Toutle Time Close.

[bearmanric]

Well it's a week away. Going to make myself a couple special elk call's out of moose or dark timber blacktail sheds from up that way. Think i'll head out around wedsday. going to be a fun time. Good to all. Rick

[Fishnclifff]

East side gates  out of Lk Merrill area are closed. They are logging the hell out of the 7200, 7500 areas.

Up on top today deer huntin, there are some awesome rubs up there.

[TheHunt]

Good luck Rick...   

[wrongway]

lol did not know we had moose in Toutle, kidding have a good hunt. I live in Toutle and have seen some good bulls this year up there.

[bearmanric]

I'm a custom Callmaker. Making a cool elk call out of moose horn. And been wanting to make a call out of some cool blacktail from your area. Just excited to get to hunt the Toutle finely. Rick

[rasbo]

have a blast rick,Im headed to northern ca ,Im bringing some of your calls to play with and show some of the local bear hunters...

[Wake1]

I'll be up there also. Plan on leaving Thursday. 15 years in the making. Better be as good as it once was. Just heard a rumor that the WDFW released two sets of wolves up there to decrease the herd size. Now that is brilliant thinking. They will decimate it and we won't be able to get rid of them. At least we get to hunt it before they start breading and taking over. Good luck up there.       

[wrongway]

I need to look at your calls then, I do a lot of callinf in the early archery season. Good lock and have a fun hunt. Lots of bulls in the timber.

[bearmanric]

Good luck Rasbo. this is my last hunt for elk maybe. with the wolves and other thing's we dont have many year's left. next door to me is wolfhaven. alot trucks and stuff there last week like they did a release it's crooked stuff. so i'm excited to have a chance at Toutle. thank's guy's. Rick

[bearmanric]

In the late 80's i did very well in the timber archery. miss those days was alot of elk on the coast then. i use the same toneboard as Jason Phelps. except he doe's more stuff to the board. i used them back in 2005 . i can do elk sounds with my personal toneboards but they are loud. i'll show a picture today making some to sale on my hunt. Rick

[colockumelk]

I'll be up there also. Plan on leaving Thursday. 15 years in the making. Better be as good as it once was. Just heard a rumor that the WDFW released two sets of wolves up there to decrease the herd size. Now that is brilliant thinking. They will decimate it and we won't be able to get rid of them. At least we get to hunt it before they start breading and taking over. Good luck up there.       

That is just a rumor.  If the WDFW released two sets of wolves they wouldn't own up to it.  Also they wouldn't do it.  Not saying there isn't a wolf up there just I doubt WDFW released it.  The wolf hippies released them.   

[pips4bucks]

Would you modern guys please leave me a cow for my late archery tag please?   

[TheHunt]

I wished I could have taken some time off to go with Rick.   That is going to be a very fun hunt. 

[bearmanric]

Dangit change of plans. going to have to figure out were to camp. some guy said the gates are closed because of logging on the cougar side thought about staying there. camp Kalama maybe. i'll have to leave tomorrow. got call orders to finish then i'l go through my map's for the state land also. Rick

[CavemantheHunter]

I was planning on camping down by Cougar as well, but have heard that the logging has caused most of the gates to be closed. Does anyone know what gates will be open and what gates will be closed down there?