Elk Hunt in Leavenworth, Wa

[Bearhide]

Hey guys new on this site well been on it for few months but posting for the first time.  Wondering if anyone knows how levenworth is and if theres any elk there.

[elkaholic]

Thats ur 1st post???  Start with an intro and leads in, you will probably get some help after that.
Welcome to the site.

[bobcat]

I wouldn't recommend the Leavenworth area for elk. Unless you really don't want to see any.  Why Leavenworth

[Bearhide]

Just wanted to go up there for elk, but better question probably would have been are there any elk there?

[dreamingbig]

go to wdfw.wa.gov and click through to the hunting section.  There you will find harvest statistics by GMU for elk.  You can get a pretty good idea by looking at that where the elk are.  Here is the link http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/harvest/2009/elk_general.html

[jeepasaurusrex]

The only place around Leavenworth I have ever seen any elk was up on Blewett Pass, South of Leavenworth on 97.

[DOUBLELUNG]

Almost no elk north and east of Leavenworth, few elk west of leavenworth, some elk south and east of Leavenworth.  Odds of tagging an elk or Sasquatch north of Highway 2 are pretty comparable, odds of tagging an elk south of Highway 2 are just low.

[quadrafire]

Almost no elk north and east of Leavenworth, few elk west of leavenworth

Why do you think that is? The country looks good. I would figure the some of the Colokum herd would move around up in there.

[DOUBLELUNG]

Almost no elk north and east of Leavenworth, few elk west of leavenworth

Why do you think that is? The country looks good. I would figure the some of the Colokum herd would move around up in there.

There is an any weapon, any elk season in the GMUs north of Highway 2, intended to minimize elk.

[quadrafire]

Does the dept of F&W not want them to establish there?  Most of the orchards are to the south if I remember right.

[dreamingbig]

I would be curious to hear the game department's take on it.

[bobcat]

Just look at the harvest reports as dreamingbig suggested. Look at the Chiwawa GMU (245.)

[bonecrusher]

i know a spot not too far from there where the bulls are going nuts every year when im at bear camp. theres elk around but probably not a ton

[jackelope]

Does the dept of F&W not want them to establish there?  Most of the orchards are to the south if I remember right.

I would be curious to hear the game department's take on it.

I believe that the game department's take on it is that they want the quality mule deer to be the priority there.

[MikeWalking]

The only place around Leavenworth I have ever seen any elk was up on Blewett Pass, South of Leavenworth on 97.

On one of my early summer camping trips up there a few years back, top of the pass going towards Tronson meadows I found all kinds of Elk skeletons, I think more than a few had been butchered there.  I've seen some huge Bulls East of there in the Table Mt. area, whole lotta young ones.

Never seen Elk near Leavenworth, a few Masons though...