small portions were eaten, just killing for fun training up the young ones. Ranchers had a hard time pulling the cows down with the warm temps and abundance of grass, but they did their best.

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