White River Elk!!!!!!!! ARCHERY

[trophyhunt]

My wife had the muzzy tag the first year it came out and getting in the high country that year was no problem. I would rather they just open it back up to a over the counter tag since the 11 tribes that hunt it do what they want so the whole idea of permit only isn't going to work.  Meaning they made it permit only to improve the elk numbers, not happening with the tribes doing what they want.

[TikkaT3-270Shortmag]

Leave it how it is.  Its not going to help to open it up to the publc that will allow for more elk to get killed.  I believe its considered quality since its in the rut? IF you dont classify it as a quality hunt please dont put in for the permit! Ok wait a minute I forget there are no elk in the unit and the indians have killed them all not worth applying for a permit.

[trophyhunt]

I love how people always put what other people say in there own words on these post's.  I have hunted the white river my whole life, I know what kind of unit it is. I never said it wasn't a good unit, I was simply stating two points. One, the indians have there way in there much more than when the unit was open to all of us. I don't think the population of elk is getting to the numbers that the game dept. wants and I don't think it ever will with no corroperation from the 11 tribes that slaughter up there. It was a good hunt when it was over the counter, hell I was about 40% in 20 years. My second point was, if the muzzy is in the bull category, which the elk were going out of their mind at the time, then why not put the archery in the bull as well.  I don't think your odds of drawing will go down, I think you'll get the same numbers of people applying no matter what category it's in.  IMO

[TikkaT3-270Shortmag]

I can't believe it's a draw unit. There is hardly any elk left in there. I know I will be wasting time on my hunt but I might get lucky enough to find one of the last bulls left.

[kibber]

Tikka I'm hoping to find a heavy 3 or 4 point in the unit in the lower lands. They moved the line so you can hunt just outside buckley. Hoping for a okay hunt I would not apply for this hunt with many points being there is so many good hunts in other areas

[TikkaT3-270Shortmag]

Agreed you and I are gonna be fighting over the last couple little bulls.

[cem3434]

I can't believe it's a draw unit. There is hardly any elk left in there. I know I will be wasting time on my hunt but I might get lucky enough to find one of the last bulls left.

There is a ton of elk in the White River unit still. Deer on the other hand is a different story, but you have to be willing to put in some work and hunt hard.  Just heed to my advice and I am sure you will connect on one, that is if you do your part!

[bigtex]

I can't believe it's a draw unit. There is hardly any elk left in there. I know I will be wasting time on my hunt but I might get lucky enough to find one of the last bulls left.

There is a ton of elk in the White River unit still. Deer on the other hand is a different story, but you have to be willing to put in some work and hunt hard.  Just heed to my advice and I am sure you will connect on one, that is if you do your part!

I think it depends on your experience of "a ton of elk". The White River area use to be one of the top producing elk units on the westside of the state, obviously it is now permit only because of the huge decrease in numbers. Are there elk? Yes, in fact I usually see elk everytime I am in the area however it is nowhere near what it was like 20+ years ago.

[cem3434]

That is true and I remember hunting in there with my Dad and uncles when I was about 10 and everybody got an elk. I do know that everday during the season last year we seen at least 30 elk.  On a couple of occasions we seen 150+ elk in a day, but its definetly not a give me hunt. 

Thanks again for all the advice you gave me last year BigTex!

[TikkaT3-270Shortmag]

I can say almost all units I've hunted aren't what they used to be. Gonna be fun I can't wait!

[Crunchy]

I talked to a wildlife biologists the other day and was told the elk are doing well in the that unit.  Last three times I was in there I saw herds of twenty each time.  You got to know where to look.

[Swatson]

We can shoot cows with our permits right?  Hope so, cuase its grouse season that time and I got a honey hole!  Taggin out early and gonna kill me some grouse!

[trophyhunt]

I can't believe it's a draw unit. There is hardly any elk left in there. I know I will be wasting time on my hunt but I might get lucky enough to find one of the last bulls left.

There is a ton of elk in the White River unit still. Deer on the other hand is a different story, but you have to be willing to put in some work and hunt hard.  Just heed to my advice and I am sure you will connect on one, that is if you do your part!

I think it depends on your experience of "a ton of elk". The White River area use to be one of the top producing elk units on the westside of the state, obviously it is now permit only because of the huge decrease in numbers. Are there elk? Yes, in fact I usually see elk everytime I am in the area however it is nowhere near what it was like 20+ years ago.

Thanks bigtex, and your background gives a lot of credibility to your comment.  Some guys take me the wrong way, I do love the unit myself but think it should go back to over the counter if there is no control of the native hunts. I'm curious what you think about that?

[trophyhunt]

We can shoot cows with our permits right?  Hope so, cuase its grouse season that time and I got a honey hole!  Taggin out early and gonna kill me some grouse!

No cow hunts in the white river, unless I'm missing something.  I just checked the rifle, muzzy and archery are all bull hunts.

[Swatson]

ahhhhh crap!  Guess I'll be battling Kibber and Tikka for one of those rags!  Watch out you two cause I gotta mean Hoochie Mama!