eastside elk? why?

[SniperDanWA]

The territory reminds me of Colorado.  I love the mix of rock and trees.  The ups and downs of the hunt.  Now, I don't like the party hunting, the pumpkin patch (yes, I'm modern), or the spike only unless drawn.  My love for the hunt, the open land, and my desire to get into a thicket drives me.  I'm also instilling in my son the tenaciousness of hunting where God alone knows where the majestic animals roam, eat, grow and prosper.  We learn and we grow each time.  It is worth every step of every mile I walk and every word shared with him.  Based on our history of hunting, every hunt is special whether an animal is won or lost.

We, my son and I, plan to switch to archery next year and that may open up a desire to try other lands, but even now as I write this I expect to stay dry versus wet.

[B.G.hunter]

You can have that $hit hole on the west side 

Yes you tell them 400!

[carpsniperg2]

I am not a trophy hunter for elk! Any elk will do for me. I have spent so many days not seeing elk and hunting hard to only get a couple. I will be darned if I will pass a legal elk here! That being said I think I might switch to west side next year. The fire messed with me a lot this year. I am happy hunting those rag horns on the rainy side

[Russ McDonald]

I have been reading this thread and had to put in my  .  I get the staying dry and stuff over there but hell you all got to deal with fires all the time.   Granted this has been a bad year but the last couple years I have been here the eastside is pretty damn dry during the beginning of the season.  I hunt muzzy for elk.  Until I get my area that I want to hunt nailed down I will be on the wetside as you all call it.  Just got to have good rain gear. 

[X-Force]

Try hunting true spike for a year if you are looking for one of the most challenging hunts in this state for otc. Lots of elk and maybe 1 in 70 is a true spike.

[Button Nubbs]

For all you guys who say its beautiful over there I'd have to agree! One of my favorite things to do is chase mulies over there. But I must say I might go crazy if I had a big bull standing in range during season and couldn't shoot him. I'm not a trophy hunter by any means and would shoot a cow 1st day of the season if I could but I do love the racks! 1...2...3... Shoot!

[ghosthunter]

We I grew up hunting blacktails back when we had new clear cuts every year and no locked gates. But we always went east for elk,Nile,Bumping,Bethel Ridge.
I like it because there are vast amounts of public land not locked up. No discover pass or timber company permit. 5years ago I switched to muzzy for elk and I have never looked back. Back than it was two of us. This year it will be 8. We dont pull travel trailers or ride atvs. We drive into our area set up tents and hunt out of camp.
I also stopped burning a lot of boot leather. I find a spot with trails intersecting and I put up a ground blind and I sit. In three years of doing that I have killed two elk a spike and a cow and I missed a cow. More elk than I ever killed rifle hunting and more than I ever saw on the west side.
I like the dry crisp weather.
Every hunter has their element. It may be high hunts or low hunts,west hunts or east, tree stand or ground blind. Hiking or sitting.
When you find it you will be at ease there. It takes great resolve to sit in one place and stick it out confident that the animal will come and you will get that one chance. It is a test. Sometimes we are ready for it sometimes not.

east side

[oldleclercrd]

In my opinion we need to split the state so we dont have to pay for all the westsiders roads with high gas prices/taxes. I wouldnt mind the eastside making a state with Idaho's panhandle Stir the pot.....yes. Although I meant what I said 

[ghosthunter]

I think that some guys who never get a chance at a elk do it to their selves they work against their selves. Rushing around,racing to the top, got to be at this special place first. I gave that up , if someone is there first I move away. Hunting has become too conpetivtive , even if you are hunting alone some guys compete against themselves.
As soon as you decide that it doesn't mater if you get a elk as soon as you just relax and enjoy the quiet time. The elk will be there and if they aren't  than that's OK too.

I have a old guy in my camp. He is good natured every day. Gets up late cook breakfast for anyone still in camp. Sanders out 100 yard off the road to hunt mule deer. Come back at 11 am and bakes pies, maybe will go out in the evening to hunt. 12 guys in deer camp he killed a 3 pt or bigger every year for 3 years ,and a doe on the of fyears with a doe tag. he would be on his spot at 8 am and have a buck by 10 am. But if it didnt happen he could care less. He said to be once, "You want one too bad" And the deer sense it.
Maybe they do.

[huntnnw]

Not understanding the post... we have to choose tags here.. I live in spokane and put in for Blues tags I dont draw oh well I hunt NE WA and never would I be forced to hunt spike only areas..not hunting in my eyes.

[mdbuck5x5]

In my opinion we need to split the state so we dont have to pay for all the westsiders roads with high gas prices/taxes. I wouldnt mind the eastside making a state with Idaho's panhandle Stir the pot.....yes. Although I meant what I said 

Thank you!

[huntnnw]

 

[sebek556]

  then wolves would be delisted also 

[mdbuck5x5]

then wolves would be delisted also 

Hmmm I like that!

[JimmyHoffa]

the eastside making a state

NO, you guys can't leave....then I fall into the most backwoods-hillbilly-redneck in WA.  With eastsiders in the state, that's a title I'm likely to never hold.