Hunting West side.

[viper55]

I am looking at hunting the Clearwater unit or Wynoochie unit for elk. Are these areas any good? Never hunted on the Westside yet.

[bankwalker]

my buddie just moved over to matlock last year and hunts deer in the wynoochee unit and seen a *censored* ton of elk last year in december.

[Houndhunter]

expect to find lots of hunters if you go to the nooch, dont know how it is during rifle season but during bow season theres tons of people

[bankwalker]

expect to find lots of hunters if you go to the nooch, dont know how it is during rifle season but during bow season theres tons of people

my buddie said last year on opening day of modern firearm elk it sounded like machine guns going off for about 5 minutes. then nothing for the rest of the season. i guess there was 5 legal bulls in a herd and they whiped them out in 5 minutes.

how true that is i dont know. but i can just picture that...i seen it happen in eastern washington one year with a big herd and about 9 spikes taken in 2 minutes lol

[actionshooter]

Believe it, I've spent some time there and theres a ton of people.

[billythekidrock]

I am looking at hunting the Clearwater unit or Wynoochie unit for elk. Are these areas any good? Never hunted on the Westside yet.

Both are jammed with hunters during the modern season. Go farther North if you want some space.

[Antlershed]

Don't forget about all the guys with running shoes on and their tag in their hand. I actually overheard a couple guys in Sportco one time talking about this practice of "tagging".

[MountainWalk]

come again? tagging?

[bankwalker]

Don't forget about all the guys with running shoes on and their tag in their hand. I actually overheard a couple guys in Sportco one time talking about this practice of "tagging".

my uncle shot an elk in rimrock quite a few years back and had to guys beat him to it with 4wheelers. cut it in half and were gone before he got across the valley.

[Antlershed]

come again? tagging?

There are f-tards who will wait for a gunshot, then take off running towards that gunshot so they can place their tag on the animal before the hunter gets there. Therefor, I called it "tagging". 

[CP]

I lost a nice mule deer that way several years ago in New Mexico.  It was at the top of a 60 degree slope of loose shale when I shot it.  I saw 4 guys descend on it while my partner and I were struggling up the slope.  We started yelling at them but by the time we got to the top there was nothing there but a pool of blood. 

One of the joys of public land hunting.   

[MountainWalk]

sounds like to me, quite a few people get quite lucky at this tagging biz.. lucky it didnt start raining lead...

[Gobble]

My dad and his hunting partner had this happen to them in the 70's. It wasn't worth killing someone over a deer. To think there are people out there so desperate to bring something home that would endanger themselves and everyone involved for 70 lbs of meat 

These are the same people that go fishing, get skunked and go to Safeway on their way home to buy a fish to make them look successful to the wife. I see myself being successful by enjoying the great outdoor experience by itself, it doesn't hurt that I'm pretty good at hunting and fishing too 

[zackmioli]

let off a warning shot in their general direction.

[Crunchy]

If i knew there were going to steal my deer I would turn it into swiss cheese before they got to it.