Author Topic: upper smith creek scouting trip (link to pics) UPDATED!!! (Read 11021 times)

kalamasasquatch · « **on:** July 12, 2011, 12:26:25 PM »

If i have violated some forum rule please let me know or dump my thread

I went up into the upper smith creek to scout for my october archery permit. What an amazing and nasty area! I know I am not taking anything smaller than last years bull for sure. Got some great pics and seen just about every form of elk available from very young to dead. check out the pics!

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=wall&ref=profile&id=100000775938930#!/media/set/?set=a.220042361364960.49355.100000775938930

TikkaT3-270Shortmag · « **Reply #1 on:** July 12, 2011, 12:34:37 PM »

Where is the link?

bucklucky · « **Reply #2 on:** July 12, 2011, 12:36:13 PM »

Pics, wheres the pics!!!

h20hunter · « **Reply #3 on:** July 12, 2011, 12:38:39 PM »

Oh, you have violated a rule buddy! You have promised pics or a link to pics and not provided!

h20hunter · « **Reply #4 on:** July 12, 2011, 12:39:05 PM »

OH, now you post it!!!

bucklucky · « **Reply #5 on:** July 12, 2011, 12:51:18 PM »

Nice pictures!! Beautiful country. I miss going up around the Mountain!!

BOWHUNTER45 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 12, 2011, 01:00:43 PM »

guess you need to be a friend to see anything ...

CAMPMEAT · « **Reply #7 on:** July 12, 2011, 01:02:23 PM »

Don't forget, Facebook shares all or your info to everyone......

CP · « **Reply #8 on:** July 12, 2011, 01:02:48 PM »

I can see the pics, very nice.

I hope to get up their and scout the pumice plain area soon.

workstohunt · « **Reply #9 on:** July 12, 2011, 01:11:50 PM »

No pics here

Alan K · « **Reply #10 on:** July 12, 2011, 01:57:10 PM »

I don't do facebook, so I'm left out in the cold. . .

Grazer · « **Reply #11 on:** July 12, 2011, 03:50:55 PM »

Post the pics on this site if you want everyone to look at them. Not everyone does facebook.

blacktailcrzy · « **Reply #12 on:** July 12, 2011, 04:06:26 PM »

that is some cool as area good luck on relocating that big boy

kalamasasquatch · « **Reply #13 on:** July 12, 2011, 04:23:52 PM »

i can post the pics but i have about 40 from the trip. wouldnt that be to many?

OlympicElkJunkie · « **Reply #14 on:** July 12, 2011, 04:41:43 PM »

Nice pics! Thanks for sharing. That area is awesome! Sad to see the winter kill. I'm surprised the skeletons were intact ... i guess predators and scavengers didn't even get to them.

willapawapiti · « **Reply #15 on:** July 12, 2011, 07:22:32 PM »

Beautiful pics, thanks for sharing!! Love the calf hunkered down pic!

CJ-5 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 12, 2011, 09:14:16 PM »

Neat pictures! I have always wondered what that area was like. Looks like you have a good bull to go after also!

iRem · « **Reply #17 on:** July 12, 2011, 10:21:30 PM »

Guess were not friends, cant see pic

kalamasasquatch · « **Reply #18 on:** July 13, 2011, 07:40:30 AM »

ok thats it! when i get home i will post the pics here....buti warned ya! theres alot of 'em.....

kalamasasquatch · « **Reply #19 on:** July 13, 2011, 07:57:07 AM »

here is one pic from the trip

kalamasasquatch · « **Reply #20 on:** July 13, 2011, 07:59:11 AM »

another

kalamasasquatch · « **Reply #21 on:** July 13, 2011, 08:01:31 AM »

and the bull i will be looking for

kalamasasquatch · « **Reply #22 on:** July 13, 2011, 08:04:30 AM »

sad ending.....wonder if the broken skull is what killed him

kalamasasquatch · « **Reply #23 on:** July 13, 2011, 08:06:30 AM »

Huntboy · « **Reply #24 on:** July 13, 2011, 08:16:28 AM »

Great pic's, thanks for posting them. Good luck with your permit.

PlateauNDN · « **Reply #25 on:** July 13, 2011, 08:20:57 AM »

Quote from: kalamasasquatch on July 13, 2011, 08:04:30 AM

sad ending.....wonder if the broken skull is what killed him

Bigfoots gotta eat to!

Thanks for sharing the pics!

PolarBear · « **Reply #26 on:** July 13, 2011, 08:35:36 AM »

Nice pics! One of my favorite places to hunt!

kalamasasquatch · « **Reply #27 on:** July 13, 2011, 11:22:16 AM »

P bear.......have you hunted that area before? any luck?

Skyvalhunter · « **Reply #28 on:** July 13, 2011, 12:02:22 PM »

Yea thats a great area. My group of buddies all hunt up there!!

blacktail7 · « **Reply #29 on:** July 13, 2011, 12:10:38 PM »

Ive hunted that unit before. My girlfriend drew the first year it was out. Awesome hunt, lots of bulls, not as many big bulls as ive seen in years past for us but it was still a great tag. Horrible nasty steep terrain though! We camped up on top and hunted down the ridges every day. You should have fun, good luck!

Alpinegus · « **Reply #30 on:** July 13, 2011, 12:11:05 PM »

Sasquatch; A couple years ago we seen two billy mountain goats from where you took your pictures from. Watch for the goats.
Good luck on your hunt.

slim9300 · « **Reply #31 on:** July 13, 2011, 12:47:08 PM »

How big do you think that bull was? About 280"?

PolarBear · « **Reply #32 on:** July 14, 2011, 01:30:33 AM »

Quote from: kalamasasquatch on July 13, 2011, 11:22:16 AM

P bear.......have you hunted that area before? any luck?

We hunt Smith and Bean Creek drainages. Yes, we have taken some really nice bulls out of there but it is one ass dragger of a pack out. The area that you will be hunting is awesome. It is where I bugled up the biggest 5X5 we have ever seen. This boy was a 310-320 class 5x5, just a brute.

kalamasasquatch · « **Reply #33 on:** July 14, 2011, 11:43:59 AM »

Quote from: slim9300 on July 13, 2011, 12:47:08 PM

How big do you think that bull was? About 280"?

im not sure.....he was a long ways off, that and i am i terrible judge of size. I do know he was hanging out with a unique looking 6x that was bigger than him.

Quote from: PolarBear on July 14, 2011, 01:30:33 AM

Quote from: kalamasasquatch on July 13, 2011, 11:22:16 AM
P bear.......have you hunted that area before? any luck?
We hunt Smith and Bean Creek drainages. Yes, we have taken some really nice bulls out of there but it is one ass dragger of a pack out. The area that you will be hunting is awesome. It is where I bugled up the biggest 5X5 we have ever seen. This boy was a 310-320 class 5x5, just a brute.

where do you guys access the area? we hunted it a few years ago from.....well the same area i went in from this time. i think thats the only place to get there. Do you have to croos water to start?

Quote from: blacktail7 on July 13, 2011, 12:10:38 PM

Ive hunted that unit before. My girlfriend drew the first year it was out. Awesome hunt, lots of bulls, not as many big bulls as ive seen in years past for us but it was still a great tag. Horrible nasty steep terrain though! We camped up on top and hunted down the ridges every day. You should have fun, good luck!

did you fill the tag? if so which way did you pack it out? did you have any trouble finding water?

blacktail7 · « **Reply #34 on:** July 15, 2011, 12:07:07 PM »

No we did not fill her tag, she had several good opportunities at bulls but lets just say she had quite a case of elk fever! We went in from the 83 rd and up the ape canyon trail wich was ok, but its easier to get in from the 99 rd or windy ridge.(not sure of the legality though) The year she drew that road was washed out and we couldnt access from that side at all. There was plenty of water in a little stream at the head of ape canyon that we went to each night from where we were camping, it's seasonal runoff. Other than that you'll have to go much lower in the unit for water. As for the pack out, no matter what its going to to be tough one. We parked a truck down below lahar along that trail head on the clearwater incase we killed a bull somewhere lower so we could take it out the bottom. Other than that its up, up, and away! If it were me i would camp right up on abraham flats just barely above the main open ridge up there and hunt down to the elk each day, plenty of water, good glassing, and an exit out the bottom with the meat. I think it was around 6 miles in to where we camped. Its all steep! Watch for Mt.Goats too! From the looks of your pics it looks like youve got the good spots found allready! Good luck! If you have any more questions send me a PM

PolarBear · « **Reply #35 on:** July 15, 2011, 12:14:12 PM »

We hunt from the 99 road as well. You can do some start off glassing up there but I prefer to quietly sneak into the canyon well before daylight. The guys who roadhunt will push any upper bulls down to you. Then the work begins.

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