Hanford Bulls

[Bearhunter]

Heres a few Hanford reservations bulls

[Head-shot]

WOW them are nice.

But how many people would eat them?

[MuleySniper]

Thats a cool pic, too bad that building in the background. Still nice to get to see some elk.
MS

[woodywsu]

Heres another cool pic. Are the swimming or cooling off? A lot of horn in this pic

[rosscrazyelk]

Those are awesome pictures. Do you work at the plant? I have thought about putting in for that unit but I hear the farmers charge thousands for you to access their property. Anyone know if this is true?

[Crunchy]

Hey Bearhunter,
I think a relative of yours just showed me those same pictures a couple of days ago.  His has two offices, one in Kent and one in Seattle.  Sound familiar?

[Bigshooter]

Both pics are awesome.

[kbyers]

I am sure that there are some farmers that charge to hunt their property or to access other land through their property, but check out the hiking trail Rattlesnake Ridge on this web site www.imacnw.org/maps.html  This will get you about 5 miles off highway 225.  I have hiked this trail, and others have told me that you can keep heading up the mountain, cross country, but I do not have any info on property boundaries.  Hope this helps.  Muleysniper, that building is part of the old town that was evacuated when the government took over the land.  I believe that that building is the old school house.  Would I eat the elk?  I grew up in the Tri Cities and have hunted and fished here all of my life.  I eat the salmon and ducks that I shoot off of the river.  I would eat the elk that I shot off of Rattlesnake Ridge.  They spend a lot of time in the apple orchards and vineyards on the SW side of Rattlesnake Mt.

[Bearhunter]

Crunchy, not sure who your talking about I dont have any relatives down that way there sure are some nice bulls on the refuge though!

[COUG]

What a great photo!  I saw a show that said the herd was getting so big that they had to transplant many of the animals.  Sounds like they have a good thing going over there.

Coug

[Red Dawg]

it seems there is a herd like that every year. i have one pic with 18 together. i will try to find it. dont get caught with a camera out there. they will throw you in the brig. right now there is 2 herds along 240/241 about 100 head a piece i have seen as many as 400 together in one spot. and yes the meat is quite delightful.

[robb92]

Nice pics, thanks for posting them!!

[Crunchy]

Bearhunter, the reason I asked was that a coworker showed them to me.  He said that a relative of his took them.  At least I thought that is what he said.  his family has land or land access out there.

[huntingnut]

We got three bulls just west of the DOE fence line about 15 years ago. It is hard to find a farmer that won't charge an arm and a leg to get on their property. There is some state land access by Prosser, I don't know where it is, but a customer just took one from there. That unit also has a longer season for modern and I believe it's any elk.

[Red Dawg]

i believe it now costs 5000 a head on martinez land. dont know about the rest. but a least they aren't getting deprivation money if they charge for the tags.