Pend Oreille County Elk?

[Clinton]

Any tips on where to find elk in Pend Oreille County?  I spent three days scouting and three days hunting and did not see or hear anything.  I was west of Usk part of the time and above Bead Lake north of Newport also.  Thanks.

[benhuntin]

hey, 2 posts congrats this exact topic is on here 10 times about NE washington , not alot of elk there is a few scattered Good Luck

[CAMPMEAT]

Slate Creek........

[stickbuck]

FYI, use the search tool on this site. Lots of great info plus you can avoid the virtual beatings after asking for help so new in your forum career. 

[Ridgeratt]

Any tips on where to find elk in Pend Oreille County?  I spent three days scouting and three days hunting and did not see or hear anything.  I was west of Usk part of the time and above Bead Lake north of Newport also.  Thanks.

Glad to see you put your time in!! Had a cousin who worked for the PUD and was in the woods everyday and it took him about 10 years to figure them out.

[heavy hauler]

can you feel the love ?

[Clinton]

I did find some sign but did not hear anything bugle.  That was the whole reason I did muzzle loader this year was to get close to the rut and find them by hearing them.  It is funny that elk are so hard to find in P.O. County, but easy to find across the border in Idaho.

[deerslyr]

hey, 2 posts congrats this exact topic is on here 10 times about NE washington , not alot of elk there is a few scattered Good Luck

I really wonder how many more times it will be on here? looks like some one else just posted another thread about the NE elk LOL

[WAcoyotehunter]

It's darn tough up here, and there's not much you can do to make them bugle if they're not in the mood.

[sisu]

It's darn tough up here, and there's not much you can do to make them bugle if they're not in the mood.

You might hear banjoes playing in that neck of the woods.

[asl20bball]

wolves = quiet elk. Good luck to you this weekend though.

[elkinrutdrivemenuts]

Bead lake is a good area, I have gotten into elk close to there, they don't hang out there all season though, you gotta catch them when they come through.  One year they are there the next there not.  Keep trying.

[Fullabull]

Clinton, are you doing any calling? They are much easier to find when you can call and get them to respond. Muzzy season is right in the elk rut but they just don't run around screeming like you see on TV  You need to understand how they work and what makes them bugle. Even know that is tough in NE WA as there is lot of country and they are spread all over the place.

If you are not use to calling, try Elknuts web site and this forum for calling tips...

Good luck,
Fulla

[Austrian Hunter]

No Elk in Pend Oreille County   They are all west! Just kidding!  If you serious about hunting one I would book with Sherman Creek Outfitter, he owns property up there and knows where the Elk are

[whacker1]

Any tips on where to find elk in Pend Oreille County?  I spent three days scouting and three days hunting and did not see or hear anything.  I was west of Usk part of the time and above Bead Lake north of Newport also.  Thanks.

Glad to see you put your time in!! Had a cousin who worked for the PUD and was in the woods everyday and it took him about 10 years to figure them out.

I have been hunting up there for roughly 8 years, and it took me 3 before I found elk, and I still have yet to kill one.  35 yards last year during archery with no shot, and 60 yards this year was my closest with no shot.  It is a long difficult road to finding elk in the NE.

[huntnnw]

There are really no tips alot of boot leather. There are places that these elk will be every year. Its taken me a betterpart of 20 years to find these honey holes. These elk bugle, but not from places they can be heard for miles away. The timber is dense and bugles don't travel far u better be on them. My observations is this Muzzy season is catching the end of the rut, talking this time of year is sporadic.  I also notice alot is the herd bulls are already gone from the herd and the bulls u hear talking. Are the rag horns.

[huntnnw]

There's a big difference in getting into elk and actually getting a shot. I am into elk daily up there and sometimes will go a season or 3 before I get a shot.  Just this season alone I had elk in range and can't see them!

[Clinton]

Yes, I was bugling and cow calling.  I have hunted elk in the Idaho Panhandle in the past and had no problem locating them and calling them in.  I got a decent bull last year.  Idaho, however, is expensive.  I thought I would try P.O. County this year, but it was a whole different world.

I have heard of Sherman Creek Outfitters, but I am sure I cannot afford them.  Thanks for the replies guys.

[boneaddict]

Its sort of the secret that you won't get.  Essentially unless you find someone who is family or just decides they don't want to hunt anymore.   Its a very well kept secret, and the information is hard to come by thus when someone FINALLY figures it out, they won't tell.  Its nothing personal.

[Clinton]

Yes, I understand how that works Bone.  I have several honey holes myself for deer in WA and elk in ID.  I was just looking for a general area to get started.  I have no problem doing the leg work and finding them once I have a general area to start with.  That is how I found my main honey hole in ID.  Someone just gave me a basic area, and I spent some time roaming the hills finding them.

[Band]

All I know about elk hunting in Northeast Washington is that Teddy Roosevelt gave it a go way back when, found the country to be inhospitable and was not very successful.  Does that help?

[Clinton]

Is that true Band?  I have never heard that before.

[elkinrutdrivemenuts]

I will give you a honey hole in ne wa that has been good to Me in the past if you give me one in Idaho.  I am heading over tomorrow for the rifle season and could use another spot to check ; ). Pm me if your game.  I have trail cam pics to prove there are elk.

[Chuethou_b18c5]

The bulls there are bugling!

[elkinrutdrivemenuts]

In Idaho!? I figured archery season was hot as heck, I was lucky to get a response to cow talk.

[Band]

Is that true Band?  I have never heard that before.

It is.  I believe he was also after cariboo in that area.  Of course, at that time everyone shot anything and everything they could get a bullet in, Roosevelt included.

Good thing he started getting conservation minded before he left us or the puny herds of game animals at that time that we hunt today in much larger numbers might not be here.