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[mossback91]

no clue........knock on some doors

[ICEMAN]

Are you just beginning to look now?

[Skyvalhunter]

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[Wenatcheejay]

I am in the same boat as you are. I have the any bull tag. I will PM you where we have seen the cows. If I had your tag I could have filled it 50 times over. We passed on a two point on opening day. I know where there are about a dozen HUGE bulls but the landowner is feeding them alfalfa by the truckload through the hunting season to hold them there.

[Hoytstaffshooter83]

I would say ask around, knock on doors, from my experience most ranchers hate elk due the crop and fence damage they do.. I personally have never hunted the area in question but that would be my guess, Im sure it wouldnt take long if you told them you drew a special tag for a cow.....

[NCWCracker]

I think there is a public access off of Red Bridge Rd. ...maybe Whiel Rd..
Gated, walk in area if I remember right.

[Cougeyes]

Yeah there is American Forest Resource land off Weihl road that you an walk into and you can hunt above the Teanaway river and above some of those farm fields.  Just remember the Teanaway unit isn't strictly in the Teanaway, you can hunt close to the top of snoqualmie pass on the north side of I-90.  Easton ridge and up by lake cle elum can be good as well, also up on cle elum ridge and by Ronald, but watch for the private chunks of land up there. 

[NWTFhunter]

I am in the same boat as you are. I have the any bull tag. I will PM you where we have seen the cows. If I had your tag I could have filled it 50 times over. We passed on a two point on opening day. I know where there are about a dozen HUGE bulls but the landowner is feeding them alfalfa by the truckload through the hunting season to hold them there.

Would this rancher be violating any game rules ?

[rougheye]

Alot of those guys feed the elk up there and they dont care . Last year the local gamie even told me which ones do , he said he hates it when they do that but OH WeLL .

[Wenatcheejay]

I am in the same boat as you are. I have the any bull tag. I will PM you where we have seen the cows. If I had your tag I could have filled it 50 times over. We passed on a two point on opening day. I know where there are about a dozen HUGE bulls but the landowner is feeding them alfalfa by the truckload through the hunting season to hold them there.

Would this rancher be violating any game rules ?

No, they legally can not be stopped. I got a detailed E-mail from the Game Warden in the area that explains what is going on. It is yet another reason to hate liberals. BTW it is a landowner, I don't think if you saw the area you'd call him a rancher. He is a rancher wantabe. I have talked to people who have wasted 12 preference points for the hunt this year. (Very Unfair)

[Watimberghost]

My folks live over in Cle Elum. The actually live right next door to the "rancher" you guys are talking about. I agree, it sucks for the tag holders, but those bulls have wintered there for years. There's a small patch of public land nearby, but they wont be holdin up in there. I'm over here for Christmas and today we saw 14 Big bulls.

[deerslyr]

head up by lake cle elum and take the road to french cabin creek....plenty of elk in there.

[bobcat]

Man I don't know if there'd still be elk up French Cabin Creek. I haven't been over there but there must be 6 feet of snow up there by now! 

[whipfish]

I covered a lot of the Teanaway area today without seeing any elk at all. The biologist told me about a guy in Ronald who is feeding about 50 elk, but there doesn't appear to be any land near by where they can be hunted.

[runamuk]

I covered a lot of the Teanaway area today without seeing any elk at all. The biologist told me about a guy in Ronald who is feeding about 50 elk, but there doesn't appear to be any land near by where they can be hunted.

The guy who feeds has a small amount of acreage 20-40 acres and raises high dollar horses.  He feeds them to keep them out of his pastures and barn (they will destroy fences for feed)..... the land around him USED to be plum creek timber co land but it was all bought up by trendwest........ there are some some nice elk in there but no public land due to Trendwest.  Back up toward Easton there is alot of private land, some owned by hunting friendly some not..... you may want to knock on some doors.... I had friends up there who always got an elk, yes occasionally in their backyard  I don't know anyone up there now or I would hook you up.   

The big problem up there is a bunch of land that was timber company and public got traded around for private land so one of the elks main wintering areas is now all locked up on private property.

French Cabin creek can be good but the snow gets deep and a snowmobile is almost neccessary to get in or snowshoes.  Good luck, these are my old stompin grounds and there are ALOT of elk just tough to find them on huntable land anymore.  If all else fails hit the Old number 3 and ask around a bit 

[runamuk]

Ya...once again....just a guy feeding his pet elk! Talked to a guy from the forest service and he said that there isn't any access around where those elk are at! Surprise!!!

Forest service sold the land along with plum creek so go talk to trendwest about access.....

Say whatever you want I know the guy.  He tried to get wdfw to do something about the elk they wouldn't so he gave up and started feeding them.  BTW he is a hunter, but his land is too small to allow every tom, dick, and harry to hunt, besides where's the sport in hunting elk eating alfalfa 

[whipfish]

I might make one last trip this weekend. If anyone has any more suggestions, I would appreciate hearing them.

[rougheye]

I might make one last trip this weekend. If anyone has any more suggestions, I would appreciate hearing them.

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