first Rimrock scout trip in the books

[Seatown5]

At last, i made it over to 364. Which is hopefully where my dreams come true. Learned quite a bit  during my first weekend there.  the only gas station is at white pass, make sure to fill up add you enter unit.  No cell reception anywhere. Make sure your ac doesn't burn out, especially when its 103 degrees out.  Now the good stuff.  We saw six legal bucks! About 40 head of elk which was very uplifting and one three point bull, plus two spikes.  All that was from the car though. I just wanted to get a lay of the land. Every time i did try and hike i got stopped by a wall of trees. When you are hiking this unit do most of you use the common hiking trails or do you bring a machete. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Oh yeah, never expected tosee so many camps in Conrad Meadows, that kind of sucks.

[wildmanoutdoors]

Ya, Conrad is not were the Elk hang out. Lol

[Craig]

Lots of horse camps it Conrad during hunting season.

[et1702]

Yeah, its a ZOO Labor Day weekend with all the campers.  People from the lake all the way to the top!  Sucks, because there are a lot of idiots out shooting guns, driving 4x4 trails and roads, the weekend before Archery season starts on Tuesday.  Elk get bumped out of areas and you need to figure out where they go when they feel pressured.

ET

[Elkrunner]

Steep, rugged and thick in this unit...

[buglebuster]

Im surprised at all the reports of seeing multiple bucks in this unit. Its not known for its deer, I've spent alot of time in there and hardly seen any. Glad to hear they are making a comeback.

[wildmanoutdoors]

Yeah, its a ZOO Labor Day weekend with all the campers.  People from the lake all the way to the top!  Sucks, because there are a lot of idiots out shooting guns, driving 4x4 trails and roads, the weekend before Archery season starts on Tuesday.  Elk get bumped out of areas and you need to figure out where they go when they feel pressured.

ET

The Elk dont just leave because of Labor Day weekend. 4x4ing, shooting ect happen all summer. The Elk that are in the area are used to it.
Just like Little Natches, Nile, Bumping ect. We use it for 4 x 4 ing all summer. As do many others. As well shooting were legal.
Only an idiot would make a statement like that calling others idiots because there legally using a resource that was made for these types of activities. Maybe you should hunt off the roads!

[ridgefire]

Don't let all the people around Conrad

[gasman]

Yeah, its a ZOO Labor Day weekend with all the campers.  People from the lake all the way to the top!  Sucks, because there are a lot of idiots out shooting guns, driving 4x4 trails and roads, the weekend before Archery season starts on Tuesday.  Elk get bumped out of areas and you need to figure out where they go when they feel pressured.

ET

Hey, I resemble those remarks 





The elk are there, you just got to find the dark hole they are hiding in.

[firepin]

The Elk dont just leave because of Labor Day weekend. 4x4ing, shooting ect happen all summer. The Elk that are in the area are used to it.
Just like Little Natches, Nile, Bumping ect. We use it for 4 x 4 ing all summer. As do many others. As well shooting were legal.
Only an idiot would make a statement like that calling others idiots because there legally using a resource that was made for these types of activities. Maybe you should hunt off the roads!

 

[coxral]

Hunted that area a couple times, late season, had a blast, some good comical stories, and 1 trip to last a lifetime with my youngest daughter who was about 6-7 yo! Oh, never got anything, saw deer, elk and bear! Good luck to ya!

[Skyvalhunter]

There will be a ton of people over there come the opener!!

[Rooster1981]

Yeah, its a ZOO Labor Day weekend with all the campers.  People from the lake all the way to the top!  Sucks, because there are a lot of idiots out shooting guns, driving 4x4 trails and roads, the weekend before Archery season starts on Tuesday.  Elk get bumped out of areas and you need to figure out where they go when they feel pressured.

ET

Elk are pretty smart when it comes to human traffic, they don't leave they just bunker down.
   A few years ago I was on the Nanum on labor day weekend. My family set out for a picknick. We found a meadow and parked then proceded to eat out lunch. A few minutes latter a small heard of elk came out of the timber about ten cows with a few spikes in tow. We sat and watched the elk while we ate, with no warning the elk walked right back into the timber. About a minute latter we could hear a jeep coming into the spot we were at. The jeep drove up  turned around and left never seeing the elk. About two minutes after the jeep left the elk came right back out to the meadow and proceded to eat there lunch as we ate ours. These animals adapt very quickly to high human traffic, they have to in order to survive.

[wildmanoutdoors]

 
For sure!
2 years ago when Little Natches opened for Cows I hunted Cows right in the valley who were on the same route all summer. That labor day weekend was full of Jeeps, bikes ect and these Elk never gave it a second look.

By Friday I had them patterend and shot one right in the middle of everyone. These Elk did not feel pressured all summer until guys started stalking them on tuesday....

[bigbds61]

Heading up that way on August 2nd to do some scouting.  Got a any bull tag to fill during modern season.  Good to hear there are animals in the area.  Will be solo for most of the hunt from Oct. 23rd on so if there are any others out there interested in getting connected up let me know.