ML elk camp 2014

[washelkhunter]

I hunted up there for a couple days with a friend.  I drove by just as you were shooting the quail.  I'm pretty sure you had to hold your fire because of me. 

We got into elk (lots) all around your camp.  Bummer that they were scarce once general started.

I remember you going by. I was thinking you guys probably thought I was deranged standing there holding my shotgun.   

[WSU]

I hunted up there for a couple days with a friend.  I drove by just as you were shooting the quail.  I'm pretty sure you had to hold your fire because of me. 

We got into elk (lots) all around your camp.  Bummer that they were scarce once general started.

I remember you going by. I was thinking you guys probably thought I was deranged standing there holding my shotgun.   

I was actually getting ready to shoot the quail until I realized they were in your camp!

[tarbabyone]

Only problem with saying you well not go unless you have a cow tag is that you have to buy the license and put in for the draw.  The game department gets the money and that is all they care about.  People need to stop buying the licenses.

[hughjorgan]

Well we didn't score out of GMU 352 out of 4 guns. Spike only hunt and my partner was chasing muley bucks as well. He never saw an elk nor a buck. I drew down on 3; 2 cows and a calf and busted up another small group , maybe 4-5. Got on a raghorn just for fun. We couldn't help but note that there were bulls around but very few cows. The toll of the last 2 years of the archers now being able to take antlerless along with spikes has imo been devastating. Keep shooting all the cows and in short order there wont be a hunt in there. Pity. I've seen the results of this poor decision of WDFW and Ware and have decided to no longer general ML hunt elk. I will no longer spend my time nor my fortune unless I draw a special permit or the MS elk tag; its just not worth my time any longer. All it has become is a nice campout. Anyhoo here are some pics from the ML hunt(?) camp this year. Enjoy.

There are plenty of cows behind the gate you were hunting. There were lots of cows in there in September, they didn't just evaporate into thin air, there still in there some where. Typical that you want to blame another user group for lack of elk. How many elk were you seeing in the three years they restricted archery to spike only? Did you guys manage to kill anything in those years when cow tags were restricted for all user groups?

[Payne]

Nice looking camp! Glad to see you got room for me next year! 

[washelkhunter]

Well a hat when we were in there 3 years ago before the ar cow allowance there were 2 large herds with big bulls that I was personally on several times with numerous satellite bulls running around and even then we never had shots at a spike. I believe my ascertion is valid. The only thing to have changed since then is the new ar cow take in those once bountiful units.  And there weren't plenty of cows in there in oct but there should have been. So stuff it. I'm not blaming AR, that lies with wdfw.

[hughjorgan]

Well a hat when we were in there 3 years ago before the ar cow allowance there were 2 large herds with big bulls that I was personally on several times with numerous satellite bulls running around and even then we never had shots at a spike. I believe my ascertion is valid. The only thing to have changed since then is the new ar cow take in those once bountiful units.  And there weren't plenty of cows in there in oct but there should have been. So stuff it.

There are still large herds of cows in there, though they are heavily hunted by archery hunters in September, not many cows are taken from what I have seen. I run cameras in there during the summer and always have lots of cows on camera. Hunting pressure can change how the herds use that area, but they are in the nile some where.