White river archery elk tag 653

[Palmhunter5]

Give me the good the bad and the ugly. White river archery elk tag.

[highside74]

Park, hike 1.5 miles up a beautiful drainage of old growth and ferns. See no other hunters. Kill bull and pack it out. I didn't make it the full 1.5 though. I killed my bull at .5.

[Greg Mullins]

Pm sent

[Falcon]

Give me the good the bad and the ugly. White river archery elk tag.

Ask for Trophy Hunt.  The man is a one man wrecking machine when it comes to knowledge of the infamous white river elk herd

[lewy]

The good- you drew the tag
The bad- you don’t know the unit
The ugly- you asked about it on your first post
 

In all honesty I hope you have a great time!

[Falcon]

The good- you drew the tag
The bad- you don’t know the unit
The ugly- you asked about it on your first post
 

In all honesty I hope you have a great time!

Now that’s funny
PH.   Do us a favor and tell us a little bit about your self.  We have some good members and you’ll most likely get some help as long as your willing to do the work

[Palmhunter5]

I guess I should have added a bit about me. My bad. Lol. Western Washington native out of olympia. Been chasing elk for 12 years, mainly with a muzzleloader. Picked up bow hunting elk 3 years ago and harvested 2 bulls since. I’m not looking for honey holes. Just looking for starting point.
I’m willing to wear out a set of boots if I have to. I appreciate everyone’s responses.

[ctwiggs1]

I guess I should have added a bit about me. My bad. Lol. Western Washington native out of olympia. Been chasing elk for 12 years, mainly with a muzzleloader. Picked up bow hunting elk 3 years ago and harvested 2 bulls since. I’m not looking for honey holes. Just looking for starting point.
I’m willing to wear out a set of boots if I have to. I appreciate everyone’s responses.

 

Lots of experience on here.  I live about 1 minute away from GMU 653, but I have never pulled the elk tag.  A few others will likely send you a PM as there has been a lot of success in there.

[W_Ellison2011]

No elk in that unit. People should just stop putting in for it...

[Falcon]

No elk in that unit. People should just stop putting in for it...

 Sure.   That’s why I keep putting in for it

[westside bull]

Nice draw good luck.

[TikkaT3-270Shortmag]

My advice would be to start getting in shape now.  The elk are vocal and respond but not aggresive.

[trophyhunt]

Good luck palm hunter on your hunt, you’ll have a blast I’m sure.

[jackelope]

If y'all want to have a discussion on the White River and the Muckleshoot tribe and the management of this herd and their practices or whatever, start a new thread. If anyone is interested in responding to the OP's questions with some reasonable and legitimate information, feel free.
Otherwise, consider this a warning to anyone else derailing threads and turning them into pissing matches.

[Todd_ID]

Good move Jackalope. My advice is drive part way up then hunt up from there. There's a ton of drive up-hunt down in that unit. If you happen to make it up to Corral Pass, then you've driven past the bull of a lifetime or want to hunt down from the road. Or haven't gone up 410 far enough. But what does an eastern guy know?

[trophyhunt]

Corral is burnt and I bet the gate won’t be open for years. 

[Palmhunter5]

This has all been good info. I started scouting last weekend and seen 2 nice bulls and a dandy bear. Looking forward to see what I can turn up.