Last modified: Monday, July 06, 2009
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Cotton Junction
| Operator information |
| Operator name: | Gary Webb |
| Operator phone: | 801-836-8411 |
| Operator e-mail: | Webb@SouthCreekOutfitters.com |
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| Description |
The Cotton Junction CWMU is located on the Goose Creek Mountain near the Utah-Idaho border. Lower elevations are in Junction Valley ranging from 5600 feet in the north to 6200 feet in the south. These elevations rise to the west and attain heights of 8000 feet in the north and 6800 feet in the south. Basin Creek cuts the Unit about midway. It ranges from 6000 feet to 8600 feet. Short, Long and South Creeks (6000 feet to 7800 feet) cut the north part of the Unit. Quaking Aspen Creek, Little Pole Creek and First Creek (5800 feet to 6400 feet) cut the Unit in the south. The most common elevation is 6700 feet but ranges from 5700 feet to 8600 feet with an elevation difference of 2900 feet. Fifty-five percent (55%) of the CWMU elevation ranges between 6500 feet and 7800 feet an elevation difference of 1300 feet.
Most of the Cotton Junction Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit (CWMU), over seventy-five (75%), is covered with either Inter-Mountain Basins Montane Sagebrush Steppe (62) or Inter-Mountain Basins Big Sagebrush Shrubland (48). Four (4) other land cover types contribute almost equal amounts to the total land cover of the Unit, Great Basin Foothill and Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland (98), Great Basin Pinyon-Juniper Woodland (37), Agriculture (114), and Rocky Mountain Aspen Forest and Woodland (22).
One of the Cotton Junction Cooperative Wildlife Mangement Unit (CWMU) nearest weather stations, GROUSE CREEK (423486), is about 9.3 km north from the north edge of the CWMU. GROUSE CREEK has FORTH-NINE (49) years of records, 1959 - 2008. During the FALL (September, October and November) the average precipitation is 2.25 inches, but it can be as high as 4.42 inches or as low as 0.60 inch. During the 91-day FALL period, 16 days will experience greater than or equal to 0.01 inch of precipitation, 7 days of greater than or equal to 0.10 inch, or 1 day of the greater than or equal to 0.50 inch of precipitation. Snowfall during the FALL averages 3.6 inches but can be as high as 21.0 inches. FALL temperature at GROUSE CREEK averages 46.0 degrees F. but can be as high as 97.0 degrees F. or as low as -12.0 degrees F. During the FALL, 54 days will be below freezing (32 degrees F.) and 1 day above 90 degrees F.
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| Location |
| General location info |
Counties: |
Box Elder |
| Wildlife mgt unit: | Box Elder |
| Property size |
| An estimate of the property size and the public/private composition |
Total acres: |
31865 |
| Private acres: | 31145 |
| Public acres: | 720 |
| Drawing odds |
| Drawing odds are the odds of obtaining a permit for this CWMU. |
2007 drawing odds deer: |
1 in 4.8 |
| 2007 drawing odds elk: | n/a |
| 2007 drawing odds moose: | n/a |
| 2007 drawing odds pronghorn: | n/a |
| Satisfaction index |
| The satisfaction
index ranges from 1
to 5 with 5 being the
best. Hunters are
asked how they rate
their hunt and the
satisfaction index is
an average of those
responses. |
Buck deer satisfaction index: |
3.8 |
| Doe deer satisfaction index: | 3.8 |
| Bull elk satisfaction index: | n/a |
| Cow elk satisfaction index: | n/a |
| Bull moose satisfaction index: | n/a |
| Cow moose satisfaction index: | n/a |
| Buck pronghorn satisfaction index: | n/a |
| Doe pronghorn satisfaction index: | n/a |
| Wild turkey satisfaction index: | n/a |
| Average age |
| An estimate of average animal ages. |
Buck deer age: |
n/a |
| 2007 Bull elk age: | n/a |
| 2007 Bull moose age: | n/a |
| Hunting opportunities (acres, days and dates) |
| The opportunity to hunt on this CWMU can depend on the type of animal hunted. |
Buck deer acres: |
31865 |
| Buck deer days: | 5 |
| Buck deer dates: | 11/1-11/5 |
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| Bull elk acres: | 0 |
| Bull elk days: | 0 |
| Bull elk dates: | n/a |
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| Bull moose acres: | 0 |
| Bull moose days: | 0 |
| Bull moose dates: | n/a |
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| Buck pronghorn acres: | 0 |
| Buck pronghorn days: | 0 |
| Buck pronghorn dates: | n/a |
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| Doe deer acres: | 0 |
| Doe deer days: | 20 |
| Doe deer dates: | 8/15-9/15 |
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| Cow elk acres: | 0 |
| Cow elk days: | 0 |
| Cow elk dates: | n/a |
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| Cow moose acres: | 0 |
| Cow moose days: | 0 |
| Cow moose dates: | n/a |
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| Doe pronghorn acres: | 0 |
| Doe pronghorn days: | 0 |
| Doe pronghorn dates: | n/a |
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| Available hunting permits |
| Private indicates that there are permits available for sale by the CWMU operator |
Private buck deer: |
45 |
| Private bull elk: | 0 |
| Private bull moose: | 0 |
| Private buck pronghorn: | 0 |
| Public buck deer: | 5 |
| Public bull elk: | 0 |
| Public bull moose: | 0 |
| Public buck pronghorn: | 0 |
| Private doe deer: | 0 |
| Private cow elk: | 0 |
| Private cow moose: | 0 |
| Private doe pronghorn: | 0 |
| Public doe deer: | 0 |
| Public cow elk: | 0 |
| Public cow moose: | 0 |
| Public doe pronghorn: | 0 |
| Common questions |
| Guests allowed? |
Yes |
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| Hunting allowed on Sunday? |
Yes |
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| Pre-season scouting allowed? |
Yes |
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| Horses allowed? |
No |
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| ATV's allowed? |
No |
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| Guide service available? |
Yes |
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| Packing service offered? |
No |
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| Lodging/food available? |
Yes |
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| Camping allowed? |
Yes |
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| Handicapped accessibility? |
Yes |
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| Are maps available? |
Yes |
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| Other activities available? |
No |
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| Are there closed areas on the property? |
No |
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| Access contact |
| Access contact: |
Gary Webb |
| Best phone: |
801-836-8411 |
| Best time: |
anytime |
| Rules of conduct |
| Contact operator for rules listing |
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