Joe Watt feeding station

[10Key]

Stopped in on our way back west on 1/3 to see if they moved in. There were probably a 100 or so concentrated near the hay shed and some others out and about...but not a single antler. Do the bulls not come in with the cows? It sure seems early for them to have dropped antlers already.

[Buckjunkie]

I’ve seen bulls there into March, so they must have just been out of sight.

[Dan-o]

I'm sure they are there. 

Probably around the corner and out of sight

[Gentrys]

A friend was there last week and sent me pics with bulls.

[10Key]

Thanks, the bulls probably heard my three kids fighting in the truck and then scattered...typical

[pd]

Thanks, the bulls probably heard my three kids fighting in the truck and then scattered...typical

Wait!  What?  Ur kids fight?  That’s weird. Never happened before to me.

[boneaddict]

They’re there.  Only about .001% have dropped. Just out of signt

[elkoholic1]

 I was there 12/31 at 7am the feed truck showed up around 8:30. was a descent amount in there that day with around 25 branch bulls and doz or so spikes..   after feed truck left had 8 more branch bulls show up...

[huntnfmly]

Directions

A Thorpe off I 90 right in Thorpe cemetery road?
Then Joe watt rd? Is that off of Thorpe cemetery road?

[MADMAX]

Thorp Cemetery Road and continue for 3.0 miles. Take a slight left onto Watt Canyon Road and follow this for just over a mile before arriving at a large gravel parking lot on the left-hand side.

Watch for nails in the parking area
Sledding folks used to burn pallets up there
Don’t know if they still do but hell it could be a homeless camp now for all I know

[trophyhunt]

Thorp Cemetery Road and continue for 3.0 miles. Take a slight left onto Watt Canyon Road and follow this for just over a mile before arriving at a large gravel parking lot on the left-hand side.

Watch for nails in the parking area
Sledding folks used to burn pallets up there
Don’t know if they still do but hell it could be a homeless camp now for all I know

Ahh, that's another subject, burning pallets!!  IDIOTS!!   

[Houndhunter]

Wonder what they're feeding them...

[huntnfmly]

Thorp Cemetery Road and continue for 3.0 miles. Take a slight left onto Watt Canyon Road and follow this for just over a mile before arriving at a large gravel parking lot on the left-hand side.

Watch for nails in the parking area
Sledding folks used to burn pallets up there
Don’t know if they still do but hell it could be a homeless camp now for all I know

👍thank you for the direction and heads up on the nails

[fishngamereaper]

Wonder what they're feeding them...

Used to feed them alfalfa. Not sure now...
 Back in the day I would spend my winter's feeding them goofy things. Bulls would grab grass right out of your hand. You could literally pet them.

[boneaddict]

Alfalfa, likely grown across the road from my house.

[Sandberm]

Back in 90's and maybe into the early 2000's we used to sell alfalfa to a hay broker that delivered to the feeding stations, 3-string bales. It was a sweet deal for us as we would sell them 4th cutting hay from older stands that had just a hint of grass in it. Being that it had grass in it, it was not desirable by our normal market, export to Japan. Price was equal to or $5/ton more too if I remember right.

Wife and i usually take a late Jan/Feb Sunday drive up to Oak Creek, then have a lunch/dinner in Yakima, hit Cabelas, maybe a thrift store or two. Never been to Joe Watt, so perhaps we will go there this year. Thanks for the info guys. 

[boneaddict]

Take good binos with ya.  Its not like oak creek

[Sandberm]

Take good binos with ya.  Its not like oak creek

Will do, thank you.

[Elk_Guapo]

I saw one spike looking through my binoculars, but I can't see him in these pics that I took yesterday afternoon.

[pianoman9701]

I saw one spike looking through my binoculars, but I can't see him in these pics that I took yesterday afternoon.

What was a spike doing looking through your binoculars?

[trophyhunt]

 

[Skyvalhunter]

The spike was looking for a male friend

[erk444]

I saw one spike looking through my binoculars, but I can't see him in these pics that I took yesterday afternoon.

What was a spike doing looking through your binoculars?

  I almost spit out my coffee!