Who is gettin a woody for elk season?

[littlemac]

Annual application for Washington draws and my usual trip to New Mexico. 

Maybe one of those will get me in front of a big bull, one can only hope so.

[400out]

I regularly see elk near our cabin in the Roslyn area, yesterday morning I woke up to this herd in my front yard..............woody time   They sure are mangy lookin' this time of year

Hell of a way to wake up!

[NCnewbie]

I've been watching all the hunting shows on the outdoor channel and have been motivated to get into bowhunting and elk.  I've decided that this summer I'm going to get a bow, learn to shoot it well AND do some scouting for Elk.  I don't know much about either in the Spokane area but from the WDFW website it looks like the Turnbull area would be a good place for me to start.  I bagged my first deer last year with a Rem 700 in .270.  It was a nice 4x4 and dropped like a rock with my own handloaded 140 gn softpoint.  I'd really like to get an elk this year, be it with a bow or rifle.  Any tips on learning to shoot a bow, hunting elk or a good area to hunt them in?  I'm not asking anyone to give up their favorite hunting spot or anything but a nudge in the right direction would really help a newbie out!  Thanks in advance for any tips you guys throw my way!

[bobcat]

The Turnbull Wildlife Refuge is not open to hunting. They are having some special hunts this year by permit only, for the first time ever. But you'd have to draw a permit and the chance of that is between slim and none. Since you're in Spokane you might try the northeast corner of the state, which is the only area east of the Cascade Mountains where you can kill any bull elk. The rest of the eastside is spike only. Success rates are very low up there due to relatively low numbers of elk scattered over a large area, but at least you are close enough to get some scouting in before the season. If you want to see more elk you could try any of the Yakima area GMU's. It would just be a little further to drive, but it would be easier to find elk. But also expect more comptetition from other hunters.

[NCnewbie]

Thanks for the info bobcat. I just remembered I have a friend in the Chewelah area that says he has elk on his 20 acre property ALL the time.  I'll have to check into what's legal there and talk him into letting me hunt there. 

[funkster]

I've been watching all the hunting shows on the outdoor channel

   You must be interested in hunting white tailed deer an turkeys than

[NCnewbie]

Honestly Funkster, I like the woods so I'll get out and hunt anything I can given the opportunity.  Only been turkey hunting once and didn't see a thing.  I've only been out here for a little over a year and am not real familiar with the land and what areas are good for hunting the different species.  I need to do some scouting and talk to some folks in the Spokane area that don't mind sharing tips.

[engelwood]

Went out this past weekend and got into 4 different groups, saw about 65 elk, took me from 6 to midnight in about 2.2 seconds. 

[Pathfinder101]

Went out for a couple of hours today in the Blues.  Didn't see anything.  'coupla whities and a blue grouse, that was it...

[eatonville45]

Me to i hope ill find it

[Elkpiss]

Were getting close fellas!  Shwing!!!!

83 days till we leave for Oregon!! 

 

[rasbo]

best I can do is a medium on till the draws are out

[Pathfinder101]

 

I'll start cutting firewood later this month though... and I'll start seeing them...and then it will start...
By August I'll be at a fever pitch, 15 cords of wood stacked at the house and still telling the wife "I'm headed up the mountain to cut some more wood!  Might be a cold winter!!"..

[runamuk]

ummm so I am not a dude    but still rather like seeing the elk and wish it was fall  haven't even had summer yet and .... just wish I had more elk a little closer to home ......

[carpsniperg2]