grayback gmu 388

[bowguy]

Has anyone ever hunted this area for elk? just wondering if there is any valid signs of seeing elk.

[HunterJim]

I hunted the area once pretty hard for about 5 days back in about '98.  Saw one being packed out.  Saw fresh tracks of two others on the run.  Didn't see any others at all.

In-laws live there and have been in and around and all over the unit several times a year, never saw another elk since.  Guess that's why it is an "any elk" area.

Be careful of the northern portions of the unit.... real easy to get yourself onto the reservation.

[elksnout]

Might be a tough hunt. I think there's more private land than public. Finding them will be the hard part. Before they moved the boundary east a guy had a better shot at it. Check out the harvest reports from the last two years after the boundary change. That should tell you a lot.

[sneakyjake]

Ditto

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

I have spent alot of time in this unit. And i have not seen many elk. The elk i have seen have been real late in the year after all the seasons.

[elkoholic]

I always hunt it for late archery deer. About 12 years ago I was up there hunting and had a cow step out at 30yards broadside and just stand there, I was young and dumb and did not realize it was open for elk so I just watched her walk off slowly, later that afternoon ran into a guy asking if we had seen any elk . I have seen a few elk up near kaiser butte/grayback mountain but it is now an eastside tag so I cant hunt them... grandpa stuck my grandma in a ground blind with a radio 10 years ago so he could actually get out and do some real hunting and grandma had about 15 cows walk out in front of her, she took a nice big cow.

[aer212]

If I don't get drawn I'm going to hunt it this year.

[cannon-master]

not alot of elk unless there is a ton of snow up high to push them off the indian reservation i wouldnt waste time or points on that unit for elk hunted it for years for deer lots of them

[ELKBURGER]

I agree with everyone. Few and far between....

[carpsniperg2]

I live here and hunt it every year. We bust our butt's and most years don't even see a elk. It's very tuff hunting and the cat population is totally out of control! Last 2 years we have not even seen a elk in 10 days of hunting. 4 years ago I shot a bull calf and that is the only elk I have killed on this mountain in 4 years of hunting it. I think this year I am just going to hunt the other units like the cow and rimrock. A lot more elk even if it's only cow and spike. A guy has a way better chance at a elk in those area's then here.

[steve04]

How is the grayback unit for early archery for deer?

[klickriverchromer]

The only elk I have ever seen in the greyback was well after the season in the wintering grounds.. If you feel lucky give it a shot, but I wouldn't waste my time.. I would hunt little naches for elk. It produced big last yr.

[carpsniperg2]

How is the grayback unit for early archery for deer?

The migratory deer don't show up until the late season, around Oct-ish depending on the weather. There is some deer around "locals" but the old timber toads don't show up till the late season. Still some deer around but not huge numbers. That's also part of the problem with the cat's we have around here

[aer212]

How many have hunted 388 successfully in the last 10 years? I know a couple people that get one every year.

[aer212]

Just looked at the harvest reports for 388, says no elk were taken in 388 last year. Is that right?