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Re: Northeast WA Elk behavior
« Reply #15 on: March 16, 2013, 05:02:47 AM »
Guys must be hunting some popular places ., I hunt just south of Spokane all the way to Canada every year and I have run into 1 other bowhunter / muzzy  in the last 10 years .

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Re: Northeast WA Elk behavior
« Reply #16 on: March 17, 2013, 10:35:01 AM »
I never run into other hunters, well now I jinks it and probably will this year, lol.  No seriously, that's why I love hunting that corner, I wish archery opener would be later and not Sep 3rd.  It is a hit and miss up there. 

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Re: Northeast WA Elk behavior
« Reply #17 on: March 17, 2013, 11:01:33 AM »
I am local there are elk in very small pockets as the others have said the elk at very hard to find and when you find them you don't tell anyone else. If the word gets out where you find elk locals will swarm the spot I had a honey hole about 10 years ago that had lots of elk. People in my party killed a few elk and the word got out now if you go to hunt that spot there are always 1 or two other people hunting it.  The trick is to get way back off the many roads and put out salt that should get some elk coming in that is if there happens to be elk where you go. I have found spots that I would have though been the most amazing elk hunt spots and never see an elk. So with the Wolves it makes it even harder. But if you do your home work and do a lot of hiking you might findem but it wont be easy. You might get lucky every now and then I hear of guys getting bulls their first time out but not very often.
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Re: Northeast WA Elk behavior
« Reply #18 on: March 18, 2013, 09:28:13 PM »
Honestly, the best thing we could all do for the elk herds up here would be to just leave them alone for a few years and kill a bunch of the wolves. Too bad the commies won't let us hunt the boogers here.

We ought to write letters to both the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and our state reps about the situation. It can't hurt.
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Re: Northeast WA Elk behavior
« Reply #19 on: March 18, 2013, 10:12:43 PM »
people are already taking care of the wolves in places :chuckle:

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Re: Northeast WA Elk behavior
« Reply #20 on: March 18, 2013, 10:17:20 PM »
Honestly, the best thing we could all do for the elk herds up here would be to just leave them alone for a few years and kill a bunch of the wolves. Too bad the commies won't let us hunt the boogers here.

We ought to write letters to both the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and our state reps about the situation. It can't hurt.

 :yeah:

I'd love to see some proper management with emphasis on herd building.  That would require some work on winter holding areas though. 

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Re: Northeast WA Elk behavior
« Reply #21 on: March 18, 2013, 11:16:10 PM »
That started last year with no cow harvest

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Re: Northeast WA Elk behavior
« Reply #22 on: March 18, 2013, 11:43:43 PM »
 :yeah:

I had a cow in my sights that would have just been too easy, stood there looking at me 30 yards away broadside.  I passed.  She had a young one in tow and was probably still wet.

Went without elk meat that year.  (few years back)


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Re: Northeast WA Elk behavior
« Reply #23 on: March 18, 2013, 11:58:12 PM »
That started last year with no cow harvest

That was only for the bow hunters and only in the late season. The dfw still gave out just as many late rifle cow tags for the hunt after late archery. They only took our cow opportunities away.
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Re: Re: Northeast WA Elk behavior
« Reply #24 on: March 19, 2013, 01:36:11 AM »
That started last year with no cow harvest

That was only for the bow hunters and only in the late season. The dfw still gave out just as many late rifle cow tags for the hunt after late archery. They only took our cow opportunities away.

Exactly just another way to screw over archery guys to get more money from special draws

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Re: Northeast WA Elk behavior
« Reply #25 on: March 19, 2013, 01:52:54 AM »
That started last year with no cow harvest

That was only for the bow hunters and only in the late season. The dfw still gave out just as many late rifle cow tags for the hunt after late archery. They only took our cow opportunities away.




  MF used to be any elk but is now any bull. Please explain how this "only screws over the archery guys" when this ruling affects archery, muzzy and MF. Just curious how you come up with that. I have been hunting elk up there for more then 20+ years with different methods and I don't see it as "screwing anyone over". I see it as all user groups paying a price to help the herds.  :twocents:
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Re: Re: Northeast WA Elk behavior
« Reply #26 on: March 19, 2013, 02:09:38 AM »
That started last year with no cow harvest

That was only for the bow hunters and only in the late season. The dfw still gave out just as many late rifle cow tags for the hunt after late archery. They only took our cow opportunities away.




  MF used to be any elk but is now any bull. Please explain how this "only screws over the archery guys" when this ruling affects archery, muzzy and MF. Just curious how you come up with that. I have been hunting elk up there for more then 20+ years with different methods and I don't see it as "screwing anyone over". I see it as all user groups paying a price to help the herds.  :twocents:

 Sorry misspoke it late up with a teething two year old. Forgot about muzzy. I am in my late 20's I don't recall an Mf cow tag except in mount Spokane? As for helping the herd id be all for if they took it away for everyone. But to take cows from smokepole and archery but give them to rifle hunters makes no since. 

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Re: Re: Northeast WA Elk behavior
« Reply #27 on: March 19, 2013, 02:12:04 AM »
That started last year with no cow harvest

That was only for the bow hunters and only in the late season. The dfw still gave out just as many late rifle cow tags for the hunt after late archery. They only took our cow opportunities away.




  MF used to be any elk but is now any bull. Please explain how this "only screws over the archery guys" when this ruling affects archery, muzzy and MF. Just curious how you come up with that. I have been hunting elk up there for more then 20+ years with different methods and I don't see it as "screwing anyone over". I see it as all user groups paying a price to help the herds.  :twocents:

 Sorry misspoke it late up with a teething two year old. Forgot about muzzy. I am in my late 20's I don't recall an Mf cow tag except in mount Spokane? As for helping the herd id be all for if they took it away for everyone. But to take cows from smokepole and archery but give them to rifle hunters makes no since. 

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Re: Northeast WA Elk behavior
« Reply #28 on: March 19, 2013, 02:19:48 AM »
MF up North Stevens county was general any elk. Last year it changed to any bull. They didn't take away and give them to MF in that area, they just changed it to any bull. Unit 111 had cow tags (permits) for MF prior to last year as well. Across the river was any elk for MF archery and muzzy....not anymore. Now it's any bull.
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Re: Northeast WA Elk behavior
« Reply #29 on: March 19, 2013, 02:40:15 AM »
NWBREW I think you meant to say "were paying the price to feed the wolves"  :chuckle:

 


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