Post by: addicted2hunting on December 02, 2012, 05:57:50 PM
Post by: Wazukie on December 02, 2012, 05:59:33 PM
Post by: addicted2hunting on December 02, 2012, 06:06:53 PM
Post by: Wazukie on December 02, 2012, 06:10:25 PM
Post by: RadSav on December 02, 2012, 06:20:39 PM
I'm sure if I had spent more time I could have found a bull or two outside the range most bowhunters were willing to walk. But, I think there are areas easier and with more animals. That's just one mans opinion though. Good luck to you. Hope you find a spot you can enjoy yourself in. And tag the big one as well.
Post by: addicted2hunting on December 02, 2012, 06:22:53 PM
Post by: kentrek on December 02, 2012, 06:23:10 PM
Bowhunters were crawling out of the timber every where I went. Camps set up right in the middle of the best areas I scouted. There were some good bulls in there and a fair number of elk. But, combat bowhunting is not my thing. Getting away from the crowds is the reason I started bowhunting in the first place. You don't get much of a choice in late archery than to hunt the crowds, but early season you should be able to bugle a bull without 10 other guys coming in.
:yeah:
Post by: addicted2hunting on December 02, 2012, 06:26:20 PM
I spent a lot of time up there scouting and getting to know the area well. Season opener came and I left before the end of the first day. Bowhunters were crawling out of the timber every where I went. Camps set up right in the middle of the best areas I scouted. There were some good bulls in there and a fair number of elk. But, combat bowhunting is not my thing. Getting away from the crowds is the reason I started bowhunting in the first place. You don't get much of a choice in late archery than to hunt the crowds, but early season you should be able to bugle a bull without 10 other guys coming in.
I'm sure if I had spent more time I could have found a bull or two outside the range most bowhunters were willing to walk. But, I think there are areas easier and with more animals. That's just one mans opinion though. Good luck to you. Hope you find a spot you can enjoy yourself in. And tag the big one as well.
Could a guy hike far enough early season to not be in the combat hunting scene?
Post by: Bshiftbc on December 02, 2012, 06:33:52 PM
Post by: addicted2hunting on December 02, 2012, 06:37:27 PM
Wright meadow and Spencer meadow are in the Lewis. Never hunted there tho.
Oh ok, gotcha!
Post by: addicted2hunting on December 02, 2012, 06:38:51 PM
I spent a lot of time up there scouting and getting to know the area well. Season opener came and I left before the end of the first day. Bowhunters were crawling out of the timber every where I went. Camps set up right in the middle of the best areas I scouted. There were some good bulls in there and a fair number of elk. But, combat bowhunting is not my thing. Getting away from the crowds is the reason I started bowhunting in the first place. You don't get much of a choice in late archery than to hunt the crowds, but early season you should be able to bugle a bull without 10 other guys coming in.
I'm sure if I had spent more time I could have found a bull or two outside the range most bowhunters were willing to walk. But, I think there are areas easier and with more animals. That's just one mans opinion though. Good luck to you. Hope you find a spot you can enjoy yourself in. And tag the big one as well.
Could a guy hike far enough early season to not be in the combat hunting scene?
problem with that is you wont know till season starts..ive put im some hard miles in only to find huge camps an loads of people
your not gona find a place where no one knows about,if it looks good than expect company
brush bulls on timber land get over looked alot more than high country meadow bulls
also use the search box to help narrow down where not to go
I see, I like the eastside areas like naches but they dont give you the chance to get a big bull.
Post by: washelkhunter on December 02, 2012, 07:13:39 PM
I spent a lot of time up there scouting and getting to know the area well. Season opener came and I left before the end of the first day. Bowhunters were crawling out of the timber every where I went. Camps set up right in the middle of the best areas I scouted. There were some good bulls in there and a fair number of elk. But, combat bowhunting is not my thing. Getting away from the crowds is the reason I started bowhunting in the first place. You don't get much of a choice in late archery than to hunt the crowds, but early season you should be able to bugle a bull without 10 other guys coming in.
I'm sure if I had spent more time I could have found a bull or two outside the range most bowhunters were willing to walk. But, I think there are areas easier and with more animals. That's just one mans opinion though. Good luck to you. Hope you find a spot you can enjoy yourself in. And tag the big one as well.
Could a guy hike far enough early season to not be in the combat hunting scene?
Vast areas of 560 experienced little to no pressure this past AR season and they hold large bulls and abundant cows. You must have setup on the edges of or in the treefarms where everyone expects to get an easy elk.
Post by: buglebuster on December 02, 2012, 07:18:48 PM
Post by: addicted2hunting on December 02, 2012, 07:44:23 PM
Post by: THINK_N_ELK on December 02, 2012, 08:15:45 PM
Post by: RadSav on December 02, 2012, 08:19:51 PM
Vast areas of 560 experienced little to no pressure this past AR season and they hold large bulls and abundant cows. You must have setup on the edges of or in the treefarms where everyone expects to get an easy elk.
Didn't know people expect to find easy elk in the Lewis. Would have taken me hours to find a tree farm from where I was at. Probably closer to mountain goats than a tree farm.
Post by: Wazukie on December 02, 2012, 09:12:07 PM
Post by: elkoholic on December 03, 2012, 06:32:31 AM
One thing to remember about the Lewis River unit is that it is mostly National Forest land, and come September there is a llllaaaaarrrrrrrggggggeeeeeee amount of berry pickers :bash: :bash:. If the berries are in, you can bet every berry field will have pickers in it. And they like to make a ton of noise hoping to scare off any bears (as well as deer and elk) in the area. These groups will set camps where ever they want, and leave more trash behind than a 40 yd. dumpster could hold.
Berry pickers a can also work in your favor, I hunt around some large berry fields and have killed several nice deer within a few hundred yard's of pickers, I think the deer are used to hearing people so they are not as skiddish(sometimes)...
Post by: addicted2hunting on December 03, 2012, 03:15:21 PM
Post by: Sliverslinger on December 03, 2012, 10:06:42 PM