Olympic National Forest question

[jtrammell]

Not looking for anyone's honey hole, or sweet spot. Just simply wondering if the Olympic National Forest is worth elk hunting? The property I was hunting had bulls all over the place and the rut was more powerful than I thought. It's a ghost town now with no signs of them returning. If the Olympic National Forest is worth it, I plan on going out there and camping for a few days. Thanks in advance,

[chester]

What part of the forest are you looking at going to?


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[jtrammell]

Not too sure yet. Ive never hunted it before. I got stationed here last year and this is my first year hunting in Washington

What part of the forest are you looking at going to?


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[chester]

I think Olympic and skokomish units are off limits , personally I'd look elsewhere. Forks area is supposed to be good tho


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[Bullkllr]

I don't hunt over that way much anymore, but I can tell you there are elk there. Lack of timber harvest has really curtailed the habitat for a while now. I would say chances for success for a newbie without spots already picked out a week before the season starts would be slim at best.

[jtrammell]

Yeah I know. Just sucks that all the bulls I've been watching since April left.

I don't hunt over that way much anymore, but I can tell you there are elk there. Lack of timber harvest has really curtailed the habitat for a while now. I would say chances for success for a newbie without spots already picked out a week before the season starts would be slim at best.

[JimmyHoffa]

The units with most forest service land would be 607, 618, 638 and some of 648.  615 has some pockets of forest circus, and 603 has a couple blocks. 

[dreamunelk]

Consider GMU's 638, 615, 618, 607.  All hold elk in decent numbers.  Call the local wdfw office and ask some questions.  Those GMU's are tough to hunt if you are not use to hunting Roosevelt elk in a forest.  You can even hunt them in old growth.  Camping not a problem. 
Hard area to learn.  A guy who is not afraid to burn some boot leather stands a good chance.

[mitch184]

Its thick country for sure.  I haven't had any luck yet, but you gotta get in there deep it seems.

[huntingbaldguy]

A guy can benefit from well place game cameras, especially for elk because their patterns cover a lot more ground than deer.  Put em up now, and you may get some good intel come rifle season.