Any late rifle 5b advise?

[Willflow]

I had fully intended to go camping and get some scouting in but life had other plans. I've never been in the until before. If anyone has any advice I'd greatly appreciate it.  Thanks.

[idgaf]

Scout

[oz31p]

Go early and scout

[Willflow]

Believe me if it is in any way possible I will go up for a weekend however it's a big unit. Do I try north in the pines or south? I have a good Flatline map and I'm pretty good a reading it. I'm not asking for a honey hole, I never would I just don't know anything about this unit. I've seen 500+ elk In a dry Mormon lake but that's the wrong unit. 

[wish2hunt]

6 minutes ago, Willflow said:

Believe me if it is in any way possible I will go up for a weekend however it's a big unit. Do I try north in the pines or south? I have a good Flatline map and I'm pretty good a reading it. I'm not asking for a honey hole, I never would I just don't know anything about this unit. I've seen 500+ elk In a dry Mormon lake but that's the wrong unit. 

If you go north you get out of the pines

[firstcoueswas80]

Dress warm.  I'll be helping opening weekend 

[Tradman]

I'll be up in 5B as well. We've got the Hopi hunt tags. We filled our Hopi deer hunt tags opening day last week. Next up is the elk.

[Lucafu1]

I'll be there. My wife and daughter have tags. 

[Crazymonkey]

Only advice  I have is schoot  a biggen!

[Markleo21377]

On 11/8/2024 at 6:48 PM, Willflow said:

Believe me if it is in any way possible I will go up for a weekend however it's a big unit. Do I try north in the pines or south? I have a good Flatline map and I'm pretty good a reading it. I'm not asking for a honey hole, I never would I just don't know anything about this unit. I've seen 500+ elk In a dry Mormon lake but that's the wrong unit. 

5bs is loaded with elk and dispersed throughout . Use that flatline map and locate water sources near canyons. Get on vantage points looking south into top 1/3 of canyons with good pinyon or pine cover. Use that map to identify topo lines with benches with wider line spacing. Elk will be there.

A lot of tags so elk will be moving around the unit a lot. Be patient and an opportunity will present itself. Good luck! 👊

[Jazz]

I hear the campgrounds by Long Lake are a great spot to setup base. 

[Willflow]

If at all possible I will get up there this weekend or next. Thanks for the info, I will update this post.

[Markleo21377]

27 minutes ago, Willflow said:

If at all possible I will get up there this weekend or next. Thanks for the info, I will update this post.

I have a cabin up in 5a and will be up there for the late archery and rifle hunt helping on hunts. If you get in a bind or need help on getting out just holler 👍

[tinyturtle]

Literally throw a dart at your flatline and you can find elk  if you look hard enough

[Willflow]

Glad to hear that. I just got back from NM elk hunting with my dad in 15. We saw approximately 140 elk with about 10 spikes and no legal bulls. We went everywhere and just didn't get on any bulls.