Taneum Cows

[jstone]

Ok all you archery hunters, where have you been seeing all of the cows? I have the muzzy cow tag in the Taneum and will be hunting up the end of  taneum creek. camped at the top gate for a week looking for that elusive cow. i have a lot on my trail came just want to know what area has the most cows..

[cle elum bowhunter]

Hunted first 3 days in Taneum and never saw a cow.  Only elk I saw was a dead 6x6 with a very happy forum member standing over it.  I will let him tell his story. 

[jstone]

Thats awesome cant wait to hear the story... and see the pics..

[alanger]

hope you find your cow.

[jstone]

Ya i hope ,will hit it hard. be up there for a week with some friends. have to come home for my daughter 16th birthday on the 4th. wow i am OLD

[alanger]

was up in the colockum today, saw lots of cows. couple spikes. a couple nice bucks. BIG BULLS, one was shot. I dont think you will have a problem finding a cow in the Taneum,

[jstone]

OK got my trailer up on sunday. Had a kid hit my truck on Friday so had a buddy take it up. Saw a Sweet 4 point buck along the hwy. between ext. 78 and 77. 15 yards off the road walking like not a care in the world. Big body.. Nice, to bad my friends are up on the mountain. Probably private by there?? And saw 7 grouse on top No gun. O well this Friday will be up there for the Saturday opener.. Cant Wait.. Cow or Spike.... Good luck to everyone else

[fishm@n]

I was up high in western Taneum beyond the gates.. nothing but bulls, bears and lots of doe/fawn combo's. Believe me I was looking for a cow too!  Good luck!

[arees]

I have another of the Taneum cow tags.  I have been up scouting a couple of times with no success, but my hunting partners were up last weekend looking for deer and only found elk.  No spikes, just big bulls and cows.

I will be heading up on Friday and hunting with my 6 year old son.  Hopefully I can show him some elk.

[Cougeyes]

Ok all you archery hunters, where have you been seeing all of the cows? I have the muzzy cow tag in the Taneum and will be hunting up the end of  taneum creek. camped at the top gate for a week looking for that elusive cow. i have a lot on my trail came just want to know what area has the most cows..

Are you at the upper upper gate off woods/steel road or the (what i call lower gate) in the north fork of the taneum creek right next to the creek?  I've been up there a couple times and have seen a few cows but mostly big bulls.  You may try heading up towards peaches ridge there are typically quite a few elk up there.  Are you hiking it or motorcycle riding?  If you do have a motorcycle you should keep to the trails as they patrol that often during the season.  I got stopped last year by 3 sherrifs who checked my license, tags, and bike registration.  I was on a trail though and legal.

[jstone]

Are camp is by the top gate. Buddies already there deer hunting. I have the trailer on the side they have the wall tents. i will be hunting from the bottom gate and work my way back up to camp. i will be walking and ride the roads on my mountain bike. listening for the bulls and take one of his cows.

[Cougeyes]

listening for the bulls and take one of his cows.

  Dang you thought of that strategy too i thought i was the only one.  They're still bugling pretty regularly in the morning, good luck.   I'm going to park below the upper gate so will probably see ya up there.  We're camping to the west about 5 miles back and hunting til Tuesday.

[jstone]

Well if you get one in a deep hole and need help just come by and ask. We will have plenty of people. My name is Jeff and my other buddy is Tim. Just tell them we talked so they know. Good luck too you.

[cle elum bowhunter]

Jeff, good luck.  Sorry I had nothing positive to report from archery season.  I leave Thursday for my moose tag.  Will post pictures if I am successful. 

[Cougeyes]

Well if you get one in a deep hole and need help just come by and ask. We will have plenty of people. My name is Jeff and my other buddy is Tim. Just tell them we talked so they know. Good luck too you.

Thanks for the offer.   

  I leave Thursday for my moose tag.  Will post pictures if I am successful. 

Good luck on that moose tag.  My dad had that same tag a couple  years ago and shot a nice bull, i posted it on here somewhere.

[jstone]

OK here we go. Tomorrow after work on my way. Pick up my buddies kids and hit the road. probable the last wagon on the train but will be there on the opener. My group has got 1 deer so Far SEEN LOTS OF ELK AND DEER.  i guess they meet a guy camped close that has a big bull permit. Hope he does good. Cant wait  Good Luck to all that has the big bull permit and of course a cow permit like i have..

[Cougeyes]

Sucks to be you, tell your boss you want to work 4-10s like me and you would have tomorrow off.  That's good news about the amount of game they're seeing and actually getting a deer up there.  I usually dont see many deer but quite a few elk.  Good luck to you and your group.  My buddy and i are heading up there tomorrow around 12 hoping to locate some elk tomorrow night and put them to bed. 

[jstone]

 Good luck to you too... It will be awesome

[jstone]

wow slow for me. My son and i got into some serious bull action on the opener. 6 different bull all where 5x5s and bigger. bugling around us, if i only had a peaches big bull tag i would be home tagged out already. 6 big bulls and only 1 cow and a calf with them. What is up with that?? 3 of the bulls where out of range but 3 where within a hundred yards. Full view.. Damn. Where are the cows. The other guys in are group have seen a couple?? I went out this morning not a bugle, or even an elk. had to come back for my daughters 16th and pick up my truck from the shop on Tuesday then back at it...

[Cougeyes]

You guys have quite the camp up there!  We were into a lot of elk Friday evening while scouting.  Lots of bulls bugling all around us and saw one spike and a cow.  Saturday i only hunted 2 hours cause it got so hot, only saw 3 deer and 2 grouse.  Sat around camp and got a sun tan.  Saturday evening was still hot, no elk talking.  Some hunters decided to camp up on the ridge where we wanted to hunt, it was a great spot where the elk cross but they blew all the elk out of that area in a hurry.  Hiked down a ridge and had a cow trotting downhill towards me at 40 yards.  I pulled up pulled the trigger and "click".  Cap didn't even go off.  Oh well. Slept in Sunday, went out at 11 a.m. hunting, more like hiking didn't hear or see anything.  Hiked another ridge and heard several bulls.  Stalked down to the closest one which was straight down hill in a steep draw.  Cow called, jumped some deer, cow called he responded.  Buddy and i snuck over to a rock ledge and saw two cows 60 yards below.  I could see both he could only see the one.  We were about to shoot both then his stepped behind the tree so i ended up taking a shot on the one i could see and dropped her.  Quartered her and hung her in a tree then went around to another trail and hiked up the ridge and packed her out.  

If you see this before you're done hunting, hunt by the lower gate and those ridge tops to the south, you'll see more elk up there than probably hunting lower gate to upper gate.

[arees]

Congratulations.  I was up for the opening weekend and talked with a few bulls but never caught sight of any.  Now I just have to free up time to get back in there.

[elkcane]

so we will be up that way for rifle season, headin up this weekend to look around check out our camp site if not occupied i hope. Cant wait to get on otherside of pass and get some quality time with nature and the guys. Come on weather now we need ya!

[jstone]

Ok just got back... Cow down on Wednesday afternoon.. one other guy in camp shot a big spike in the a.m. 27 inch spikes.. 2 elk in one day body is sore.. Great people awesome time.. Lots of big bulls with out cows?? dont really understand why? Wednesday morning had a cow at around 40 yards cap didnt fire, she took off there were 3 cows and a spike.. kinda frustrated at that point but made up for it that afternoon.. Had to work my ass off to get that cow.

[jstone]

Hey cougeyes was that the camp in the saddle on lookout you saw. If so my son and i walked by it on opening day.. Not the spot for a tent That is where the elk cross from one side to another. Yep i hunted from the lower gate everyday..

[teanawayslayer]

Well guys the elk aren't just up in the high hills.  That might be one of your problems.  The rut is closing and the bulls are herding back up.

[Cougeyes]

Hey cougeyes was that the camp in the saddle on lookout you saw. If so my son and i walked by it on opening day.. Not the spot for a tent That is where the elk cross from one side to another. Yep i hunted from the lower gate everyday..

  That would be the one, I was up on the ridge to the south on Friday evening overlooking that area where that camp was put and there were elk right on that hillside above the camp and lots of bulls screaming their heads off. My buddy was the one that saw the camp there he was really discouraged and dissapointed someone would be that ignorant to put a camp in that area.  I mean there was a huge wallow like 100 yards from that camp, probably one of the best areas on that mountain to hunt, always elk there because of that pond and marshy area.

Sounds like you and i had similar problems with guns not going off.  Kind of glad mine didn't go off on Saturday afternoon cause it was so hot up there. Did your buddy get that somewhere around the lower gate or lower end of lookout?  I saw a tall spike Friday evening that direction glassing from the ridge tops. 
Did you happen to see any bucks up that way? I was told there were some nice ones around lookout, i only saw does, come to think of it i saw more deer than elk.  Congrats on the elk.

[jstone]

Ya i love hunting around those wallows, that is a beautiful area. He got the spike across the valley from lookout. I did see a small spike on lookout. I saw a few deer but only 1 buck and that was up by our camp. not very big. I always eat my lunch and relax in that saddle off to the side if the trail in those trees trying to catch the elk moving back and forth. Worked last year but i fell asleep woke to a cow and a spike looking at me. Good Times