Waterville?

[Elk-aholic]

Anyone hunt around the Waterville area??? Is it any good for Elk or Deer? Any good public land to hunt around the area? Anyone with any info for me would be most appreciated. Thanks!


-Elk-Aholic

[buglin4bulls]

Got property below down in Orondo. Lots of mule deer around the wheat fields and in the canyons. I have never seen any elk around that area but i'm not saying there aren't either!

[Elk-aholic]

I'm driving over to that area tomorrow to look at some land that's why I was asking. My friend with the with the acres said the deer and Elk are pretty good around that area...  just wanted to hear from some other people who might know the area and see what they have to say about it good or bad.

[buglin4bulls]

I would say good for deer. bad for elk. but let me know what you see 

[go4itlab]

Waterville home of the shockers, two in the      and one in the     . Everytime I drive thru I wanna stop and get my picture taken in front of the sign throwing up the shocker. Anyway lots of deer never seen or heard about elk

[shedcrazy]

Outside of Waterville is good for deer and in the canyons, but elk?? Doubtful!!

[Elk-aholic]

Are there any Elk in the general area? Or not at all?

[Stickerbush]

Went up through there a few years back, we had to pull over and give the sign!  just a couple young guys havin fun. Saw a few mule deer out in the fields no elk though...

[Elk-aholic]

Haha That's a pretty funny sign  

I'm looking around the Badger MT area today

[bobcat]

Did you look at last year's harvest report?  It shows no elk killed in Badger or Moses Coulee GMU's. Two elk were killed across the river in the Swakane.

[boonerboy]

Badger= LOTS of private. Also lots of good deer, but they will be on private ground, gauranteed. also no elk on badger. Try Beezly Hills area, near Ephrata. Overen rd. or Baird springs rd. alot of feel free to hunt and written permission ground. Never hunted it but have seen a few good bucks out there and quite a few deer. Occasional elk swims the columbia and ends up over there but not often.

[teal101]

Badger= LOTS of private. Also lots of good deer, but they will be on private ground, gauranteed. also no elk on badger. Try Beezly Hills area, near Ephrata. Overen rd. or Baird springs rd. alot of feel free to hunt and written permission ground. Never hunted it but have seen a few good bucks out there and quite a few deer. Occasional elk swims the columbia and ends up over there but not often.

Pretty much summed it up.  Badger is highly private and the guys who own it are all deer hunters and arent too keen on letting people on their land.  Waterville has lots of deer but again is mostly private.  I've never personally heard of an Elk up that way either.  Cougar yes...

[Fletch]

I worked Outside waterville on a wheat farm for 4 summers, and have hunted the breaks a fare bit...I would be surprised to find any elk there...on a different note... am I stupid what is so funny about the sign?

[boonerboy]

I worked Outside waterville on a wheat farm for 4 summers, and have hunted the breaks a fare bit...I would be surprised to find any elk there...on a different note... am I stupid what is so funny about the sign?

put your mind alittle closer to the gutter....the saying is, and delete this if need be but, "two in the pink, one in the stink"..."the shocker" now look at their hands in the pic.  

[uplandhunter870]

i would advise staying off of badger mtn. if you are not 1000% sure of property lines and where the state/blm ground is.  the area around waterville is decent for deer, mostly on the breaks but again most the land owners that are not to keen on people tresspassing.

ive never see or even heard of elk being up on the flats and i grew up in orondo, but there are some elk that swim the river down by spanish castle every so often

[Fletch]

Thanks for the education boonerboy...

[whacker1]

I worked Outside waterville on a wheat farm for 4 summers, and have hunted the breaks a fare bit...I would be surprised to find any elk there...on a different note... am I stupid what is so funny about the sign?

put your mind alittle closer to the gutter....the saying is, and delete this if need be but, "two in the pink, one in the stink"..."the shocker" now look at their hands in the pic.  

And the advanced version
"two in the pink, one in the stink, and one working the speedbag"

[Elk-aholic]

I drove over to Badger today to look at the land I was thinking about buying but I don't know about it. Ive only lived in WA for a few years (Ballard) to be exact and have done some hunting on the peninsula with a friend of mine that lives over in Port Angeles. Last year we hunted the Sol Duc unit together I saw a herd of 20 cows or so but that was it. I Still don't know my way around the state very much but the land around Orando to Cashmere is pretty dry it actually reminded me of parts of the Bad Lands in South Dakota. Around Waterville the farms are pretty irrigated so its got some green. Badger Mountain was pretty nice I could see it being good for Grouse and Deer but not enough water around to sustain Elk I suppose. I was interested in the Land because the price is right and I talked him down even more for some acres off of Redfield Road (for those who know the area) He has over 60 acres going now for good prices I'm not going to drop prices on here for all to see but if any locals want to pm me I can give you his name and info and the price I got him talked down to. All I will say is that I got him down below $1000 acre (very cheap!) Its nice land but I think I would rather pick up a few acres in the peninsula.

[bushmaster]

There are NO elk on badger or in waterville. I dont know who told you there were elk there, but they are HIGH! 16 years ago a moose got in there, but it was darted and flow out by the state. I have hunted every inch or 266, I know what Im talking about.

[Shootmoore]

No Elk anywhere around that side of the river, and I have covered that country for years.  Some good hunting for deer and upland birds.  The goose and duck hunting can be fandamtastic in the right spots.

Closest elk I can think of around that country would be up the pass and a couple tiny herds over in the Methow.  Both on the wrong side of the mighty columbia.

Shootmoore