Just got back from hunting the Blues in the Tucannon unit - although we saw a few big bulls, it seemed like the cows and calves were tough to find, only managed to see a handful of them through the whole season. Just wondering if anyone else saw many and if so were there some good calf numbers in proportion to the cows? We had 4 guys hunting out of the camp in an area we have hunted for years in which we always see plenty of elk and usually get one or two spikes - the camp didn't see a single spike this season.
Most of the cows we saw were in deep, thick, timber - we never saw any out feeding in the open in the areas we would typically see them, so we were speculating that maybe they have changed their behavior in response to the wolves in the area?
Anyway, just wanted to get some anecdotal evidence one way or the other, if you hunted the Blues feel free to chime in with the GMU and what you saw. Hopefully we were an anomaly and there were huge numbers everywhere else...
