Hunting Washington Forum

I have been hunting Washington state with little success for about 5-6 years now. I put the time in scouting, setting trail cams and do my research but have at this point only harvested one doe. I grew up hunting in Illinois but as you can imagine the country is very different and blackmail and elk are very different from whitetail. I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to hunt with someone or a group that has experience hunting big game in western Washington, especially around Bellingham GMUs 407 and 448.

I wouldn't call the gun light but man it's well built.

Excellent Blacktail gun imo.

Can’t go wrong with a German wiredhair pointer from Jeff and Heidi over at Three Devils Kennels, absolute bird crazy dogs.

Thanks for the pms. It’s very helpful.

Quote from: howlow on November 06, 2018, 06:54:03 PM

My dad hunted the clockum  in the 60's and 70's said there were more camps and people than there are now up there
I wonder how crazy it must have been then if that was the case.  Anyone have stories from back then?

I imagine it was as crazy as much of the wetside back in 70's and 80's.  Stories could go on for quite a bit, really sounded like the wild west.  But....as crazy as the behavior was and having tons more people....it sure seemed like lots more elk were getting put in the dirt.

Probably why it's been spike only on the Eastside for the last 25 years.