Elk in the northeast corner

[Austrian Hunter]

No NO NO NO, there are NO Elk in the NE corner, none!  You waist your time and energy.  Some really nasty stuff up there   All Elk are West of the mountains! 

[huntnnw]

oh and how accurate are those stats??   I know several and by several I mean 5-9 guys who kill elk every year in NE and they always know guys who kill elk. There are way more than meets the eye in stats. I have spots scattered from N spokane to Canada that always hold elk and I sure as hell not found all the spots.

[Mudman]

 

[jnevs23]

I agree with the 95% of the elk shot by 10% of the hunters. Tight lipped up there

[RoyBoy]

i have a buddy with a couple thousand acres in between kelltle falls and colville and i know for a fact he had a huge heard of elk on his land and a bunch of reallly respectable bulls

[buglebuster]

i have a buddy with a couple thousand acres in between kelltle falls and colville and i know for a fact he had a huge heard of elk on his land and a bunch of reallly respectable bulls

does he need a new friend 

[huntnnw]

i have a buddy with a couple thousand acres in between kelltle falls and colville and i know for a fact he had a huge heard of elk on his land and a bunch of reallly respectable bulls

There is a herd up above kettle falls on top always

[Mudman]

No doubt area holds elk.  But it is isolated compared to the wetside.  The opportunity is there but not great for general public without inside info.  Like almost anywhere if you put in alot of time you will learn where elk are but more difficult in NE.  Besides the wolves are becoming well established up there and we know what that means.

[Miles]

If everyone is looking for a sure thing for a monster branch antlered bull, I'd say go up and hunt in the NE Corner.   

Definitely a high success area for monster bulls.   Lots of wide open places with huge meadows full of bugling elk come late September, early October.   It's pretty flat, so being in shape isn't really necessary.   

Good luck! 

[724wd]

Definitely a high success area for monster bulls.   Lots of wide open places with huge meadows full of bugling elk come late September, early October.   It's pretty flat, so being in shape isn't really necessary.   

Good luck!

 

[buckfvr]

[Mudman]

The Northeast corner of Winston is what we are talking about. Right?

[BULLBLASTER]

After looking at harvest it looks like average success is about the same in ne as Winston or coweeman. In 2011 266 elk were killed in Winston with over 4000 hunters. 49 degrees had 70 elk killed by close to 1000 hunters. Maybe the 95% by 5% was an overstatement. But I do believe that most elk are killed by fewer people. The last 3 years I have killed elk in coweeman and see people who haven't seen a legal bull in the same 3 years.
Same in ne there's decent numbers of elk... just have to know where and how to hunt them.

[petej]

Alright well thanks for all the info guys, I've never shot an elk so I will most likely be on the westside this year I was just curious more than anything.

[boneaddict]

There is one way to find out, and thats go look.   You will be hard pressed to find ONE soul, to give you solid information for the area.  If you do get information, there is a 90% chance they are just blowhards and don't have a clue.   It is the most guarded secret in Washington.   99% of anyone worth their salt that knows anything about it, isn't going to share.   Essentially its the perfect tag if you know what you are doing.   SECONDLY, you pretty much have to completely understnad the animals there or camp on them to know where they will be when.   In other words, live there is your best option.