Unit 681 (Bear River)

[cabochris]

300winmag I like your handle and this is nothing against you but... over the years I've read your post several times now and just have to respond.  The one where you make a case as for why locals get upset with out of town hunters and mess with their stuff...  Some people just seem to think they own the woods?  Well as a business owner I pay my fair share of taxes and have just as much access Rights as locals!  Walk-in or no walk-in.  Unfortunately in Washington State our hunting is controlled politically and by Liberal thinking.  So is our fishing and I for one as a law abiding citizen, am tired of being harassed every time I go in the field by law enforcement- sometimes twice a day!  They remind me of the Nazi SS with nothing better to do and unfortunately I have to comply with their "Power Kick" demands!  The last thing I'll put up with is to be additionally harassed by local hunters who think they own the land!  Get angry at the Dept. of Wildlife for the lousy hunting they've created for us- not at each other!  Locals have no Right to destroy my property just because I'm from out of town!  Some may find this funny... but to them I say be careful who's stuff you mess with, because you just might mess with the wrong person

[grundy53]

You've been holding that in for 7 years?

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Wow!!
not sure why this thread was drug out of the archives. or why you blasted 300winmag...
Seems like he was understanding both sides... 
After 7 years of hunting down there I still have yet to have any issues with other hunters.
Made some new friends that I see every year, shared rides and campfires (and a little whiskey)
Even have the ph# to get a guy to come unlock the gate if I get an animal down.
Not sure why you have an issue with LEO's, the ones I have met have been very helpful.
But then, I like getting information from them, locals also.
Most locals I have met only hunt in morning, then go fishing.
They do not care where you are camped, they have houses...
I agree that nobody has the right to mess with your stuff, but I would not be blaming "locals".
I also do not understand how someone could pitch their camp right where you have been watching a bull for 3 months in an area closed to overnight camping?
but then, a 7 year old 

THERE ARE NO ELK IN 681 !! they all ran over to 506

[grundy53]

They are certainly not in the 506.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

They are certainly not in the 506.

Sure they are, you just have to have a WH permit. 

[grundy53]

Nope, I think most swam the Columbia and are in Oregon. The rest headed for the blues.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

O.K., I will go along with that.
Heading down for the 4th to check my trail camera, was a herd heading south when I put it up...
Hopefully a few stragglers wandered past on their way to Oregon.