Author Topic: Oak creek feeding station (Read 12163 times)

Longbow 58 · « **on:** January 01, 2019, 08:54:41 AM »

Anybody been to oak creek feeding station latey

Naches Sportsman · « **Reply #1 on:** January 01, 2019, 08:59:09 AM »

Yep. Not much action anywhere as the elk are still up high

bowhunterforever · « **Reply #2 on:** January 03, 2019, 01:55:06 AM »

Hope they get pushed in there soon. I want to go this year

Moose Master · « **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.

boneaddict · « **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.

Special T · « **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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JBar · « **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.

Ridgerunner · « **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......

Naches Sportsman · « **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.

HUNTINCOUPLE · « **Reply #9 on:** January 04, 2019, 09:05:06 PM »

Quote from: Ridgerunner on January 03, 2019, 02:21:57 PM

It's all good till the tag quotas drop due to the low survey numbers......

Funny how that works out...... NOT!

Moose Master · « **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.

thegeneral · « **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.

D-Rock425 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 31, 2019, 11:03:31 AM »

Quote from: Special T 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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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

Special T · « **Reply #13 on:** January 31, 2019, 11:45:43 AM »

Quote from: D-Rock425 on January 31, 2019, 11:03:31 AM

Quote from: Special T 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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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.

jstone · « **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

D-Rock425 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 31, 2019, 01:25:01 PM »

Quote from: jstone 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

almost 3,000 cow tags went out in 2016 for just the Yakima heard. Add the open season on cows for archery hunters and it leaves us exactly where we are today.

full choke · « **Reply #16 on:** January 31, 2019, 02:12:23 PM »

Quote from: D-Rock425 on January 31, 2019, 01:25:01 PM

Quote from: jstone 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
almost 3,000 cow tags went out in 2016 for just the Yakima heard. Add the open season on cows for archery hunters and it leaves us exactly where we are today.

How many cows were actually killed? I remember seeing 400 muzzy cow tags one year, but only something like 11 tags actually being filled in the unit I hunt. That was just muzzy though.

Special T · « **Reply #17 on:** January 31, 2019, 03:05:09 PM »

The Department used to use an allocation model that went something like this MF#x Success rate + ML# x Success rate + Archery x success rate = Target harvest
They used this formulate to divide up everything from # permits to season lengths point and sex limitations and time period.

Bad blood was always created because MF hunters had a higher success rate than ML or Archery. on the surface it looks bad because archers get a disproportionate amount of permits because their success rate was so much lower. Id heard that part of the reason why they didnt issue permit only for cows is 1 the constant complaint of juicing folks for permit money. 2 most folks that couldnt hunt cows would head to the Colocum herd and there would be a huge concentration of hunters throwing that herd out of balance. Supposedly allowing cow hunting the second half of the season in the Yakima units for archer had the same projected harvest as permits with out concentrating hunters in one area.

boneaddict · « **Reply #18 on:** February 10, 2019, 01:34:27 PM »

They started feeding. There are a few mature bulls in. Nothing too exciting, but they are there.

Moose Master · « **Reply #19 on:** February 14, 2019, 06:10:15 AM »

Thanks for the update, see if I can get the kids and go for a road trip

Elkslayer · « **Reply #20 on:** February 15, 2019, 04:49:54 PM »

Stopped by Wednesday at 3pm and there were lots of decent bulls. Largest looked to be a nice 6x6 hanging out towards the back. I’d guess he was in the 380” range.

eastfork · « **Reply #21 on:** February 15, 2019, 05:13:52 PM »

Thanks for update!

Naches Sportsman · « **Reply #22 on:** February 15, 2019, 06:29:38 PM »

Here's a pic from about 4:30 p.m.

Seen a few below the elk fence a bit ago.

NOCK NOCK · « **Reply #23 on:** February 16, 2019, 11:40:37 AM »

Is there a certain time of day that more are down and closer?

huntnfmly · « **Reply #24 on:** February 16, 2019, 12:26:00 PM »

I think they feed at 1:30?
Last time we were there you could see them coming over the hill heading down

boneaddict · « **Reply #25 on:** February 16, 2019, 01:02:04 PM »

Feeding time is 1330

Lucky Eric · « **Reply #26 on:** February 17, 2019, 02:29:17 PM »

Are the Sheep being fed also?

boneaddict · « **Reply #27 on:** February 17, 2019, 06:33:14 PM »

Naches Sportsman · « **Reply #28 on:** February 17, 2019, 06:41:12 PM »

Quote from: Elkslayer on February 15, 2019, 04:49:54 PM

Stopped by Wednesday at 3pm and there were lots of decent bulls. Largest looked to be a nice 6x6 hanging out towards the back. I’d guess he was in the 380” range.

Need a pic next time as there are not many if any 380" bulls that are alive near any feeding stations or pics would have been posted on the internet.

jdb · « **Reply #29 on:** February 17, 2019, 07:10:09 PM »

380"

Is that a typo? No disrespect intended but that's beast for that area

boneaddict · « **Reply #30 on:** February 18, 2019, 07:06:18 AM »

I didn’t see anything bigger than about 310 or 320 at best. Doesn’t mean there wasn’t one. My wife actually noticed that the bulls all seem small this year.

Rimrock hunter · « **Reply #31 on:** February 18, 2019, 09:19:43 AM »

Went to Oak Creek feeding station yesterday, and there total count was around 850 elk. They counted around 87 bulls, and only 43 calves. They were hoping there would be more calves show up. Went up the freeway a ways and seen a large herd moving single file toward the feeding station.

NOCK NOCK · « **Reply #32 on:** February 18, 2019, 08:30:40 PM »

Our first time visiting there, pretty cool.
The first pic cracks me up, looks like the young calf has a huge rack.

Timberstalker · « **Reply #33 on:** February 18, 2019, 08:47:19 PM »

bowhunterforever · « **Reply #34 on:** February 18, 2019, 08:51:14 PM »

Great pics nock

Magnum_Willys · « **Reply #35 on:** February 23, 2019, 09:03:46 AM »

Look good! But I hope those feeding are taking practicle steps to reduce spread of any future cwd . Disperse feed, remove any weak ones, water source? Implement a plan now.

huntnfmly · « **Reply #36 on:** February 23, 2019, 09:06:43 AM »

Great pics thanks for sharing

KillerBeee · « **Reply #37 on:** February 25, 2019, 08:35:57 AM »

Went yesterday and saw sheep and elk. Always a good time to see so many elk in one place.

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