Author Topic: east side elk (Read 12032 times)

Buckshot Bill · « **Reply #30 on:** February 08, 2009, 04:57:12 PM »

Quote from: cle elum bowhunter on February 08, 2009, 04:04:26 PM

clockum, keep that on the downlow. Don't need more peps up there. Bad enough with the tree huggers in September up there. Check you pm's

Relax CEB. This is a good site with good people and noone is going to go rush on up to the areas being mentioned here. We all have places we like to go and Clockum is sharing some great stuff/pics on this thread. I for one enjoy the sharing on here. I wouldn't worry to much dude.

cle elum bowhunter · « **Reply #31 on:** February 08, 2009, 05:16:27 PM »

Trust me, I'm all for sharing pictures. If I wasn't at work right now I'd throw a few out. But my Dad taught me early on that when you talk about you hunting spots, use non-geographical names like Big Bull Meadow, or Lightning Snag Ridge. And yes, it is beautiful but VERY steep country (one trail I gain 3000' vertical in 3 miles). Have a good day.

Buckshot Bill · « **Reply #32 on:** February 08, 2009, 05:30:00 PM »

It's been a long time since I've been up in there. Brutal country for sure. Would love to go back but I think I would need like 2 weeks vacation to get in there and do any good

The body just doesn't get along like it used to. Still could but just takes a lot longer. Your dad sounds a lot like mine was. We had special names for many different places. Like the knob back in the teanaway and so on. Shot some big bucks at that spot years ago. Anyone hear of 7 Fingured Jack?

colockumelk · « **Reply #33 on:** February 09, 2009, 09:41:11 AM »

Yeah it is some seriously rough country. It takes at least two hours of some fairly steep switchbacks to get up to where we were. It's pretty thick and steep as well. After four days of that my body was absolutely done. It's definately not an area that you can go if you've been sitting on the couch drinking beer all summer. I'll probably go back again. The elk density is super low in there but that one chance I had at that branch bull I heard was one of the greatest hunting experiences of my life. Even though I didn't get one the chance at a branch bull is way cooler than hoping for a cow to come along. You west siders have it made. 3pt min every year. Awsome. Hopefully I draw my Peaches tag this year.

Slayock · « **Reply #34 on:** February 10, 2009, 05:55:16 PM »

A guy a know shot a 406 bull three years ago with a muzzloader in the Tucannon. He said he missed two that were bigger. Its that same gene pool that the new state record is out of and there are some monsters down there.

nwhunter · « **Reply #35 on:** February 10, 2009, 06:58:27 PM »

If he really shot a 406 bull with a muzzie he should get it in the books since it would shatter the state record for muzzie! THese guys are talking a different area though. nwhunter

bucklucky · « **Reply #36 on:** February 10, 2009, 07:03:03 PM »

Quote from: Slayock on February 10, 2009, 05:55:16 PM

A guy a know shot a 406 bull three years ago with a muzzloader in the Tucannon. He said he missed two that were bigger. Its that same gene pool that the new state record is out of and there are some monsters down there.

Got any pics of that 406 bull? Was that gross or net? Sounds like a dandy!

Slayock · « **Reply #37 on:** February 10, 2009, 07:18:23 PM »

I can get a picture, it might take me awhile. I know it green scored around 406 I never did hear what it scored after that. Im not not sure sure if its gross or net but ill check into it but either way its big.

colockumelk · « **Reply #38 on:** March 05, 2009, 09:59:32 PM »

Quote from: colockumelk on February 02, 2009, 08:56:45 PM

Quote from: heavy hauler on February 02, 2009, 08:42:24 PM
that alpine wilderness sounds fun

Heavy Hauler it is fun. It's your typical high country hunt in that it's physically demanding and the herd desnities isn't as high as many places but you wont see another person and while your body will hate you for a bit it is well worth. It I ate tag soup this year but I had a blast and some pretty cool memories. Here's some examples of my hunt from last year.

Here's some pictures from this year in 249 Alpine.

This is a pic looking down on Fish Lake.

This pic is of me with Fish Lake behind and below me.

Same spot as before except looking the other way.

This is an alpine meadow/lake where we camped one night. Woke up to bugling and on the otherside there were some 15 cows wading and feeding in the open and a bull bugling in the timber. Only elk I saw all weekend.
By the time we got around the meadow/lake the elk had moved or fed off. Maybe they heard us coming. It's pretty thick in there. In any case they were no longer there.