Any sheds yet?

[Michelle_Nelson]

Where and when?

[cackle]

at the oak creek feeding station 3pm on may 1 thats what i was told by the guy workin at oak creek think his name was john

[bowpredator]

A buddy of mine is a state dot worker and he has talked to a few state game people down in Mt. St. Helens were they are feeding the elk and they are picking up sheds when they go down and feed the ones on the mud flow on the river. They said they are going to auction them off.

[JoeVon]

A buddy of mine is a state dot worker and he has talked to a few state game people down in Mt. St. Helens were they are feeding the elk and they are picking up sheds when they go down and feed the ones on the mud flow on the river. They said they are going to auction them off.

So they're gonna auction off a bunch of raghorn 5 points?  I've been up there a couple times in the past week and thats all I've seen down on the mudflow.

[boneaddict]

Thats for all those disappointed guys who went on May 1st and didn't find a thing because they have all been picked up.   NICE!

Buy one and tell your wife how you found it.

[chukar-ridge-quest]

WDFW elk feeders in Kittitas county are required to tag all sheds that are picked up in the feed sites. Started this year. I don't know what happens with them after that, but it is a good thing for the well being of the elk, for sheds to be removed from feed sites. Yeah it sucks for all of us that we don't get a chance to go find them, but one or two idiots jumping a fence will cause more stress to the elk (esp. pregnant cows) than we will be stressed by not getting the sheds.  Let's remember that the only reason we feed elk is to lessen crop and land degradation.   We put in the fences and cut off wintering ground for the elk, so we have to feed them to eliminate mass starvation. That all being said, it sucks for me just as much as the next guy when I don't find sheds. Not in the feeding areas but the places the bulls would have dropped without human interference.

NOT A WFWD EMPLOYEE

[chukar-ridge-quest]

I meant not a WDFW employee.

[rosscrazyelk]

Boneaddict. You go to oak creek alot what is the real deal for the opening? I alawys thought it was midnight.

[hunterofelk]

I was told by a wildlife refuge employee the opening time is when they unlock the gates on May 1, not midnite.  Still people are up there with spot lights.  I don't know why people go to the lengths they do for antlers.  It can't be the money, the prices are way low these days.  Is it an a by-product of our male egos?  I like looking for sheds because it is a lot like elk hunting and I get a rush when I find one.  Like losing my keys and searching all over until I find them.

[cackle]

i was told that the gate will open for people on foot and horses at 12 am may 1 and 6am for cars and 4 wheelers but next year no one cane go in till 6 am

[rosscrazyelk]

my buddy has already found some elk sheds

[klickriverchromer]

screw oak ck. go to boneaddicts back yard he always has nice sheds there.