City of Lawton Elk Hunt

[rlt7272]

Received noticed that I was draw for this hunt the second weekend in October. Does anybody have any experiece with the hunt?

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Shhhhhh!!!! a lot of people don't yet know about this one! But good luck.

 

[dennishoddy]

Yes I do. There has only been one cow shot in the 10+ years of the hunt. My buddy drew it out and I went with him. I sat up on Mount Scott for two days with a spotting scope, and glassed that area for 20 hours at least. Not one elk. He come from NM and knows elk sign.
Here is a tip that we didn't know. The regs say you have to enter a gate off the refuge. There was lots of hog sign. No elk. After it was over, we found out the only chance one has to take an elk, is to take a boat from the local lake and go up into a neck that nobody else has access to.
I sat there on the refuge and saw a great bull just outside of the gate. There is a hi fence all around the area, untill you get to the area I'm talking about. From what I've been told by locals, there is just a barbed wire fence and the elk can come and go. Good luck. Don't tell anybody I told you this insider info!

 

[ignerntbend]

I know that you have hit the damn jackpot.
You'll see trophy elk lounging in the hay fields around Lawton.
I'd rather go to Colorado (seriously), but I envy you greatly.

 

[_CY_]

what good is it when only one elk harvested in 10 years?
looks like odds are highly against anyone successfully shooting one.

Yes I do. There has only been one cow shot in the 10+ years of the hunt. My buddy drew it out and I went with him. I sat up on Mount Scott for two days with a spotting scope, and glassed that area for 20 hours at least. Not one elk. He come from NM and knows elk sign.

 

[ignerntbend]

what good is it when only one elk harvested in 10 years?
looks like odds are highly against anyone successfully shooting one.

Dennis said "only one cow" not only one elk. If I had to fill my freezer with meat as a consolation prize, I think I would be able to accept that. It wouldn't be easy, but I'd learn to live with it. I might need therapy and lots of it.

 

[ignerntbend]

You don't have a chance in hell.
You should prolly sell me that elk tag
before it's too late.

 

[owu1bag5]

i was looking at the dept of wildlife website and it says that a person can only be drawn for an elk hunt once in a lifetime if drawn after 2002. what is the point of that?

 

[crazyfish]

i was looking at the dept of wildlife website and it says that a person can only be drawn for an elk hunt once in a lifetime if drawn after 2002. what is the point of that?

The city of lawton hunt is seperate from that hunt. If you are drawn for the city hunt, you cannot reapply for 3 years. The Wildlife department hunt is limited to once in a lifetime due to the low number of people drawn verses the number of applicants. It's supposed to give more people a chance to get drawn. The only bad thing is that I got lucky and was drawn when I was 31 for a cow tag. So now I'm done.

 

[ignerntbend]

Thanks crazyfish,
I didn't understand the difference.
The refuge hunt is where you really want to draw out.