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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: jechicdr on July 07, 2012, 04:17:01 PM

Title: Not Colockum, but Bumping!!! How did that happen?
Post by: jechicdr on July 07, 2012, 04:17:01 PM: Well, just got the special permit in the mail. I swear, when I looked on the website, it said I was drawn for Colockum. Now it says Bumping. Rechecked the website, and it says Bumping as well. It was my first choice, so I'm not really complaining. I figure if I had gotten my first choice, I should not have misread it. I did just buy a Colockum area map and got lots of good advice from other HuntWa members.

So now, I get to see who all else will be up there with me hunting cows or bulls. I know already where I'll be hunting. Just wanted to know if I would have any company. I'll be hiking into wilderness area about 1.5 miles off Highway 12. For the people that know the area, you'll probably know where I'm talking about.
Title: Re: Not Colockum, but Bumping!!! How did that happen?
Post by: coachcw on July 09, 2012, 12:43:23 PM: bummer i'd rather have the cloc tag
Title: Re: Not Colockum, but Bumping!!! How did that happen?
Post by: D-Rock425 on July 09, 2012, 01:35:43 PM: :yeah:
Title: Re: Not Colockum, but Bumping!!! How did that happen?
Post by: Rainier10 on July 09, 2012, 02:16:16 PM: Good luck, I will be in the colockum looking for spikes during general archery. If I strike out in the early season I can at least hunt cows in the late season also unless the wolves have them running crazy.
Title: Re: Not Colockum, but Bumping!!! How did that happen?
Post by: PlateauNDN on July 09, 2012, 02:21:26 PM: Quote from: jechicdr@yahoo.com on July 07, 2012, 04:17:01 PM
Well, just got the special permit in the mail. I swear, when I looked on the website, it said I was drawn for Colockum. Now it says Bumping. Rechecked the website, and it says Bumping as well. It was my first choice, so I'm not really complaining. I figure if I had gotten my first choice, I should not have misread it. I did just buy a Colockum area map and got lots of good advice from other HuntWa members.

So now, I get to see who all else will be up there with me hunting cows or bulls. I know already where I'll be hunting. Just wanted to know if I would have any company. I'll be hiking into wilderness area about 1.5 miles off Highway 12. For the people that know the area, you'll probably know where I'm talking about.

good luck and happy hunting. Almost hit a dozen or so cows last august driving up bumping for some last minute scouting so should be fun and quick. :dunno: :chuckle: Unless you're gonna hold out for the biggest fattest cow you can find :drool: :drool: :drool: :tup:
Title: Re: Not Colockum, but Bumping!!! How did that happen?
Post by: dreamingbig on July 09, 2012, 02:36:35 PM: Man, I must suck! In the 8 years (2002 to 2009) I hunted Bumping for cows and spikes I only shot 3. It was my first 8 years hunting elk so maybe the learning curve contributed to my less than 100% success rate.
Title: Re: Not Colockum, but Bumping!!! How did that happen?
Post by: jechicdr on July 09, 2012, 04:50:08 PM: 3 out of 8 is better than the harvest statistics. I've only killed 2 elk out of 8 years of hunting elk. One was a muzzleloader cow in blues, the other a rifle bull in Montana.
Title: Re: Not Colockum, but Bumping!!! How did that happen?
Post by: PlateauNDN on July 09, 2012, 05:03:55 PM: Not sure where you're going but your distance from 12 sounds good. I didn't see all the cows in a group and they were all in 3's and 4's when I seen them. Last trip out ran into 2 cows and followed them for a bit before breaking off and headed back out. I seen most of them towards the evening and wasn't really looking forward to packing them out all by myself in that area with light diminishing very fast but they won't be so lucky this year since I've cut down on some extra baggage I was carrying. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Not Colockum, but Bumping!!! How did that happen?
Post by: jechicdr on July 09, 2012, 09:55:49 PM: You have bumping cow tag?
Title: Re: Not Colockum, but Bumping!!! How did that happen?
Post by: 206 on July 11, 2012, 06:58:37 PM: How can you bump a colockum tag to a two spike only? I'd like to upgrade too.