How many elk have you seen in one day!

[h2ofowlr]

Stopped counting after 200 but they were on the NE side of Mt. Saint Helens.  Lots of animals.  Saw plenty more in the distance with the spotting scopes.

[Alchase]

I believe some of you need to point me in the direction of where you are seeing hundreds at a time during hunting season here on the wetside. 

The most I have seen was back when in the 80s hunting all day up Huckleberry creek (above Green Water) then coming down in to Cristal Village housing comunity and seeing a herd of maybe 60 - 70 in the housing community completely surrounded, and out number by blaze orange. Those elk were not moving. 

[rougheye]

I believe some of you need to point me in the direction of where you are seeing hundreds at a time during hunting season here on the wetside. 

The most I have seen was back when in the 80s hunting all day up Huckleberry creek (above Green Water) then coming down in to Cristal Village housing comunity and seeing a herd of maybe 60 - 70 in the housing community completely surrounded, and out number by blaze orange. Those elk were not moving. 

They are always there   

[tonymoe]

since it's still fresh in my mind....and still stings a little bit I counted 183 elk on public land the weekend before the archery opener. Opening weekend (same basin) I counted 2 cows (3pt. or better unit). No other hunters for miles

[strutnrut1984]

45 one day up on the quinalt, while i was hunting i saw 15 last year opening day

[Houndhunter]

few hundred prob, but while hunting maybe 30-40

[rasbo]

50 range,latley see 13 to 6 a day same herd,6 bulls

[huntnphool]

I stop counting after a couple hundred too

[funkster]

When I saw the 68 during season we where on elk every spot we went, it was just one of those days . It was one of the best times in the woods for me. We had bulls heated up and they where coming in hot. It seemed like every time I let out a locator I got a answer. We past on a few and messed up on others but after all was said and done we went back to camp with all of are tags in pocket. Still it was one of the most action packed days, I hope to get some good footage with my new camera this season. I got some good footage of a small rag horn we called in last season. I am working on a full video but it takes a lot of footage so I am slowly piecing it together,it is almost as fun as the hunting,almost!

[C-Money]

Hundreds! Spring migration.

[colockumelk]

My wife hunts with a rifle and I took her up into the Colockum.  We saw over 150 elk in one group on a hillside.  (About a mile away)  Counted at least 8 spikes.  Then some guys got into them and the shooting started.  It sounded like WWIII erupted.  I doubt any of those spikes survived.  I also  wonder how many cow's were hit in the cross fire.

[vfilbert]

ive seen a hundred plus in one day in the colockum also

[ryoshi]

The last time I hunted Colorado, there were literally 1000's of elk within view.  It was the 4th rifle season, early December, up around Craig, in the NW corner and the elk were migrating out of the mountains.  What sucked is that they were ALL on private land and gates weren't opening unless there was cash being forked over.  What was cool was seeing all those elk, almost all of them were cow and calves, hardly any bulls.  I did get lucky and got a cow out of a herd of about 100 that were crossing the only public land in the area. 

[DOUBLELUNG]

I believe some of you need to point me in the direction of where you are seeing hundreds at a time during hunting season here on the wetside. 

Pretty easy to see them between Packwood and Randle, right off HWY 12.  Did I mention you can't get permission to hunt them?

[Alchase]

LOL, so true, stopped during last elk season at the subway in packwood, in the church grass field across the road was the whole herd.