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Re: Tucannon Elk Tag - Any info on area would be great.
« Reply #15 on: June 12, 2012, 05:01:12 PM »
Better be in shape and have good optics.

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Re: Tucannon Elk Tag - Any info on area would be great.
« Reply #16 on: June 12, 2012, 05:12:23 PM »
My dad got a Tucannaon Elk Tag  - looking for any info we can get on area.


There are two roads on top of either side of the tucannon you should glass/hunt from. You can hunt from the river up but its much easier from the top down. If you hunt from the bottom up you will have had to hunted there before to know where the elk move in from the top, and I am assuming you haven't hunted here before so stick to the top and spot your bull before you go down after it. That is all that you need to know about the tucannon. Go drive those roads and find places to glass.  Enjoy.

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Re: Tucannon Elk Tag - Any info on area would be great.
« Reply #17 on: June 12, 2012, 05:13:42 PM »
There's bulls on top of that ridge in the pics I just posted. Really, there is.
5 of them if I remember correctly.
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Re: Tucannon Elk Tag - Any info on area would be great.
« Reply #18 on: June 12, 2012, 06:50:17 PM »
It doesn't surprise me, I recognize those ridges.  Seriously there are bulls everywhere!

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Tucannon Elk Tag - Any info on area would be great.
« Reply #19 on: June 13, 2012, 08:31:15 AM »
Bulls everywhere. Monster bulls? Yes and no. We had an incredibly tough hunt last year. I put on a ton of miles and we had pre scouting and it was hard to find truly big bulls. If I had to do it over I would have found a way to go guided or at least get a drop camp. Money was real tight last year so I didn't go that direction.
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Re: Tucannon Elk Tag - Any info on area would be great.
« Reply #20 on: June 13, 2012, 08:46:21 AM »
I like that fog pick phool  :tup:

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Tucannon Elk Tag - Any info on area would be great.
« Reply #21 on: June 13, 2012, 08:47:52 AM »
And trust me, I hunt pretty hard. We hunted the shed in 2010,  I go on a couple DIY out of state hunts every year, and keep in shape by doing concrete work.
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Re: Tucannon Elk Tag - Any info on area would be great.
« Reply #22 on: June 13, 2012, 09:00:57 AM »
I like that fog pick phool  :tup:
Thanks, there were seem big bulls out there.
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Re: Tucannon Elk Tag - Any info on area would be great.
« Reply #23 on: June 13, 2012, 11:06:13 AM »
It takes time to learn every area.  The guys who Have hunted there for years already know where  they will be opening morning and probably have seen the bull they wanna tag for a few years.  They have had a lot of time to pattern it and the elk in the area.  They know where they run, where they hide, and where they are not.
The guys who apply cause they hear rumors will have to work very hard this summer to learn the area and then learn the elk that live there. 

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Re: Tucannon Elk Tag - Any info on area would be great.
« Reply #24 on: June 14, 2012, 05:08:28 AM »
Get an outfitter nasty nasty.. So u don't wast days moving camp if u don't see elk in the first hell whole

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Re: Tucannon Elk Tag - Any info on area would be great.
« Reply #25 on: June 14, 2012, 05:15:11 AM »
Dang that is some steep country!! Is Tucannon in the Blues?

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Re: Tucannon Elk Tag - Any info on area would be great.
« Reply #26 on: June 14, 2012, 06:21:19 AM »
The fires, winters, ticks, bigfoots, wolves. poachers and Rosscrazy have killed every last one.
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Re: Tucannon Elk Tag - Any info on area would be great.
« Reply #27 on: June 14, 2012, 07:11:04 AM »
The fires, winters, ticks, bigfoots, wolves. poachers and Rosscrazy have killed every last one.
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Re: Tucannon Elk Tag - Any info on area would be great.
« Reply #28 on: June 14, 2012, 09:50:47 PM »
Dang that is some steep country!! Is Tucannon in the Blues?
Yep its in the blues and relatively flat compared to the watershed.

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Re: Tucannon Elk Tag - Any info on area would be great.
« Reply #29 on: June 15, 2012, 06:23:59 AM »
Dang that is some steep country!! Is Tucannon in the Blues?
Yep its in the blues and relatively flat compared to the watershed.

I disagree, although there are some flatter spots.

fun country, just watch out for the poison ivy, biting ants, yellow jackets, snakes, pack rats, skunks, wolves, pot growers, etc. They've already wiped out the elk herd. ;)

 


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