Elk/Bear Hunting the Nordegg Area - WMUs 328 and 434
Boys, my hunting partners and I have gone on an elk hunting trip in the Dutch Creek area for the past, well for so long, I can't remember how long...we want to see some new country.
We are considering heading up to the Nordegg area, where we can hunt WMUs 328 and/or 434 for elk, black bear and whitetail, which all open on Monday, September 17th.
I know that it is 3 point or better for bull elk in WMU 328, and 6 point or better in 434, that the forestry trunk road runs right down the middle of the two zones and that there appears to be lots of front country campgrounds along that road.
What are the prospects of getting into some elk in either of those WMUs? Is the area absolutely overrun by hunters during this opening week? When does the rut really get going in that area - will the elk be bugling? I need some local advice/information from people that know this area. Are we better off going far west into 434? What is the access like? Where can/cannot you take vehicles?
Some of our group like to use quads, others of us just hike everywhere. Another option is getting an outiftter like Blue Bronna, or a local outfitter out of Nordegg, to pack us into the backcountry and we could hunt off horseback in the middle of nowhere. I’d be keen on this option, but it will require more planning and greater cost.
Any advice/recommendations/warnings etc. would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks,
tyee43
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