Washington Elk Hunters How Long have you been at IT?

[gasman]

Now I feel old.......er..............


I remember any bull, the season started Nov1 to the 15th and green dot was brand new. All this in Umtanum/Little Naches units.

[Huntbear]

First elk tag was bought in 1977.

[p-ohana]

Bear i was 4 years old in 1977. I started elk hunting in 2002 the first year I got to Ft Lewis. Been hunting elk ever since minus a few deployments.

[PAW66]

Started Elk hunting in 1964 (twenty years old). No orange just a red and black Woolrich coat, any bull and cows at the same time thru the season. My first bull, which was about my sixth elk, was a three point on November 13 in 1982.

[Elkaholic daWg]

Now I feel old.......er..............


I remember any bull, the season started Nov1 to the 15th and green dot was brand new. All this in Umtanum/Little Naches units.

 Gasman, was that with a statewide any bull tag, Or a Yakima/Early M/R any bull tag?

[Skywagon_185]

Dad wouldn't let me go elk hunting 'til I was big enough to pack.  1962 at age 16,  killed a raghorn 4pt. on opening day.  Muddy wash on Mt St Helens.  Hunted there til '80 when the mountain blew then started the upper Lewis country.  Quit serious hunting about 4 years ago but racked up 34 bulls and 2 cows (with cow tag) in the next 45 years.  Took my first buck deer at age 11.

[gasman]

Now I feel old.......er..............


I remember any bull, the season started Nov1 to the 15th and green dot was brand new. All this in Umtanum/Little Naches units.

 Gasman, was that with a statewide any bull tag, Or a Yakima/Early M/R any bull tag?

East or West Tag, not state wide. I'm not that old 

[HntnFsh]

Seems like I remember years ago that if you had a cow tag you could shoot anything with hair.A couple days of deer season overlapped elk.Plus there was a doe day or 2.

[sebek556]

started in seriously in 05 then left the state for awhile  and shot wild boars instead...

[6x6in6]

1973 was the point of beginning here.
38 years later and truckload of memories. 

[6x6in6]

Seems like I remember years ago that if you had a cow tag you could shoot anything with hair.A couple days of deer season overlapped elk.Plus there was a doe day or 2.

You bet!!
Fun times!!

[andersonjk4]

I started hunting elk in 1996 (12 y.o.), so I have only been able to hunt under the Spike Only rules.  But I love the stories from my Dad when they were able to hunt any bull.  Wish I would have been around during those days. 

[pianoman9701]

I've only ever hunted Archery for elk in WA, since1996.

[Tony]

I started hunting Archery late season of 2000 so always cow or spike for me.

[338_Thumper]

First License was 1975 - I have harvested 24 Elk so far. My first time my 3 buddy's bailed on me so i took my wife's 1966 mustang and some maps and headed to the Fork's area (Goodman creek) . I got up in the dark and parked with a clearcut on both sides of the road - The next morning I had elk on both sides of the road talking - I took a 4 point raghorn - Man did the hunters belly laugh at me stuffing a quartered out elk in a mustang - Had to keep all the windows down all the way home because the windows kept steaming up !