Coweeman Jan 1st cow tag???

[BENCHLEG]

Congrats. Go get one for the boy.

[RClare1223]

Went up to help some friends yesterday we filled 4 out of 5 tags. 3 had hoof rot. But they were still pretty healthy. With the exception of 1 that had been shot 3 times probably at the start of the jan tag. We lost some meat on her from that but we were glad she didnt all go to waste. She would have never made it through winter. 

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

My son got his today. We were the only ones in the area today. We tried to go out the bottom and the gate was closed, so we went back over the top. That is how i know we were alone.

200 yard shot and my 13 year old put 2 in her and she went down, he had a perfect rest (flat stump). Saw 3 bulls, 2 were very nice. Pics are on the camera so i will post later.

He shoots a 270 win, with 130 grain coreloks. And they performed flawlessly.

And after 5 hours of packing out elk i am done hunting for the season.

[firedog]

How about all the sprays they are using on the clearcuts these days?  Perhaps it blocking something internally?  If you look at the hoof rot its predominantly around timberlands where they spray their new cuts.  Those sprays are nasty and kill everything.

That has been my guess also, either the sprays or the fertilizers or a combo of both. Hope they figure it out and soon.

[huntmando]

We pulled one out of there first thing yesterday morning.  A very nice healthy cow, no
signs of hoof rot at all.  We got in to them in different spots every time we were in there.
Having my four year old boy with me this time I couldn't pass on the situation, and him
wanting to hold a leg as I unzipped her was icing on the cake. 

[Royal47]

Well after 4 full days of hunting and thinking my hunting season was done, I was fortunate to get one more chance for a cow. We saw more bulls than we had ever seen before but were having a hard time getting on the cows. On the 4th day we saw 4 cows leave a patch of trees and enter a clear cut from about a half mile away. Scrapperdude and I made the best stock we have ever been fortunate enough to pull off. We put ourselves in a great position to shoot at 100 yards up the hill. They had no idea we were there. I was so excited as I have shot many whitetail growing up in the midwest but had never got a shot at an elk. This was my chance and I completely blew my shot...ouch. I couldn't believe it. I had waited 9 years to get drawn for a cow. I thought for sure there would be blood and it would be laying in the trees but we found nothing. This was our last day and my chance for my first elk was gone. Or so I thought...fortunately I was able to get a day off from work on Tuesday the 15th for one last chance. We were on elk 3 minutes into the hunt and 15 minutes later I was blessed to harvest my first elk. Not a huge one but definitely not a calf. Thanks to the many hunters that have communicated with me over the last 2 months on this site!