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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: packerfan66 on October 07, 2012, 09:11:41 PM

Title: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: packerfan66 on October 07, 2012, 09:11:41 PM: Hunted 113 this weekend for elk muzzle. Hardly any deer sign and no bear sign either. Have hunted up there for years, but have never seen it this bad.
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: Kola16 on October 07, 2012, 09:15:13 PM: Remember when you are up there, there is only big coyotes ;) :mgun:
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: dscubame on October 07, 2012, 09:16:03 PM: There is not elk in the NE corner. Alot of talk because it is not a spike only area but for good reason.....no elk. Deer yes but weather is warm and moon has been out, give it a few more weeks.
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: huntnnw on October 07, 2012, 09:41:49 PM: NO elk :chuckle:
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: Whitpirate on October 07, 2012, 10:17:17 PM: Hehe my wall disagrees with you.
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: buck man on October 07, 2012, 10:24:05 PM: Quote from: huntnnw on October 07, 2012, 09:41:49 PM
NO elk :chuckle:

:yeah: :yeah: :yeah:. Not a lot of elk but they are there. Those of us that know where kill one often. :chuckle: :dunno:
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: huntnnw on October 07, 2012, 11:20:13 PM: Plenty and if you have hunted areas that are full of elk then hunting here my humble you, but I grew up hunting here and this is what I know and I have seen the elk pop explode up here in the last 10 years
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: dscubame on October 08, 2012, 07:18:39 AM: They all migrated to the Blues.
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: Hunt4ever on October 08, 2012, 07:22:16 AM: Quote from: huntnnw on October 07, 2012, 11:20:13 PM
Plenty and if you have hunted areas that are full of elk then hunting here my humble you, but I grew up hunting here and this is what I know and I have seen the elk pop explode up here in the last 10 years

:yeah: just have to know where to find them!
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: TheHunt on October 08, 2012, 07:34:31 AM: Hehehhehe, there is no elk in NE.
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: dscubame on October 08, 2012, 07:36:36 AM: There really won't be if certain people continue to talk about the "explosion" of elk in the NE. Oh well better the coasties get to them before the wolves do.
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: TheHunt on October 08, 2012, 07:55:36 AM: The elk will just get smart and get on property that is not huntable. (Private)
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: BULLBLASTER on October 08, 2012, 08:16:57 AM: Quote from: dscubame on October 08, 2012, 07:36:36 AM
There really won't be if certain people continue to talk about the "explosion" of elk in the NE. Oh well better the coasties get to them before the wolves do.
it isn't really a secret that there are some elk there and their numbers are increasing... you still have to put the work in to get to them and find them. I am sure people aren't going to come flocking to your spot since huntnnw said the population exploded...
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: dscubame on October 08, 2012, 08:41:17 AM: Quote from: BULLBLASTER on October 08, 2012, 08:16:57 AM
Quote from: dscubame on October 08, 2012, 07:36:36 AM
There really won't be if certain people continue to talk about the "explosion" of elk in the NE. Oh well better the coasties get to them before the wolves do.
it isn't really a secret that there are some elk there and their numbers are increasing... you still have to put the work in to get to them and find them. I am sure people aren't going to come flocking to your spot since huntnnw said the population exploded...

I agree. But I don't give out my high country fishing lakes or holes on the Grande Rhonde either. Yes, no secret but helps keeps the pressure down.
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: runningboard on October 08, 2012, 08:49:34 AM: lotsa landowners won't let people they know hunt their property & as mentioned that's where the elk head. Not anti-hunting just tired of too many & 1 out of 10 does something stupid & landowners lock it down. 1 of my friends says he won't let bowhunters on his land cause of the damage to his farm equipment due to lost arrows finding their way into it.
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: packerfan66 on October 08, 2012, 11:39:37 AM: If they are up there, then its news to me. Ive hunted it for 6 years with little to show for it (mostly just taking my gun for another walk through the woods). I talked to one guy who had been moose hunting for 7 days and did not see an elk. Another hunted archery for 2 weeks and did not run into one either. The thickest brush and deep draws yielded no elk sign whatsoever. Im beginning to wonder.
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: 270Flat on October 08, 2012, 11:59:45 AM: Quote from: dscubame on October 08, 2012, 07:18:39 AM
They all migrated to the Blues.
There are no elk in the Blue Mountains... :dunno:
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: CAMPMEAT on October 08, 2012, 12:13:07 PM: I saw 8,000 elk when I was scouting my disabled area last week in the 113. I'm not going though. I want all the elk hunters from out of the area to have a chance at those big, huge bulls I saw. Oh, I saw all these elk in one day. :chuckle:
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: TheHunt on October 08, 2012, 12:49:24 PM: NO YOU DID NOT... You saw 10,000 elk in one day. Don't be telling false tails.
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: CAMPMEAT on October 08, 2012, 01:42:32 PM: Quote from: TheHunt on October 08, 2012, 12:49:24 PM
NO YOU DID NOT... You saw 10,000 elk in one day. Don't be telling false tails.

............sorry. I just like to exaggerate my stories. :tup:
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: mdbuck5x5 on October 08, 2012, 04:13:48 PM: Agreed...definitely NO elk in the northeast! You have a better chance of seeing a squatch!
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: CAMPMEAT on October 08, 2012, 04:17:16 PM: Quote from: mdbuck5x5 on October 08, 2012, 04:13:48 PM
Agreed...definitely NO elk in the northeast! You have a better chance of seeing a squatch!

Saw one of those too! !!
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: coachcw on October 08, 2012, 04:37:39 PM: the moose ran them all out ! dont waste your time up there .
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: oldleclercrd on October 08, 2012, 06:10:45 PM: Small groups of elk. Always on the move. :twocents:
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: huntnnw on October 08, 2012, 09:19:05 PM: Quote from: dscubame on October 08, 2012, 08:41:17 AM
Quote from: BULLBLASTER on October 08, 2012, 08:16:57 AM
Quote from: dscubame on October 08, 2012, 07:36:36 AM
There really won't be if certain people continue to talk about the "explosion" of elk in the NE. Oh well better the coasties get to them before the wolves do.
it isn't really a secret that there are some elk there and their numbers are increasing... you still have to put the work in to get to them and find them. I am sure people aren't going to come flocking to your spot since huntnnw said the population exploded...

hahaha..holes on the ronde?? wow if u need holes to catch fish on that river :chuckle: little different from a hole on a river as saying something about entire corner of the state!
I agree. But I don't give out my high country fishing lakes or holes on the Grande Rhonde either. Yes, no secret but helps keeps the pressure down.
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: huntnnw on October 08, 2012, 09:20:47 PM: also u dont "see" elk here..if you do its rare and if your hunting it means your shooting..they are not visible much
Title: Re: NE Washington Elk Hunting
Post by: dscubame on October 09, 2012, 09:13:05 AM: You need your head deflated Shane. Why the attacks?