Ryderwood or Willapa for late season elk?

[Little Fish]

Anyone hunt either of these units during the late season? If so...how are the crowds?

[Hoytstaffshooter83]

not that bad if you get off the beaten path...... same as anywhere really, I have no idea where im hunting elk, this early season for me was awful

[bullcanyon]

Haven't hunted the willapa in the late season, but the ryderwood gets busy on the weekends.  If you can head out on a week day.  It won't be crowded.  Hope for some snow.  Makes the hunting pretty good in there.

[Little Fish]

With the roads open its tough getting off the beaten path. I figure the next best thing is fewer people in the woods.

[beav1980]

I have hunted Ryderwood for years.  This will be my first year hunting there in archery but I can tell you there is alot of people that hunt that unit.  It seems that there is more people every year.  I know that there wasnt hardly anything killed in early archery or muzzy but you never know you might be able to to get one of those hoof rotted cows!! I would hunt the willapa hills much better hunting.

[spin05]

Ive gone in the 1000 line in willapa a few times.Last year there was too much snow were i hunt thou.

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

1000 line is washed out at the first or second bridge according to the wherehouser guys.

[spin05]

I find it hard to believe they havnt fixed that yet.It is a mainline after all.Sounds like lumber jacks trying to keep some hunters out to me...

[280ackley]

I find it hard to believe they haven't fixed that yet.It is a mainline after all.Sounds like lumber jacks trying to keep some hunters out to me...

They aren't going to fix it any time soon, if ever.  At least that is what I have been told.

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

It wasn't a logger that told us that... And we were also told that they were thinking it will be a long while before they fix it, if they ever do.

[Bookworm]

All of the Weyerhaeuser land that makes up the west end of the Ryderwood unit is now walk in only. Like was said before it might be a while before they fix some of the bridges.

[spin05]

This all from that storm last year????Can you go around the bridge on some of those lower roads?

[Bookworm]

Sure it's all open. You just have to walk or ride a non-motorised vehicle. And yes it's all from the storm last December. As far as I know the only bridge left standing is about ten miles upriver from Pe Ell.

[spin05]

Wow i know our normal elk by willapabay was hammered and they are logging like grazy there.

[280ackley]

Wow i know our normal elk by willapabay was hammered and they are logging like grazy there.

It's been almost a year of logging nothing but blowdown.  There still is a lot on the ground.