Late Wynoochi elk

[leonpeon2]

Anyone been driving the Wynoochi and seeing elk?  The elk are usually camped out in a few farmer fields but haven’t seen any.
I got the drive in pass for Weyerhaeuser so been scouting out while driving around. Getting out doing some walking but haven’t seen much sign even.   Even got a cow tag for the unit

Not looking for any honey holes. Just some input that might give me some insight where to look around.

[bankwalker]

Have you been out towards the mitigation fields along the river? If I had a cow tag that's where I would start hunting.

[PolarBear]

Hey Leon, you out at the cabin this weekend?  The Nooch elk are scattered right now.  If you have the Aberdeen Weyco permit you would be better off towards Raymond.

[leonpeon2]

I think we are going to hit up toward the feeding fields tomorrow. Didn’t get that far north today. Spend all day on weyehouser land.

Hey duba.
Ya we are at the cabin for the weekend possibly the week
We talked with mark about heading down there and seeing what’s out there.

Thanks for the tips everyone.

[PolarBear]

Leon I’ll be out muzzleloader hunting on Sunday. If I run into some I’ll give you a call. You might want to call Stanley.

[Harbor_hunter]

If you have an Aberdeen Weyco permit, there is no area south of Aberdeen that is open for late archery elk hunting in that permit area.  I would not head toward Raymond if you are bow hunting, nothing open, that is GMU 660 or 658. 

Lot of area in 648 to look for elk, and they are around.  Lot of land to check out heading toward the lake as well.     

[leonpeon2]

We do have a Aberdeen drive in but got to stay north of the highway for late archery. 

648 does have a lot of land and a lot of logging roads to cover. Thinking tomorrow we might hit further north. Got 3 cow tags and 3 deer tags.

[ljsommer]

I've also got the late antlerless archery tag but I haven't seen a single elk since I started scouting there pre-season. Hoping they start showing up to those fields in December.

[swanderek]

My brother and cousin hunted very hard there the last few days, didn’t see anything.

[ljsommer]

Put in 10 miles today, checked two of the fields, no elk, no fresh sign. Passed a hunter that said the same, no elk in sight.
Drove home along some of the larger farms, no elk in any of the farm fields either.

 

[leonpeon2]

Ya it’s odd. We put in about 9 miles yesterday walking.
Heading out tomorrow. Just unsure what to do and where to go.

[MADMAX]

Dark timber
 

[ljsommer]

Dark timber
 

I don't have a Green Diamond pass so I am relegated to the public land there. There's not much, but I've covered a lot of ground.

[MADMAX]

Have you tried reed hill and above the lake ?

[leonpeon2]

I have not gone that far north. Haven’t gotten much further north than the cougar smith. It’s worth a shot.