I got to WA in 1994, had never elk hunted before. Looked at the map and found an area with few roads in or around it, headed up there. Side road in I ran into a camper and a guy who looked just like the guy on Josie Wales movie with the big bug eyes, "Looks like we got ourselves Josie Wales!" Scary

Anyways he says yep there a few elk here. I go up the road and over the next four days I see and hear elk everyday, very nearly launch an arrow into a cow. Seen a huge 6x6 bull. Had a blast! "This elk hunting's not so hard, for this savy eastern whitetail hunter. What the heck are these guys talking about?" "Look at all this sign too!" Next year, go back to the same area, same massive amount of sign....not a peep, no sightings, nothing....oh all that sign is moose.

Next THREE years, I never see hide, nor hair of an elk in there. Move to the middle part of the state and hunt the Manastash Unit. Lots of elk, see LOTS of elk, hear LOTS of elk, also see and hear LOTS of friggen people and 4 wheelers and little Suzuki trucks and Jeeps. Get sick of the circus and head to Idaho...Ahhhh Blisssss