Big Game Hunting > Elk Hunting |
How did your archery elk opener go? |
<< < (6/8) > >> |
bobcat:
Thanks Funkster. Yeah I figured you were busy hunting. That's a good enough excuse for me. ;) I'm curious about access to Weyerhaeuser land. Of course I haven't received my access info from the WDFW yet and my hunt is only 2 weeks away. But, the guy did tell me it wouldn't be sent out until the end of Sept, so I wasn't really expecting it yet anyway. Last I heard motorized vehicle access on Weyerhaeuser was still closed due to fire danger. So I'm guessing you guys were either walking in behind gates or were hunting state land? |
funkster:
Bobcat,Yeah,the tree farm was still closed due to fire. We hunted both the state land and some of the tree farm across the 4100 bridge on bikes. The WDFW did give 3 maps of the area with the damage areas highlighted and potential access areas shown as well. They did say if the weather was on are side they would open up the gates during the week only. I checked the hotline every day, sometimes twice a day as it rained 3 days straight. They did not open the gates at all. You should have a good hunt with a muzzle loader we could have taken 8 respectable bulls if we had a muzzle loader and they should still be bugling. I think the hot weather stalled the rut action for about a week or so. Alot of the bulls we got on were just not ready to commit yet. Good luck with your hunt and keep us posted. BTW,get a bear tag! We saw two bears and my dad almost got a shot at one at 17 yards away. The bear spooked when my dad took the arrow out of his quiver. |
boneaddict:
Great looking bull finman. Tell your brother congrats....better yet, get him to sign up and we'll congratulate him in person. :tup: |
LongTatLaw:
There are some great elk on here...nice to see people are doing well!!! :) Here is a pic of my very first elk ever! He is a 2007 WA archery 5x5 taken from a tree stand at 1 yard! |
dreamingbig:
It went great. I was blessed with the opportunity to take this spike on opening morning at 7:30am. He isn't the biggest, but I also couldn't be picky since I didn't have a branch antlered permit. He came running into my cow calls and stopped broadside at 30 yards. One shot from my Hoyt Trykon XL was all it took. He went only 25 yards after the shot before expiring. A larger spike came into my calls while I was sitting there waiting to track the one I shot. It was an exciting couple hours of bowhunting. DB |
Navigation |
Message Index |
Next page |
Previous page |