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Old 01-06-2023, 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Pekan View Post
Not all public land is the same. You might be able to hike off the road and not see anyone, but in the southwest part of the province within 90 minutes of Calgary, it can get busy. Even km's from the road. People are willing to work harder for an elk. If a person's out for a whitetail that's easier to get away from the crowds.
That part of the province is busy for everything not just hunting. Elk is on draw in most of those WMU's and it's a low probability hunt in the mountains with most zones between 5-10% success rate. For comparison a sheep hunt has a 4% success rate.

If you can get private land access east of the mountains. That area seems like it'd be good elk hunting, and most private landowners will only let a certain amount of hunters on their land.
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