Once in a lifetime E3 elk tag

Cabler4656

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Hi guys i drew a once in a lifetime elk tag for E3 in ND im new to elk hunting if anybody out there has any kind of advice or tips i would greatly appreciate it.
 


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Hi guys i drew a once in a lifetime elk tag for E3 in ND im new to elk hunting if anybody out there has any kind of advice or tips i would greatly appreciate it.

where ar you going to hunt ? Public or private ? And how familiar with the unit are you ?
 

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Planning on public but one guy im going with knows a few land owners and he said he was going to talk with them
 

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I haven't drawn a tag, but went with a buddy who drew a few years ago.

My best advice: It is a once in a lifetime tag. Take as much time off and hunt as much as you can.

The buddy I went with only hunted in his unit for 4 days and then ended up shooting a small bull up by an elk farm North of Minot. To each his own I guess, but that is super frustrating to me when guys like that draw a tag and don't even put any effort in.

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I think we were in E3 as well. We stayed at a place just west of Medora...Buffalo Lodge or something like that. The locals know where the elk are, but are pretty tight lipped. We saw a giant bull the last morning out driving up to a spot to glass. Unfortunately he and a small group of cows went onto a piece of private ground. The private was posted and owned by a guy up in Minot. When I called him to ask if we could hunt he said "No, those are my elk. We get land owner tags and shoot those elk ourselves."
 

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Well I've been hunting south of medora and we saw 4 bulls 2 days in a row, a spike a 5x5 a huge 6x6 and a 6x6 with a broken antler right off a rarely traveled road less than 100 yards, one morning and afternoon. (I have a cow tag)
 


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Here are the bull elk I saw
 

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