Why are people posting where they kill their elk?!

[buglebuster]

I'm not to worried about it. I,know where the elk I have been watching all year in my unit hang out. And they are still there and archery season is almost over 

[runamuk]

They are doing it simply to elicit a thread like this one ....they wanted to irritate you and its working while you are on here venting they are stealing your elk  ..ah hell no one seems to be posting coordinates of where they shot elk not sure which posts you are talking about

[elkaholic]

No ELK in WASHINGTON! Go to Idaho, oh I hunt there too, try Colorado....

ELK are where you find them!!!!

[runniNgunnin]

I'm not to worried about it. I,know where the elk I have been watching all year in my unit hang out. And they are still there and archery season is almost over 

nope i got mine/yours yesterday morning.... 

[BOWHUNTER45]

hey I do not care if they post there hunting area  As long as its not mine 

[Bean Counter]

I inquire about GMUs from time to time simply because I'm curious. I never follow the answer up with "so this road or that road" or even what end of the GMU the animal was taken from. If you want to be that private maybe you shouldn't even post. 

[BLUEBULLS]

This is why I say the internet is going to ruin hunting as we've learned it. I'll gladly admit that I pay close attention to location when a big animal is killed. I very much prefer to do everything on my own but it must be human nature to be interested in areas that are producing.

All a guy can do is keep quiet and hope for the best these days.

[grundy53]

 

[gaddy]

all i can say is that i once had a deer hunting area that i felt was ok, then i met a hunter from seattle. he told me that a friend of his that had moved into the area had suggested the area as looking good.
that hunter was successful.
next year there were 5 campers in that spot.(# of hunters ?) it ballooned from there.
hunter #s went up & success went down, but still they kept comming.
This was before the internet, the area is junk now but they still keep comming. it only takes one set of loose lips to sink the ship.
I dont think the picts & stories hurt but word of mouth has been around for a loooong time. I personaly dont trust the harvest reports as much as some & prefere to see for myself but if a friend says, HEY the clockum has elk behind every tree, well i might be inclined to go there & check it out.

[JimmyHoffa]

For at least the case of the spike only areas, I don't see a huge negative to the special permit guys talking about the bulls.  Such a limited amount of people that can hunt them.  Now if it was westside, you're basically inviting hundreds of people to that area.

[HOYT6.0]

Too funny.   No harm, no foul.   I doubt too many internet elk hunters are getting their animals by looking at pics.

P.S.   Please do not post pics of elk taken from where I hunt.

That is funny.  From what Ive seen where I hunted at.  You have to get out of the truck and off the roads to hunt elk...   Being a panzy and staying on the roads will not get you an elk.  You may see them, but you wont get a shot.

[PA BEN]

How about this, I shot my bull last year in the Dickey GMU 602. Go for it.

[JimmyHoffa]

How about this, I shot my bull last year in the Dickey GMU 602. Go for it.

  There's already half the population of the county in 602 come modern elk.

[Huntbear]

Ok,, how about this.....

I did NOT shoot my elk in any GMU # with a 1 or 2 or 3 or a 4 in it.... 

 

[Instinct]

Thought this year would be a zoo where i was at like last year. Nope hardly anyone