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Offline kreed93

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GMU 356 Bumping
« on: February 03, 2016, 10:26:26 AM »
New to the area and looking for any tips on Unit 356 (Bumping). Thank you

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Re: GMU 356 Bumping
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2016, 09:12:39 AM »
Look us up. White Pass Outfitters
I have hunted,guided and outfitted in that unit for over 20 yrs.
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Re: GMU 356 Bumping
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2016, 09:20:48 AM »
I was going to say- if you want to hunt Bumping look into using an outfitter. Either that or having your own horses, or plan on being in exceptional shape.

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Re: GMU 356 Bumping
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2016, 09:42:38 AM »
Steep and Deep! :tup:
Slap some bacon on a biscut and lets go, were burrnin daylight!

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Re: GMU 356 Bumping
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2016, 10:22:32 AM »
Steep and Deep! :tup:

I'll second that.  I walk an average of 10mi a day, up and down elevation, and I feel beat every day I'm in that unit.  I'll second the horses though.  Lots of water to cross and great ground miles in.
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Re: GMU 356 Bumping
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2016, 03:08:14 PM »
A sea of trees. Hunting the westside for years, I felt overwhelmed by the size of that unit last season and lack of open ground at the low to mid elevations.

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Re: GMU 356 Bumping
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2016, 08:20:01 PM »
Hunted the unit last year with a buddy who had a bull tag. It's steep and deep alright. He shot a 5x6 opening day. By the end of the day we were close to 20 miles after packing meat. We scouted two days prior to the hunt and were in the elk pretty heavy. Horses would defenitly be a plus in the unit.
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Re: GMU 356 Bumping
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2016, 06:12:33 AM »
Have good footwear. Have to be a ninja to climb over all the logs that are in that unit. Some areas are thick, others are not.

Another tip is to use the search bar at the top. Lots of threads on the unit.

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Re: GMU 356 Bumping
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2016, 10:04:34 AM »
I've hunted a few states for elk now, and the bumping is still my favorite unit by far. Classic elk country.

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Re: GMU 356 Bumping
« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2016, 07:09:51 AM »
Hunted it in the past, lots of elk up American ridge. Other hunters drive past it to get back in the hills.

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Re: GMU 356 Bumping
« Reply #10 on: February 29, 2016, 01:36:42 PM »
ill second third and fourth the steep and deep . but amazing beautiful country and it holds elk ! just make friends with google earth find some good land with food / water cover some north facing slopes for shade and go check it out ! in june july scouting you wanna find cows and cows only if you hit bulls in early summer come September chances are they will have split and trying to find the cows  :twocents: Im no pro tho so who cares what I say
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Re: GMU 356 Bumping
« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2016, 07:00:28 AM »
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Re: GMU 356 Bumping
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2016, 07:28:05 AM »
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Re: GMU 356 Bumping
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2016, 09:07:31 PM »
Here is my 2 cents.  There should be twice as many archery elk bull tags given out in this unit.  Present rate with point creep it takes more than 7 points to draw.  Lucky if you get one every 10 years.


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Re: GMU 356 Bumping
« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2016, 06:52:04 PM »
 :yeah: true like it before 2009. I'll have 14 points next year and iv been applying for that archery  bull tag for 10 years

 


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