We primarily hunt the north end of the unit a few miles from where the 21 road separates Starkey and Ukiah. We have a good canyon that is about ½ mile from the Starkey experimental fence and acts as a natural funnel where the elk move through. With the roads being closed to motorized traffic its right at a four mile hike to the canyon. But it has always been a producer. We generally leave 2 to 3 hours before light so we can be sitting up there when it gets light. I would like to think I have finally got smarter, probably just lazier that’s why I got all set up to backpack hunt so I don’t have to make that 8 mile round trip each day. And that 8 miles doesn’t even include the other hiking we do around there.      

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What part of Starkey do you hunt? All the years that we have been hunting Starkey it has been in the same area. My father has been hunting there over 20 years. A few times we have had to move when the snow was too deep but that doesn't happen too often. I'm like you if you have a good thing going I would not change a thing

That's why my father and I took up the bows so we would have a chance at chasing bulls every year that we don't draw a bull tag. I wish I could get up there this year since I have spent so many great years hunting in Starkey. It is by far my favorite place to hunt to date.