umptanum!!!

[Fullabull]

that tag said any bull, that is any bull  Congrats on a nice bull, your going to enjoy that meat   

[scottcrb]

here's a couple more pics from mine and MFowlers muzzy elk hunt. It was a great experience and two years of hard work to get some elk meat in the freezer. hope everyone else has some good luck too.

[carpsniperg2]

Hell can't blame you. I filled a any bull tag with a cow one year I just love to eat elk.

[sled]

  Ive been on the manastash since thursday.  Havnt seen an elk yet.  Brother in law comes tonight with a cow tag.  Dont know what to tell him.  I am around tammarack springs.  Nobody around here know i know why.  This is the worst i have ever seen.  If somone has suggestions for a cow tag im open.

[C-Money]

Nice bull! Good luck to the rest of you!

[bighunter]

im in the same boat sled. been hitting it hard and saw a big bull thats it. went up 1701 to bald mountain and didnt see anything but does. We have cow tags also

[low97ram]

we were up ALL THE WAY to the top of Bald Mtn Saturday and all we saw was 3 turkeys....but we did see 6 does on the way too..lol.   

[bighunter]

Thats how many we saw

[mrmoskillz]

Nice job!  I like how you showed respect by placing the wheat in its mouth for its last meal.  I also do that.

[chukar58]

Congrats on a nice elk... do not pass on an elk that you would shoot on the last day.

[CedarPants]

Just got back into town and I'll I can say is yes, there are elk in the Umtanum 

Didn't fill my tag, but my hunting partner did (I'll let him share the story).

One of my favorite parts of the hunt was Sunday evening.  We were down in a creek bottom that stretched deep into some flats, my buddy was ripping off a few bugles.  We came across a couple guys with cow tags, they later told us they could hear people on the radios talking about the a-holes in the bottom that were bugling.

Funny thing is, what they didn't know was that a big herd bull responded to my buddy's calls and came in screaming his brains out and brought his whole herd with him.  One of those same guys filled a cow tag, then we all laughed about everyone up top that was pissed off about the bugling in the bottom.  Too bad for them, they missed the show because they were too busy complaining about ..... hell, I have no idea what they were complaining about.  Their loss 

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Maybe they were upset the elks wernt in the middle of the road?   Maybe they should have dropped down for the action?

[CedarPants]

 

[Mfowl]

Nice job!  I like how you showed respect by placing the wheat in its mouth for its last meal.  I also do that.

That's cool! an ol'timer hunting the area we were in showed us that. I plan to keep that practice going on future harvests.
Just glad to have taken the next step in my big game hunting experience. I been a bird hunter of all sorts for my whole life but I been slowly getting in to big game over the last 5 years. Great to have some success in camp. I've eaten some elk in the past but I've never had a whole elk to eat. looking forward to trying a variety of recipes.
Time to focus on winged pursuits! good luck to all out there!

[elkhunter107]

not vocal because our great game dept let lose 17 hungry wolves 3 weeks ago on the ridge, can't tell you where because a biologist buddy said not too, i have the rifle any bull tag peaches ridge and been in there all summer hoping, say 2 bulls in 8 weekends, pretty tough going in the high country!!! low and water is all i can tell anyone..