Washington Elk Hunters How Long have you been at IT?

[Elkaholic daWg]

 This WILL date us!

[C-Money]

I remember 3pt or better in the Colockum, but never hunted it. I have only hunted archery cows/spikes then Modern spike, now true spike. I quit archery when they took away cow hunting.

[gaddy]

1st elk i ever got (after several years trying around the state) was a spike. then next year they went spike only in my area. all I've ever come across since have been branched. tried a few different areas since but keep going back to my spike unit because i just love the area.makes me feel at home. i know now that I'll probably never see another elk in the are since the bigfeet have decimated the place but Ive become accustomed to it. i know that if i do survive, i might just end up with a picture of a foot and that would be the trophy of my lifetime.

[gaddy]

sorry, didnt mean to get away from the origanal intent of the pole. i was just a little overcome when i realized the years spent following this elusive dream known as the monster bull.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Well its taken me 23 yrs to kill a monster bull and I do not have room for another one ...... yeah right !!!!

[rtspring]

Started Elk hunting in the early 80'S before the Hunter Orange days. Man them were the days, and you could shoot any bull. But the Little Naches was like a big parking lot, you almost could not find a spot to park on the side of the road.  Wasn't much of a hunter back then, we did alot of driving due ot my great uncle coudn't do much walking..  Heck we rarely saw any animals but it sure was fun and I didn't learn much abut hunting but I learned alot about life...   Then out comes the SPIKE only rule and alot of people quit hunting the area......

[HOYT6.0]

Ive been elk hunting in Oregon and Washington since 86'.  Havent gotten  "the Big one yet".  I did modern fire arm my first few years.  Then the regs changed and I went to archery in Oregon.  Back then it was a hair tag for the whole state.  Not these days though....

[Hunterman]

Started hunting back in the 70's..Yep back when you could hunt and kill animals..More animals..Now a days more B.S.

Hunterman(Tony)

[Elk329]

This WILL date us!

Yeah and it looks like most are younger than we are:

[HntnFsh]

Started road hunting with my dad when i was just big enough to see over the dash while standing on the seat resting my arm on his shoulder.

Passed hunter ed the first time at 9 years old.Bought all my tags that year.$2.50 or $3.50 for deer and either $5 or $5.50 for elk.That would have been 1968 I believe.

[Elkaholic daWg]

This WILL date us!

Yeah and it looks like most are younger than we are:

 No doubt there!!

 You're one of the Three right? I know you are.



 AND...... Sorry all, I'm so  darned old I forgot it was actually  2 FULL weeks+1 day   with most of 3 weekends involved! We would stay the first week and return for the last weekend

[bucklucky]

99' I started hunting for elk with bow, 97-98 rifle hunted a FEW times.

[fair-chase]

Took up chasing elk in 1996 at the age of 16. I'm just as excited if not more so to chase elk today than when I started. This is the most addictive form of hunting I've ever found.

[Elkaholic daWg]

 Wow! only 13 so far have hunted any bull without an S/P.

[runamuk]

I started hunting in 2009