Post by: bighunter on October 07, 2012, 08:25:23 PM
Post by: vandeman17 on October 07, 2012, 08:32:55 PM
Post by: bighunter on October 07, 2012, 08:38:49 PM
Post by: gasman on October 07, 2012, 08:42:16 PM
We only seen three camps up there and maybe two rigs yesterday when we were up there :yike:
Talked to a couple guys that were hunting and they were seeing elk on the state land.
But no one was hunting up high :dunno:
Post by: bighunter on October 07, 2012, 08:51:54 PM
Post by: gasman on October 07, 2012, 08:57:39 PM
Check out the area at the top of Hog Ranch road and to the west to Bald Mt. Some good area in there and not much pressure this weekend (atleast for what we saw)
Post by: bighunter on October 07, 2012, 09:00:26 PM
Post by: gasman on October 07, 2012, 09:01:47 PM
Thanks for the info do i get there by taking the 1701
yes, or Hog Ranch road from Wenas Camp in the bottom.
Post by: bighunter on October 07, 2012, 09:05:51 PM
Post by: adamR on October 07, 2012, 09:25:02 PM
no we were down low around garret canyon then topped out by the towers and hunted the wenas side. not really fammiliar with the 1701 area might have to get out the map
FYI you probably hunted the busiest area in umtanum for elk. Most years, however, it gets better during the week.
Post by: buckmaster_wa on October 07, 2012, 09:29:36 PM
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Post by: ellensburgpo on October 08, 2012, 09:34:10 AM
Congrats. size and score arent everything. If your happy with your animal thats all that matters. Congrats. Those true spikes are hard to find. :tup:
Good for you. Congrats
Post by: Fullabull on October 08, 2012, 09:59:51 AM
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Post by: CedarPants on October 10, 2012, 10:02:41 AM
Didn't fill my tag, but my hunting partner did (I'll let him share the story).
One of my favorite parts of the hunt was Sunday evening. We were down in a creek bottom that stretched deep into some flats, my buddy was ripping off a few bugles. We came across a couple guys with cow tags, they later told us they could hear people on the radios talking about the a-holes in the bottom that were bugling.
Funny thing is, what they didn't know was that a big herd bull responded to my buddy's calls and came in screaming his brains out and brought his whole herd with him. One of those same guys filled a cow tag, then we all laughed about everyone up top that was pissed off about the bugling in the bottom. Too bad for them, they missed the show because they were too busy complaining about ..... hell, I have no idea what they were complaining about. Their loss :chuckle:
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on October 10, 2012, 10:31:12 AM
Post by: CedarPants on October 10, 2012, 11:00:42 AM
Post by: Mfowl on October 12, 2012, 09:42:28 AM
Nice job! I like how you showed respect by placing the wheat in its mouth for its last meal. I also do that.
That's cool! an ol'timer hunting the area we were in showed us that. I plan to keep that practice going on future harvests.
Just glad to have taken the next step in my big game hunting experience. I been a bird hunter of all sorts for my whole life but I been slowly getting in to big game over the last 5 years. Great to have some success in camp. I've eaten some elk in the past but I've never had a whole elk to eat. looking forward to trying a variety of recipes.
Time to focus on winged pursuits! good luck to all out there!
Post by: elkhunter107 on October 12, 2012, 10:50:57 AM
Post by: CedarPants on October 12, 2012, 10:59:22 AM
not vocal because our great game dept let lose 17 hungry wolves 3 weeks ago on the ridge, can't tell you where because a biologist buddy said not too, i have the rifle any bull tag peaches ridge and been in there all summer hoping, say 2 bulls in 8 weekends, pretty tough going in the high country!!! low and water is all i can tell anyone.. :bash:
Gonna take more than that to convince me it happened
Post by: PlateauNDN on October 12, 2012, 02:37:41 PM
not vocal because our great game dept let lose 17 hungry wolves 3 weeks ago on the ridge, can't tell you where because a biologist buddy said not too, i have the rifle any bull tag peaches ridge and been in there all summer hoping, say 2 bulls in 8 weekends, pretty tough going in the high country!!! low and water is all i can tell anyone.. :bash:
Gonna take more than that to convince me it happened
:yeah: I was up there myself along bald mt this week and walked at least 2 miles from the roads about 5 times and didn't see or hear wolves. Few elk way off across the canyons and deer couldn't stay away for some reason. :dunno: Read lot of stories on here about success in the peaches ridge area so probably a bunch of "you know what" if you ask me.