Dayton Quality Elk hunt 2013

[toyman2]

My advice, careful on  the advice you take. The Wolf Fork is all private and the Table Rock isn't even in the unit.I don't mind helping but I do it a PM if i'm going to do it.

[furbearer365]

My advice, careful on  the advice you take. The Wolf Fork is all private and the Table Rock isn't even in the unit.I don't mind helping but I do it a PM if i'm going to do it.

The wolf fork is not all private, the upper half is forest, you just have to know where private starts.  But yes, be careful to know where that is

[Bigdaddy]

Thanks for the info, i'm hoping a GPS with the wa state chip will help with where private stops, and federal begains.   

[cohoho]

What a bunch of rubbish telling someone they shouldn't put in for a draw unless they know the area.  BS, look how many of you put in for AK hunts and how many of you put in for Montana, Wyoming, and other out of state hunts....  Yep- I can bet you do not have the area pre-scouted and know the lay of the land.   But of course once drawn time comes - it is time to get the boots on the ground and contacts made for sure.  Good luck too you, wish you all the success in this hunt. 

[ELKBURGER]

If everyone who wanted to draw a blues tag hunted the general seasons, there would be a ton of hunters in there.. All units, every season. Same logic with becoming a local......Those cities would explode in population. Some folks are just blessed to have been born and raised in that beautiful country or lucky enough to get a job and settle into that area.

[rosscrazyelk]

My advice, careful on  the advice you take. The Wolf Fork is all private and the Table Rock isn't even in the unit.I don't mind helping but I do it a PM if i'm going to do it.

The wolf fork is not all private, the upper half is forest, you just have to know where private starts.  But yes, be careful to know where that is

be careful tricky lines

[dvolmer]

Access is not an issue for most of the elk hunting in the dayton area.  Most of it is in the Nat Forest and open to everyone.  Wolf Creek and table rock are great areas.  scouting wont help you to much now because the animals will be in different spots in the fall then they are now.  My advice to anyone that gets this permit is to spend the deer season hunting in the Dayton area even if you don't normally do.  The one year and probably the only year in your life that you draw this permit I would not care wether or not you get a deer at all and just consentrate on elk so spend your deer season in there and who knows that maybe you will get a nice buck to boot because they have them in there too if you are lucky.  Big bull season starts the day after the deer season closes and by that time you should know right where the bull you want to shoot lives and hangs out.  Its never a for sure thing because that country can eat you alive.  We had tags in there in 2006 and 2007 and last year.  We have one tag in there this year.  The number of big bulls in there is way down from the 2006 and 2007.  That is why they cut the permit numbers i think in half.  Good luck!  you will see them but by the time you get to them they seem to disappear.

The guys on here are right.  Table rock is not in the area.  I meant to say Chase MT just up above Wolf Creek.  Lots of Nat forest on the top end of Wolf creek.

[huntnnw]

I have never hunted the Blues and will continue not to till I am drawn for a tag.

[TheBlues76]

My advice, careful on  the advice you take. The Wolf Fork is all private and the Table Rock isn't even in the unit.I don't mind helping but I do it a PM if i'm going to do it.

The wolf fork is not all private, the upper half is forest, you just have to know where private starts.  But yes, be careful to know where that is

From my understanding, the wolf fork is all private. North Touchet, the upper half is forest. But if you go poking around on wolf fork, you might run into a few locked gates.