Quick Tips
- Glass into deep timber and burned areas
- Hunt the last five days to avoid crowds
- Bearproof your camp
| species | general Size | trophy potential |
|---|---|---|
| Elk | 310"-340" | 360"+ |
On The Ground
This unit for several years was known as the Book Cliffs roadless area and is in the center of the southern half of the roaded area, which is now called Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek South. Hunters must hike or ride horses or mules to reach elk this area.
This is a great unit for a hunter who likes to spike out and get away from crowds. There are some good ridges for glassing as well as good hiking trails in this area. Main canyons get lots more horse traffic.
Terrain
The main canyons start at high elevations in the south and drain to the north. Little Creek Ridge runs north to south through the middle of the unit. In some places, water runs down canyon bottoms, but in others elk water in ponds, pockets of standing water, seeps, or wallows. Some big bulls avoid watering in the main canyon bottoms because of heavy horse traffic. Watering and wallowing instead in the seeps in the backs of side canyons or on benches and in hollows away from creek bottoms.
Roughly 89 square miles
100% public land
Elevations from about 4,200 to 8,800 feet
Vegetation
Mountains are mostly timbered with pines, firs, junipers, and aspens with grass, sagebrush, oak brush and serviceberries on ridges and some slopes. Creek bottoms are narrow in places and wide in others, expanding to long meadows of grass and sagebrush.
Access
Trails start on Steer Ridge Road and Tenmile Knoll in the north and on Sego Canyon Road and Nash Wash in the south. Hunters can drive to trailheads from the north by leaving U.S. 40 near Fort Duchesne and following State Route 88, also called the Seep Ridge Road, south to Book Cliffs Ridge Road to Steer Ridge Road and then taking a short side road to Tenmile Knoll. Hunters from the south can take Interstate 70 to BLM Road 195 to BLM Road 194 or I-70 to Old Highway 6 and 50 to BLM Road 194. From 194 go up Hay Canyon to Book Cliffs Ridge Road.
No motorized vehicles
Physically challenging terrain
Do not cross tribal land
Carry a good GPS unit
Camping and Lodging
Almost all hunters hunt from a backcountry camp in She Canyon or along Willow or Little creeks. Some will also camp out at the trailheads. There are no established campgrounds in the unit. Motels are in Green River, Vernal, Jensen, and Dinosaur, Colorado, but are far from hunting areas.
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