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north bend elk?
« on: April 03, 2009, 03:37:09 PM »
anyone ever go look for sheds by the highschool? the elk should be shedding by now.


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Re: north bend elk?
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2009, 06:55:52 PM »
Good luck!  There have been trucks in every turn-out for about a month now.  Most dropped about 2 weeks ago but the spikes are still hanging on. 

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« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2009, 08:13:25 PM »
yeah last time i was there i seen 6 trucks with bino's just sitting and watching. not an elk in sight. i walked the entire field including the trees and knee deep in the marsh and there was not a shed to be seen anywhere at all. only a few sets of fresh tracks and not one drop if elk *censored* that was still green on the inside.

so either the elk had been gone for some time or just completely left the area for the winter... :dunno:

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Re: north bend elk?
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2009, 08:18:36 PM »
Those elk are pretty much there only to breed.  Yes they are there off and on but mainly to from aug-oct.  The bulls are long gone by shedding time.  You might find a spike or 2 pt out there but I would say not much bigger.

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Re: north bend elk?
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2009, 08:20:14 PM »
i haven't seen an elk in those fields for months.
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Re: north bend elk?
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2009, 08:34:33 PM »
thats what i thought. i drove by there everyday i was up cougar hunting this winter and never seen an elk in the field.


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Re: north bend elk?
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2009, 09:29:30 AM »
As I was heading back to Spokane yesterday, saw a dead bull elk in the median EB I-90 at the North Bend truck stop  :'(.  Couldn't count points as I was driving by but thought it looked branched  :cryriver:

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Re: north bend elk?
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2009, 11:18:50 AM »
man i cant even count the number of dead bulls ive seen there over the years. never once have i seen a dead cow either, every single dead elk i have seen there has been a 4x4 or bigger. weird :dunno:

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Re: north bend elk?
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2009, 11:34:02 AM »
There were 20 elk up there on Friday evening.  They were in a place you can't see from the main road.  There were about 8 bulls including 5 spikes and a few rag horns.  I think the largest was a 3 or 4 point.  They all had their horns.  I did see a few other huge bodied elk that may have been bigger bulls that shed.  I didn't pay that much attention to it though.  I'm told they are there every day...

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Re: north bend elk?
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2009, 11:37:21 AM »
there was a great bull in there late last summer you could commonly see from 202. he was a nice 6x6, and there was a couple raghorns too.
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Re: north bend elk?
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2009, 12:23:08 PM »
if i could only figure out those elk. i see alot of elk during the summer in the hancock tree farm. but as soon as hunting season rolls around they are nowhere to be seen.

i did see one opening day of modern firearm elk season one year. and it was a monster 7x7. an easy 330" bull maybe bigger. that was actually closer towards carnation...

as for the bulls there in north bend. ive seen some really nice bulls in there. 2 of them i seen one weekend and never again after that. but all other bulls were still in the herd

 


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