Late archery elk season so far

[AKBowman]

Wanted to share some pics. Hope this works. Have gotten to within 25 yds once, 50 once and 80 about three times. One shot so far which was deflected by brush. Clean miss.

With the rain the next five days what will the general tendencies of the elk be? I have been in the timber from about 1 hr after sunrise to 1 hr before sunset and sitting first and last light.

Will the elk be in the timber more? Will they tend to move more during the day?

[AKBowman]

more pics

[AKBowman]

few more. Sorry have to break them up b/c of file size

[christopheri]

I have been told that the elk will stick to the timber in heavy rains. Dont take that as gosphil I am preparing my Tag for dinner

[AKBowman]

Last few. Hopefully next time I will be holding a big brown animal!

[Crunchy]

looks like your on the right track

[Forrestrover]

Good pics. Keep us posted! I'm rooting for you!

[Crunchy]

I will be in the timber tomorrow as well.  Ive been in the elk too many times not to have killed one, and launched a few arrows as well.  Apparently i need work on judging distance, or maybe use that 350 dollar range finder i have been carrying around.

[THINK_N_ELK]

that tent looks like the the one that was set up at camp nine.  if so I think we met at the diner in mossyrock,

[gadwall]

I like the pics.  Good luck, hope you score

[Big P]

Good luck I'm living vicariously though you 

[400out]

Only one thing missing  can't quite put my finger in it 

[christopheri]

Hows it going out there AK?

[sakoshooter]

AKBowman,
Does 'Walk In Hunting Only' allow the use of a bicycle? Just asking. I would interpret it to mean "Walk In Hunting Only".

[AKBowman]

Hows it going out there AK?

Not good, I had to pull out of there late last night b/c highway 4 is supposed to flood this morning and is my only way out. I couldnt afford to get stuck in there. Lots of the sidestreams are raging right now and its like 60 degrees. Crazy storm!!

Might try to get back in there when things settle down in a couple days.

[AKBowman]

AKBowman,
Does 'Walk In Hunting Only' allow the use of a bicycle? Just asking. I would interpret it to mean "Walk In Hunting Only".

Sako-

 Under "timber lands" terms Walk In Only Hunting means no use of motorized vehicles. Non motorized bicycles are fine. Maybe I should have taken the picture of the other sign to the left of the road which explained the Dot system and cooresponding regulations, I just thought it made for a neat pic.

[sakoshooter]

Thanx AKB. Just wondering. I hunt a lot of wilderness areas and my deer wheeler isn't even allowed. Nothing mechanized.
I friend I used to hunt with when he still lived here in WA used a mtn bike deer hunting and would put the gutted deer on the bike like he was riding it. Tie it off and just walk it back to camp. Tenderloins on the seat. The rest you figure out from there. Always seemed like a good idea but I never did buy a bike.

[AKBowman]

Thanx AKB. Just wondering. I hunt a lot of wilderness areas and my deer wheeler isn't even allowed. Nothing mechanized.
I friend I used to hunt with when he still lived here in WA used a mtn bike deer hunting and would put the gutted deer on the bike like he was riding it. Tie it off and just walk it back to camp. Tenderloins on the seat. The rest you figure out from there. Always seemed like a good idea but I never did buy a bike.

Sako-

   Yeah I hear ya about the wilderness areas..those areas definitely have their own sets of rules and regulations and they are different/more strict than the private timber co. or DNR/State lands. One of the wilderness areas I hiked into a couple years ago had what was known as a "heartbeat" rule. Meaning anything with a heartbeat counted as a member of your party and the party size was limited (I think it was 6 or 7) so if you brought your dog that would count as one member.

  Those areas are cool though and I'm glad they are regulated the way that they are. Personally I think a lot more should be done to limit the amount of areas that guides can use in those wilderness areas or maybe have areas designated where the guides cant bring clients.  Maybe they already do not sure. Anyone guess I'm getting a little of track. I hope to get back at it after this rain dies down and the rivers recede from flooding levels. Maybe Tuesday and Wednesday, bet their wont be many people out there to compete with!!