Post by: Bookworm007 on November 11, 2013, 09:47:22 AM
I hope everyone had a great Elk season and to those still trying to fill tags good luck! My season is over so its time to start planning next year's trip. In that past I have hunted Winston , and Lewis River. Before that I hunted West Klickitat but that was years ago. My family and I have grown tired of the combat hunting you are forced into while hunting Lewis River and Winston, so we are now thinking about switching back to West Klicktat. Also we have recently started doing muzzleloader hunting and plan on doing it for Elk this coming year. I looked up the stats and they are not too bad for the unit.
Down the the questions:
First do areas get closed down for fire danger in the early season such as Muzzleloader
Are there other factors beyond it not being a slam dunk unit that keep the number of hunters down?
Any and all help is greatly appreciated!! I am going to start doing my own scouting and such soon, but wanted to make sure I wasn't rushing into a unit with the same issues I am trying to get away from.
Post by: Bulldozer77 on November 11, 2013, 04:52:48 PM
Post by: Patarero on November 11, 2013, 05:51:32 PM
Plenty of posts on here about the unit. Lots of private land, timber land, and some DNR land. Alot of people view it as more of deer unit. Lots of cattle in the northern part of the unit, which does not leave much food for elk, just my opinion. Also, if you find animals, odds are good you are not alone.
Post by: Bookworm007 on November 11, 2013, 05:52:03 PM
Post by: Bookworm007 on November 11, 2013, 05:56:03 PM
Last year, all timber land was closed due to fire danger during deer muzzy and early elk muzzy hancock/sds/etc...
Plenty of posts on here about the unit. Lots of private land, timber land, and some DNR land. Alot of people view it as more of deer unit. Lots of cattle in the northern part of the unit, which does not leave much food for elk, just my opinion. Also, if you find animals, odds are good you are not alone.
That is part of the reason I also like the unit because it would allow me to scout Elk while I hunt deer. Plus I can't see the hunter density being much worse than Winston. I looked at some of the posts. Many were from multiple years back so I thought I would fish for some more recent info. But good to know about the fire closure. :tup:
Post by: Bulldozer77 on November 11, 2013, 05:58:32 PM
Post by: Bookworm007 on November 11, 2013, 07:11:21 PM
I just posted it in the 2013 bulls thread, but her he is. 5x5 and not a bad klickitat bull.
That is a very nice Bull congrats!!! Looks like he will be tasty!!! :cue:
I will go check out your post for the story! :tup:
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