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Oak creek feeding station
« on: January 01, 2019, 08:54:41 AM »
Anybody been to oak creek feeding station latey

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Re: Oak creek feeding station
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2019, 08:59:09 AM »
Yep. Not much action anywhere as the elk are still up high

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Re: Oak creek feeding station
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2019, 01:55:06 AM »
Hope they get pushed in there soon. I want to go this year
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Re: Oak creek feeding station
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2019, 06:21:20 AM »
The Grandson's are needing a road trip, Grandpa really needs it is the real truth but if the elk are still high and healthy with enough feed that good news. 

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Re: Oak creek feeding station
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2019, 06:33:23 AM »
It is nice they are having an easy winter.   I do hope the mountains get some snow soon. 

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Re: Oak creek feeding station
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2019, 07:03:40 AM »
Could make the airial survey work difficult. Isnt that the same issue as last year for no no numbers? Ironically 2 easy winters  back to back should help the elk bounce back from that hard winter a few years back.

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Re: Oak creek feeding station
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2019, 02:20:34 PM »
2 ravens and 1 magpie at Oak creek this morning. Glassed a small herd about a mile away above the feed lot, snow was a trace all the way past Rimrock Lake and spotty all the way to Dog Lake. Seen around 200 head in the fields between Packwood and Randle.   
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Re: Oak creek feeding station
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2019, 02:21:57 PM »
It's all good till the tag quotas drop due to the low survey numbers......

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Re: Oak creek feeding station
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2019, 03:18:02 PM »
Well for those of you who want to hike and have grand kids/kids that can hike far, I can point you to places the elk are. Most of the good bulls are way up high.

If you have a utv with a winch, can get into most places that are still open to vehicle traffic in the winter.
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Re: Oak creek feeding station
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2019, 09:05:06 PM »
It's all good till the tag quotas drop due to the low survey numbers......

Funny how that works out...... NOT!
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Re: Oak creek feeding station
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2019, 06:25:18 AM »
Hey Naches, Grandpa here that is a great offer, the grandsons range from just turned 8 ,6,and two of them at 4 no granddaughters.  We don't have a UTV yet just a couple of quads.  you could PM me with the info if you prefer  I just no sure that the little one's are up for a hike or if grandpa would be packing them out.  Out of the four I'm hoping for at least 2 hunting partners as they grow up.  The good news is still feed up high and hopefully no a tough winter on the animals.  Happy New Year.

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Re: Oak creek feeding station
« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2019, 01:36:39 PM »
Was at Oak Creek Feed Station Sunday 1/27 @ 1000. Not an elk to be seen.

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Re: Oak creek feeding station
« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2019, 11:03:31 AM »
Could make the airial survey work difficult. Isnt that the same issue as last year for no no numbers? Ironically 2 easy winters  back to back should help the elk bounce back from that hard winter a few years back.

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was it really a hard winter or wdfw giving out tons of cow permits for a few years in a row in most of the 300 gmus

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Re: Oak creek feeding station
« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2019, 11:45:43 AM »
Could make the airial survey work difficult. Isnt that the same issue as last year for no no numbers? Ironically 2 easy winters  back to back should help the elk bounce back from that hard winter a few years back.

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was it really a hard winter or wdfw giving out tons of cow permits for a few years in a row in most of the 300 gmus

If you look back at the WDFW reports there was a lot of winter kill then a mild winter. this winter was mild as well. I think with no available survey work it is hard to determine if the permits were the issue.  :twocents:
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Re: Oak creek feeding station
« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2019, 12:58:06 PM »
Too many cow permits. They like to hand out lots and lots of permits. Then when the numbers are way low panic and say we have to many killed. No method to there madness

 


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