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Operator information

• Name: Milt Oman
• Phone: 435-747-7165
• Email: n/a

CWMU description

The Twin Peaks/Goose Creek Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit (CWMU) is the Twin Peaks CWMU with an extension to the Nevada and Idaho state-lines. Twin Peaks remains the highest elevation, around 8500 feet, now in the northwest corner elevation can reach 5300 feet. In the southwest the elevation reaches up to 7200 feet on Mountain Butte. More of Hardestry Creek is included with the extension, now Hardestry Creek ranges from 5300 feet to 7400 feet. In the north of the extension Goose Creek flows at about 5000 feet elevation. In the south Meadow Creek forms a great part of the south boundary, ranging from 5400 feet to 6000 feet. The most common elevation is 6800 feet but ranges from 5600 feet to 8500 feet with an elevation difference of 2900 feet. Fifty percent (50%) of the CWMU elevation ranges between 6700 feet and 7700 feet an elevation difference of 1000 feet.

The eastern side of the Twin Peaks/Goose Creek Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit (CWMU) is dominated by Inter-Mountain Basins Montane Sagebrush Steppe (62) land cover. The western side is dominated by Inter-Mountain Basins Big Sagebrush Shrubland (48). Particularly, on the western side are large areas of Great Basins Pinyon-Juniper Woodland (37). There are patches of Inter-Mountain Basins Semi-Desert Grassland (76) and Agriculture (114) on the western side.

One of the Twin Peaks - Goose Creek Cooperative Wildlife Mangement Unit (CWMU) nearest weather stations, GROUSE CREEK (423486), is about 9.3 km south from the south edge of the CWMU. GROUSE CREEK has forty-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.

Location

• Counties: Box Elder
• Wildlife management unit(s): Box Elder

Access contact

• Name: Milt Oman
• Phone: 435-747-7165
• Best time to contact: Monday-Friday, 6AM-7AM

Property size

An estimate of the property size and the public/private composition

Drawing odds

Drawing odds are the odds of obtaining a permit for this CWMU.

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. This is a five-year average.

Hunter success

Hunter success is the percent of hunters who successfully harvested an animal, reported for years in which data is available.

Average age

An estimate of average animal age

Hunting opportunities (acres, days and dates)

The opportunity to hunt on this CWMU depends on the type of animal hunted

Available hunting permits

Private indicates that there are permits available for sale by the CWMU operator

Common questions

Rules of conduct

• None specified