The Magic of Wallows

[WAPITIHUNTER]

Awesome shots. Love the muddy bull. He is gettin down and dirty. I think he needs a Shaft planted firmly behind the shoulder.

[@RCHER]

BC Chaser, nah it was unit 6A. Draw a tag and I'll spill my guts.   

Here's another wallow from E WA last year. Spike only unit though. Now, if i can just find a little honey spot on the west coast this year.

I'm gonna have to start back into the game camera stuff again. I used to build the home brew 35mm cameras (late 90s) and just don't have the time or interest to do that anymore. I have no doubt this east side wallow will produce some intersting shots. It's one of the only (that I know of) water sources in the area. At least if I don't draw a bull tag, there's always deer, bears and cats.

Got any more wallow shots? Nice pics, Slider.

[bankwalker]

Time for a treestand. Sounds like an Elk goldmine.

the area i found sure was this season. usually everyone hunts the river. i stuck to the swamp/wallows and seen bulls every single day all day. 5 different bulls forsure. to bad i was in a spike only area.

I was going to scold you for not killing one of them bulls until I realised you were east side in Spike only. That really must suck rocks.

i offered up this location to everyone who had a bull tag for the teanum area. i know a couple people who ate tag soup that should have taken me up on my offer.

and i bet this area is still gonna be the same next year. the amount of wallows, rubs, and just plain sign in the area was awesome.

[bowhuntin]

Time for a treestand. Sounds like an Elk goldmine.

the area i found sure was this season. usually everyone hunts the river. i stuck to the swamp/wallows and seen bulls every single day all day. 5 different bulls forsure. to bad i was in a spike only area.

I was going to scold you for not killing one of them bulls until I realised you were east side in Spike only. That really must suck rocks.

i offered up this location to everyone who had a bull tag for the teanum area. i know a couple people who ate tag soup that should have taken me up on my offer.

and i bet this area is still gonna be the same next year. the amount of wallows, rubs, and just plain sign in the area was awesome.

Sounds like you found a great area for when you draw one of those branched antler permits.

[Slider]

The first pic was about 4000ft and the second one was 4400ft.

[bankwalker]

Time for a treestand. Sounds like an Elk goldmine.

the area i found sure was this season. usually everyone hunts the river. i stuck to the swamp/wallows and seen bulls every single day all day. 5 different bulls forsure. to bad i was in a spike only area.

I was going to scold you for not killing one of them bulls until I realised you were east side in Spike only. That really must suck rocks.

i offered up this location to everyone who had a bull tag for the teanum area. i know a couple people who ate tag soup that should have taken me up on my offer.

and i bet this area is still gonna be the same next year. the amount of wallows, rubs, and just plain sign in the area was awesome.

Sounds like you found a great area for when you draw one of those branched antler permits.

yup im gonna start putting in now this year.

a ive told a couple guys on here the exact location, but im not worried bout them hunting it. at least not worried a bout people getting drawn and hunting the area that is. i never seen another boot track, or a single person within a 1/4mile of this location. everyone i seen was hunting the river or around the lake. 

[@RCHER]

How about those wallow stories guys?? The 'secret code' talk doesn't generally work too well in public forums.

[SHANE(WA)]

This is my favorite wallow, found it 3 years ago in 117gmu best part its only a 30 min drive, but a 1 hr hike straight up hill in a super nasty thick hill side, nver seen another hunter in the area ever. I drew back last season 3 diffrent times on bulls, so thick, never clear trees for shots, finally thought I had a clear shot, and let her go, hit a limb and deflected the arrow, frusturating. Nice to have these spots once u find them, elk here every year.

[@RCHER]

Very sweet spot there, Shane. It's great when you find those seeps and there aren't a bunch of deciduous trees around to give away the location. Gotta mark em on your map/GPS though.

Would getting up there to clear some shooting lanes help? Looks like a great treestand location.

[bankwalker]

Very sweet spot there, Shane. It's great when you find those seeps and there aren't a bunch of deciduous trees around to give away the location. Gotta mark em on your map/GPS though.

Would getting up there to clear some shooting lanes help? Looks like a great treestand location.

the few areas i have found, and mainly the one i posted about above is so over grown that you couldnt get a shot off if its more then 15yds. ill be in this summer trimming the area a little.

[Pathfinder101]

In 2007 my boy (who was 8 at the time) called in a nice 6x6 satalite bull.  We were in a ground blind at the edge of a clearcut, and he wouldn't come any closer than 150 yards from us.  But where he held up he started making a wallow.  He was at it for over an hour and he was PISSED (Justin would wait for him to bugle, then "step on him" before he was done-they HATE that..).  We messed with him until dark (no branched antler tag ), then left.  The next morning we went back to check out his work.  You could have parked a Volkswagen in the hole he made...

[@RCHER]

That's awesome! I know what you mean about stepping on 'em. I did that to a bull I thought was a little rag horn behind camp one time. He sounded wimpy. So, I went back in there to mess with him a bit. I could see his cows above me, then caught his shadow as he slipped through the timber toward me. He was actually an old 6x7. He would just start to bugle and I'd chuckle over him. After a couple rounds of that he found a little group of jack pines and just thrashed them to pulp. I could see his feet come off the ground he was so pissed. As he started moving back up the hill to his cows, I grabbed a big branch and ran as quietly as I could to within about 70 yards behind a big pine. I dropped behind the tree and just started racking and chuckled again. Boy, he spun around, lip curled up, head back, and growling as he came down about 20 yards and stopped. He still wasn't convinced, but he was sure drawing a line. What a blast!

[bankwalker]

that would get the nerves going good.

i called a spike in one time to about 30yds, i was sure and *censored* he was gonna charge me. he sure woke up on the wrong side of something that morning.

[Pathfinder101]

A buddy of mine had to take his arrow and chase a 2x2 off a few years ago.  He said he could almost touch him with it.

[bankwalker]

A buddy of mine had to take his arrow and chase a 2x2 off a few years ago.  He said he could almost touch him with it.

the cow i shot 3 years ago i actually had to step back around a tree to get a farther shot. i didnt know that was possible lol. i only had 30, 40, 50yd pins at the time and didnt want to risk a 10ft shot 

ended up losing that cow  i might as well have just shot it at 10ft with a guess the point of impact shot with my eyes closed.