Why is the NE Corner getting so much attention???

[dscubame]

Here is the link to the 2009 Harvest Report for Region 1 representing the NE Corner.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/harvest/2009/reports/elk_gmu.php?District=1

I was talking to another member of this forum community over the weekend and he made a interesting comment..."why is the NE corner getting so much attention when the success rate and harvest reports are so poor."   After all him and I do spend a lot of time up in that area but it is not for the Elk hunting that is for sure. 

So I pontificated over the last few days.

Take for example the Sullivan Lake area that just very recently has been absolutely pounded during Elk Season and gets all this recent talk (Selkirk GMU 113).  1,300 hunters with only 5 cows and 55 bulls taken.  That's just silly what is all the hype about?

[NWBREW]

I'll tell you why but not sure I really understand. ANY BULL.........ANY BULL.  One of the few places in the state where a hunter can shoot ANY BULL.

A lot of people think that there are elk around every corner......their not. If one wants to score up there they have to hunt hard but you could pull the triger on a spike, 4pt. 6pt. whatever........if you can find them.

[dscubame]

NWBREW.  I figure that may be the biggest draw however the sum of ziltch plus ziltch is ziltch and their are not the elk in the area to warrant the attention in the NE.  I think we both are in agreement here, just saying.  And yes I may be trying to keep the hype down for my own personal gain.  hehe.   But I am serious about the poor opportunity and the numbers do not lie.

[NWBREW]

I agree. percentage wise.......it's horrible. All those hunters with only a handfull...SMALL HANDFULL at that, of filled tags. It is only the hunters that know that land well that are sucessfull. (and maybe a small few that are lucky). I hunt elk up there every year mostly because I do not like hunting where there is someone around every tree........and I  own land there. 

[CAMPMEAT]

I think hunters and people are infatuated with the NE corner. I was, until I went up there years ago. To me, it looks just Darrington. Thick timber, brushy and wet. Doesn't do a thing for me. I haven't been over there in 4 years. I do know a logger over there and he has told me where to hunt elk, but it's very hard hunting for an old fart.

[NWBREW]

Hard hunting if your a younger man as well. 

[CAMPMEAT]

Hard hunting if your a younger man as well. 

No kidding............

[Ridgerunner]

any bull, if they got rid of that it would be alot less appealing to people.

[NWBREW]

any bull, if they got rid of that it would be alot less appealing to people.

I agree.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

any bull, if they got rid of that it would be alot less appealing to people.

I agree.

Any bull, and the chance to get a wall hanger, not having the crowds, (compared to other units) as a bowhunter, the ability to see 100's of deer (and fill a doe tag for "camp meat") a lot of hunters might be combining their trips to include deer, late turkey, Elk.... Could be a significant number from Spokane who don't want to drive all the way to Yakima, or Dayton for a spike..... all sorts of reasons.
Or even dreamers who hope to get drawn for moose and figure a few years to get to know an area wouldn't hurt.... 
Also those guys that show of the sheds they find up there are just fanning the flames..

[piledup]

I'll tell you why but not sure I really understand. ANY BULL.........ANY BULL.  One of the few places in the state where a hunter can shoot ANY BULL.

A lot of people think that there are elk around every corner......their not. If one wants to score up there they have to hunt hard but you could pull the triger on a spike, 4pt. 6pt. whatever........if you can find them.

 

[whacker1]

I understand the enfatuation with ANY Bull, but I have hunted up in the NE corner ( a few different units) for 9 years, and only in the last year or two have I found elk on a consistant basis.  Now the question remains, will they be in the same place in the fall of 2011.     

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

And as long as it keeps them on the far side of the state from me, I am all for it !!
I hunt the SW corner, no Elk here .. 

[oldleclercrd]

Go ahead and hunt the corner, but like NWbrew said, unless you truly know the area or if your really lucky you probably wont even see an elk. You have to know how to hunt and know their habits not just shoot into the herd of hundreds like the blues.

[elkinrutdrivemenuts]

I started focusing up there because
I have seen more legal elk during the season than in the blues ; ) granted that was one year and I didnt find them last year during
Season. But I have yet to find a spike during season in the blues, so that why I hunt up north. Plus guys in Idaho get them all the time up north
An last time I checked elk dont know where the state line is ; )