2015 cows post them here

[Lucky Eric]

No camera with us, but I notched my tag in 342 Wed afternoon.

[horsehunter509]

Colockum cow from Wednesday

[Antlershed]

Umtanum 11/6/15

[goosewhacker]

Colockum cow from Thursday

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[SniperDanWA]

Sniper..never did figure out how to post a pic off my iPad. I got a cow pic to add from archery season but don't know how. Can you help a brotha out?

The forum requires a pic format not supported by the camera; however, just pull up the pic in your photos and screenshot it.  Press quickly on power button and navigation button.  The screenshot is supported.

[SniperDanWA]

Drove to Bumping 356 on Friday of last week.  I had spent time in there this summer scouting and saw lots of good animals.  Traded PMs with a few on here too. 

I was in nice looking cows on Saturday (5), Sunday (9), Monday (2), and Tuesday (1).  One cow and I stared at each other for 10 minutes before she pranced off.  One cow barked 5 times so loud, I thought my ears were going to pop.  I was only 30 yards from her.  I could have had great shots every day, except my tag wasn't valid until Wednesday.  I saw a nice bull, a Billy goat and his mate on the East face of Goose Prairie rock outcropping, and a heck of a lot of miles.  In the eight days I was out, I put on almost 80 miles.  There is a lot of great hunting ground in Bumping and I only saw a fraction of it.  Found multiple kill sites, from other hunters and a nice lower jaw from a herd bull someone got and was planning for a euro mount.  I'm bummed - skunked for the season.  My boy was rear ended in August while driving to work.  He still can't turn his head much.  That hurt as I expected to spend time together on this hunt.  It's hard to work the area by yourself and feel you did it justice.

Wednesday morning there was a hard frost, everything was crunchy or frozen.  I bumped a cow at near 50 yards.  I wasn't prepared and I blew an opportunity - that stunk.  It was like being in a Looney Tunes cartoon.  She was spinning around and running in mid air, all while I'm trying to get my gun ready and leveled for a shot.  I felt like Wylie Coyote and she was the roadrunner.

Thursday, it rained like crazy.  I had two cows across a ravine at what I thought was 300 yards.  Turned out I underestimated the distance at over 400 yards and I undershot.  I didn't know at the time, so I decided to go check and as I climbed the hill she was on, she climbed the hill I came from.  Dang animals.  I should have just waited.

Friday, I bumped three cows in the dark thick trees with no visible way to shoot.  Sounds like a freight train the woods sometimes.  Can see a blur of brown, branches cracking, and rustling trees, but no visible sign of the creature.

Today, I was skunked.  As soft as the ground was and wet, it was optimal for walking through the woods.  I put in about 4 miles of great terrain.  Perfect tracks, sign, but no animals anywhere. 

Every time I got busted from Wednesday on, it was my movement that did me in.  I just can't believe I'm done.  Wife's birthday, so I came home to take her and the kids out.  Good luck to you still out there.

[3006hunter]

Umtanum


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[Elkaholic daWg]

11/04/15   7 AM....barely out of the truck. Doesn't get much easier..........As you will see by the second pic.....

[jrebel]

My wifes antlerless......it is actually a bull.     

[TeacherMan]

My dad had a 340 Cow tag so we went out Fri- Sun, we hunted hard and saw elk every day! Started in the LT Murry but didn't see anything there besides tons of people. Moved to a completely different part of the unit and that's when things started to happen. First day 8 elk in our new area at about 2000 yds running plus about 50 deer including some dandy bucks along with several groups of rutting bighorn sheep. I saw my first ram that broke a full curl, he was a full curl and a quarter; huge! We put on lots of boot miles and truck miles. Saturday 3 cows that crossed the rd in front of us at about 100 yds and then vanished into a clear cut. I'm pretty sure they are called timber ghosts for a reason. Saturday night I found a spot that everything was funneling down into so planned on being in there Sunday morning for our last chance. Headed up the hill Sunday morning to our new spot and right at daylight about two miles lower on the mountain we had about 30 elk run across the road on us and into a canyon. We pursed and had a few glimpses until we finally made it happen. 1/4 mile pack job with the game cart for me back to the truck but all worth it. Great three day father son hunt.

[xd2005]

None for me this year. Drew Washougal but couldn't find them 

[Da stump]

 :)enjoyed the hunt teach, thanks
dale

[buckandbullminingco]

bumping unit early season 3rd day of season. smoked her 1 mile pack out.   

[Mark251]

Congratulations to each of you 

[dadeo316]

None for me this year. Drew Washougal but couldn't find them 

Where did you look?

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