NO bulls seen up on colockum period.

[phishisgroovin]

very bum deal hope they let someone take the meat. so it did not go to waste or haul it off to people in need.

it all goes to the kittitas or ellensburg area homeless shelter and food banks.

[carpsniperg2]

good glad 2 hear it. and be carefull with that spike shed. seems like some people are seeing a spike side and then start shooting 

[phishisgroovin]

good glad 2 hear it. and be carefull with that spike shed. seems like some people are seeing a spike side and then start shooting 

yeah, that thing was stashed in my pack real fast lol!
Crazies out there will shoot at any spike antler they see. Brother in law almost got me with the slingshot at camp too, just so he can say he shot at a spike atleast.

[colockumelk]

The WDFW said that they were going to try out true spike for three years and see if it had an erect. If not then they'll try something else. Yeah right I remember spike only was supposedly to be temperary. As long as people buy their tags and the bull population downtown dramatically decrease true spike is here to stay unless.......

We do the right thing and people go to the meetings and demand permit only. Maybe even a petition. I'd gladly write a two minute speach for someone to read since I can't be there.  Spike only hasn't worked and neither will true spike. When will people learn that if it hasn't worked for 15 years it will NEVER work? Some people are either very naive or extremely stupid. In the case of WDFW they are just greedy for money and cowards for not standing up and doing what's right.

[jackelope]

I don't understand or know the appeal to that place. There seems to be soooooooo many people up there. Whats the attraction?

[C-Money]

I saw Zero elk Saturday and Sunday. I hunted hard getting way in off the roads and still saw NOTHING! Strange year for sure. I like the Colockum cause it is close to home and I get to see a bunch of elk every year, except this one. I usually see a few giant bulls as well. I love the Colockum and hope to hunt it for a good many years. There is way to many people to feel like having a realistic chance of getting an elk, one spike in 10 years of archery and 5 years modern. (elk killed in 2006 modern) I spend a bunch of time up there, I know that area well. The seasons are tough because of all the hunters!

[hunter-4-life]

Yeah I was up there with DBzona hunting, and also saw the 1x2 laying there suffering. Its so sad to see that stuff. Stupid people.

[williams419]

Sounded like WWIII up there on Saturday morning, buddy and i both saw a a dozen of cows in the morning. We went back out in the evening and did manage to sit in the fog for awhile bout 15 mins later heard a shot close to us. 2 mins later we see a bull running though the trees. My buddy rises his gun and i glass him, don't shot it's a 3x3, he ran out in the open and then turned and ran right at us, saw us and then took off. He was about 50 yards from us and all you could hear is him panting like crazy and his tongue was bout 5 inches out of his mouth. When he went a little bit further in the fog running from us he looked like a spike. I feel kinda bad for the guys who have been getting shot at and are running around like their heads are cut off.   

[halflife65]

I did a quick drive up there on Sunday afternoon (Naneum unit is right behind the house).  Saw 1 hanging but there wasn't the usual number of camps.  I thought that there might be more hanging, especially with the snow.  Most people had probably already left for the weekend but I thought I would see a few more people planning to stay for the week (don't get me wrong, there were still plenty of camps; it just seemed like not as many as usual.)

I did see two game wardens on Sunday and I was only up there an hour or two. 

I'm normally an archery hunter but I drew the multi-season permit and went up behind the house during rifle season a couple of years ago.  The elk were running everywhere between guys - I probably saw 75 elk in the first two hours of season - all going Mach 5.  I hunted up where I knew there were some spikes and two guys shot them right in front of me.  Another guy was standing on the other side of the meadow when it happened so we bs'd for a couple of minutes (incidentally, also normally an archery hunter that had drawn the multi-season tag.)  There were probably 6 guys in the same little area.  We saw a couple of more walk by while we were standing there talking.  Not my style of hunting so I left pretty quickly after that.  The area is easy to hunt, close to home and there are a lot of roads.  Won't be doing that again.

[colockumelk]

I don't understand or know the appeal to that place. There seems to be soooooooo many people up there. Whats the attraction?

For me its a beautiful place and has very diverse terrain. I also know where alot of elk are. For many its tradition. But I think the biggest reason is there's alot of roads its open and fairly flat. So its easier to hunt than in most units. Its human nature we take the path of least resistance.

[pods8]

It doesn't matter anyway because they were all on private property. My cousin was out at the wind farm on Friday working and he said he saw around 200 head with quite a few bulls just hanging out waiting for the season to end. I guess you need some MH to go chase them out of the wind farm.

Brandon

FYI, MH can't hunt the wind farm, the west side of it makes up one of the boundaries.  There is some area right next to the windfarm that can be hunted but I can tell you for a fact there weren't Elk sitting in that portion on friday (at least from noonish on).  Additionally the WDFW suspended MH hunting during the modern season this year so any animals that do come down onto private ranch land can't be touched (aside from regular spike elk or other non-MH permit hunting).

[bornforhorns]

Probably not the only reason but definitely a big part of it...native americans are cleaning that place out.  I have seen them drive through town with big racks in the backs of their pickups and I am not looking for it.  Pisses me off...my money which just in license/tag fees over the last ten years has easily exceeded $2000...always knowing my dollars were being spent towards wildlife conservation and management...is being robbed under my nose and rubbed in it because were afraid too tackle such a political issue.  I love what the WDFW has done for this state and really do support it most of the time.  I love that they give us opportunities to hunt each year unlike many of you that want permit seasons.  I have even worked for them and there are many that are way more knowledgeable than the common person on here claims to be about wildlife management...I just wish we would man up and do something about situations like tribal hunting on public land.  What gets me is some of the reservations in this state hold some of the best hunting in the WEST period!!!

[saylean]

I killed one earlier this year (three total in camp). We saw plenty. Good luck all.

[phishisgroovin]

I have fuel money, if someone wants to go or needs a hunting partner for the weekdays or whatever.
I just want my first harvest.

[shedcrazy]

Going up Thursday, on the Wenatchee side. Hope there is still a few kicking around.