Elk dilemma!

[MattySuto]

ill go with ya and take down the 7 so you know hes not gonna be a around anymore and they you can use your tag so it dont go to waste

[Jonathan_S]

Shoot a cow.
They eat better.

This is all you talk about 2MANY   

"I ate a cow once"

"I ate a cow twice"

"Shoot a cow
They eat better."

Those are the last three posts of yours that I recall seeing.

[swwaoutdoorsman]

Go for the 7 the entire early season save your toutle tag for late season  good luck 

[billythekidrock]

So i was fortunate enough to draw the archery toutle bull tag this year. After much scouting both state and Weyco lands, i have a dilemma. I was up in one of my favorite old elk Areas  bear hunting for a coupe of days that was not in the tootle. I have been on this toad of a 7x7 bull already herded up and pushing his cows around with at satellite 6x6 on the outskirts.    There has been no bugling yet but i have herd the 7 do a single chuckle here and there. So i guess my question is do i use the one week worth of time off that i have to make my attempt on the big boy for the opener, for maybe two days? Or do i save it and wait for toutle?

I am in the same situation and it is a good situation to be in.

Quality Toutle permit, the first three weeks of Sept off and a few bulls patterned locally. Though not 7x, I would gladly take a 5x the first week and not have to spend the time and money down south.

Right now my plan is to hunt the first 5-8 days locally and then head to the Toutle a couple days after the opener.

[b0bbyg]

I would go where you know.  Last year I had the same tag. We hunted our old areas for the opener figuring we would drift into the Toutle later after it opened.  Took a nice 4X4 opening day.

 Could have waited to try for a little larger bull later in the season but could not pass up a clean shot on a bull.  And he eats just fine 

Plus I did not see any bulls in the 7x7 class while scouting in the toutle.