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Title: Mt View archery elk hunt.( Updated 9-22)
Post by: huntnnw on June 11, 2014, 06:40:16 PM: Bullblaster and myself drew mt view tags! Should be a fun hunt!
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Post by: mtman on June 11, 2014, 06:47:30 PM: Buddy of mine drew that tag so we will be over there as well.
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Post by: ELKBURGER on June 11, 2014, 07:45:59 PM: Me and my buddy will be there too. Looks like Huntwa members scored most of those tags.
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Post by: bucklucky on June 11, 2014, 08:13:17 PM: Nice Job Guys, we will be close LOL!!!
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Post by: huntnnw on June 11, 2014, 08:41:11 PM: Almost half the tags to hunt wa members :chuckle:
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Post by: bowhunterforever on June 12, 2014, 12:58:40 AM: Congrats guys :tup: How many points?
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Post by: huntnnw on June 12, 2014, 01:01:30 AM: 9 but I had 7 and Bullblaster had 12
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Post by: bowhunterforever on June 12, 2014, 01:26:49 AM: Awesome, cant wait for pics and stories :tup:
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on June 12, 2014, 04:15:52 AM: Mtman, I work with Dave. He was excited yesterday when I talked to him.
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Post by: Elkterd on June 12, 2014, 06:21:57 AM: We had 9 avg, I had 9 and Elk Burger had 11 :IBCOOL:
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Post by: Maverick on June 12, 2014, 08:10:53 AM: Best advice I could give is get in shape boys! If i tag out on a deer in early archery I'd love to come up and help you.
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Post by: trophyhunt on June 12, 2014, 08:29:16 AM: Congrats!
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Post by: andersonjk4 on June 12, 2014, 08:41:58 AM: A little preview for you guys.... these were taken May 1st. Hard to tell from the cell phone through binocular pics, but they were starting to grow some pretty decent head gear.
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on June 12, 2014, 08:48:49 AM: Hey maverick is your avatars bull from mt view? Im pretty excited. Have already been getting in shape for moose hunting but really need to ramp it up!
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Post by: ELKBURGER on June 12, 2014, 08:04:34 PM: Yes, Going to be ramping it up myself.
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Post by: mtman on June 12, 2014, 09:34:36 PM: Make sure to work out is a must. but also make sure your joints can take it. 7 days in the mt view and everything was clicking on me.
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Post by: Lnk on June 14, 2014, 10:16:06 PM: Quote from: huntnnw on June 12, 2014, 01:01:30 AM
9 but I had 7 and Bullblaster had 12
just curious. If u had 7 and your buddy had 12 wouldnt they avg at 10 points?
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Post by: huntnnw on June 15, 2014, 08:40:11 AM: Not sure.. Figured WDFW would round down :chuckle:
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Post by: bobcat on June 15, 2014, 08:56:02 AM: Look at what it shows for "points used." That will tell you what your average was. It should be 10.
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Post by: huntnnw on June 16, 2014, 09:58:31 PM: Changed subject line...Bullblaster and myself took the entire season off and will be running cams and scouting down there, so we will post pics and updates on here.
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Post by: ELKBURGER on June 17, 2014, 05:35:06 AM: Quote from: huntnnw on June 16, 2014, 09:58:31 PM
Changed subject line...Bullblaster and myself took the entire season off and will be running cams and scouting down there, so we will post pics and updates on here.
Sounds like its going to be an epic season for you guys :tup:
We're nearly 8 hours away so we wont be getting too much pre season time over there.
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on June 17, 2014, 08:06:07 AM: I think I only had 11 points... not too sure... our average was 9. Not that it matters at all.
Im pretty excited to chase bulls down there.
Getting some cams set in the next coue weeks... just have to go collect them from the general season area we were going to hunt if not drawn.
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on June 17, 2014, 08:10:29 AM: Hopefully 19 days will be enough to get us into some bulls.
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Post by: Turkeyman on June 17, 2014, 05:48:39 PM: You will get into bulls if you are willing to go step and deep. Called in a nice bull three years ago for a friend with that tag.
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Post by: huntnnw on June 17, 2014, 10:39:37 PM: We are going in deep...Some cams are going in a few miles. Will be sleeping under the stars with the elk lotta nights. Unless my private access comes thru
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Post by: one shot kill on June 18, 2014, 05:43:49 AM: That would be sweet if you have private access. That's where the big boys live. My buddy drew that tag for muzzy last year and his private access fell through so he had to hunt the public ground. He hunted every day of the permit packed in and ended up with a decent bull right at 300.
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Post by: huntnnw on June 18, 2014, 10:09:13 PM: Ive been told by few that the biggest bulls in the unit are not in private..they are in the "hell hole" :chuckle: there are big bulls on private tho
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Post by: BoomWhop on June 18, 2014, 10:24:18 PM: I went to a look out and peeked into that unit last year.... :yike: :yike: :yike: What country, wow. Should be an epic hunt, I can't wait to see the reports. Good luck and bring an extra set of knees. It looked hard to just stand up on some of those hill sides. lol
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Post by: huntnnw on June 18, 2014, 10:33:51 PM: I am prepared for this as I have been in hells canyon wilderness the last 3 years and that country is 3x what this unit is. canyon and ridges that drop 6-8k feet in elevation :yike:
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Post by: mtman on June 22, 2014, 03:52:56 PM: This should give everybody thats never shot one over there a good idea of what its like. STEEP
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Post by: Elkterd on June 22, 2014, 05:07:11 PM: Nice Bull, looking forward to this tag! Does anyone know how hard the general season interest it gets?
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Post by: huntnnw on June 22, 2014, 10:52:40 PM: NICE bull..rifle?
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Post by: andersonjk4 on June 23, 2014, 08:15:42 AM: Quote from: Elkterd on June 22, 2014, 05:07:11 PM
Nice Bull, looking forward to this tag! Does anyone know how hard the general season interest it gets?

I think it depends on where you are in the unit, but in general I think this unit gets less general elk season pressure than most. I would imagine the private gets hit fairly hard, but the public land is pretty nasty to be chasing spikes in. That being said, my buddies and me always end up spending a few days down in the hell hole looking for them. Of course this is during rifle general season, but I bet the same holds true for archery and muzzy seasons.
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Post by: ELKBURGER on June 23, 2014, 08:58:51 AM: Which of the hell holes are you considering "the Hell Hole"? I've heard it referenced before. I need to know what to avoid :chuckle:
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Post by: andersonjk4 on June 23, 2014, 01:38:33 PM: I would consider pretty much the entire NFS portion of the unit one big hell hole :chuckle:, but we usually end up in the Menatchee Creek drainage and consider that the whole drainage as "The Hell Hole". I'm sure everyone who hunts the unit has there own personal hell hole though. This unit and all of the other border units of the blues are full of them.
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on June 23, 2014, 01:55:15 PM: Getting excited to get down there amd scout!
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Post by: ELKBURGER on June 23, 2014, 02:01:43 PM: Quote from: BULLBLASTER on June 23, 2014, 01:55:15 PM
Getting excited to get down there amd scout!
:yeah: :drool: :tup: :IBCOOL:
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Post by: mtman on June 23, 2014, 05:25:20 PM: yes that was a rifle bull. My buddy shot him out of his bed 25 minutes into the hunt. We watched him in the days leading up to the hunt. Heres another pic after he decided to roll another hundred yards.
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Post by: Elkterd on June 23, 2014, 06:03:59 PM: That is a nice bull congrats, I have two nephews that have drawn this unit three times for archery and tagged out with 350 class bulls. Now after nine years it is finally my turn to hunt this unit and hopefully at least see some bulls of this caliber, and I cannot wait :drool: :IBCOOL: Thanks to everyone who is / posted with info on this sight it is very appreciated.
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Post by: Mhamil on July 08, 2014, 07:25:10 AM: That is an awesome bull Mtman
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Post by: whacker1 on July 08, 2014, 08:13:02 AM: tag
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Post by: ELKBURGER on July 08, 2014, 10:32:21 AM: Quote from: whacker1 on July 08, 2014, 08:13:02 AM
tag
Come on Whacker.....whats on your mind? :chuckle:
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Post by: whacker1 on July 08, 2014, 12:25:23 PM: Quote from: ELKBURGER on July 08, 2014, 10:32:21 AM
Quote from: whacker1 on July 08, 2014, 08:13:02 AM
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Come on Whacker.....whats on your mind? :chuckle:

i am just tagging along to see how the hunt evolves in the fall. I am interested in seeing the outcome.
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Post by: Elkterd on July 08, 2014, 12:40:13 PM: What part of Spokane are you from Wacker?
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Post by: whacker1 on July 08, 2014, 12:42:20 PM: Quote from: Elkterd on July 08, 2014, 12:40:13 PM
What part of Spokane are you from Wacker?

South hill
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Post by: Elkterd on July 08, 2014, 12:54:39 PM: Creston, down on Lake Roosevelt is my home base
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on July 08, 2014, 02:06:45 PM: If i can get a bull anywhere near the others posted on this thread ill be extatic! Will be a awesome hunt for my first time elk hunting eastern wa!
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Post by: Elkterd on July 08, 2014, 02:10:36 PM: I agree Bullblaster, if I am lucky enough to come close to the quality bulls that guys have posted I will be happy for life :IBCOOL:
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Post by: Maverick on July 09, 2014, 08:53:29 AM: Quote from: Elkterd on July 08, 2014, 02:10:36 PM
I agree Bullblaster, if I am lucky enough to come close to the quality bulls that guys have posted I will be happy for life :IBCOOL:

That's a lie! If you get a big bull you'll be happy for a year- 2 years top. Then you'll get that itch and need to shoot another! It's a dang curse!
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Post by: ELKBURGER on July 09, 2014, 11:01:27 AM: Maverick, that is a stud bull in your avatar, where did you get him?
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Post by: Elkterd on July 09, 2014, 11:46:24 AM: LMAO :chuckle: Yea your right Maverick
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Post by: Maverick on July 09, 2014, 12:00:50 PM: Quote from: ELKBURGER on July 09, 2014, 11:01:27 AM
Maverick, that is a stud bull in your avatar, where did you get him?

:chuckle:
Mountain view modern 2012

Here's some words of advice to any anyone seeing all the pics of nice bulls from this unit.

Yes if drawn you have a chance to shoot a quality bull. But it is by far not guaranteed. You can kill just as good of a bull in any unit in the blues. I highly advice anyone wanting to put in for the unit to drive over and look at because that alone can change your mind! Nasty ground. My bull was a little over 4 miles in.

For you guys that have been drawn get in in shape! If you plan on going in a ways then have animals to pack out! I would have died trying to get my bull out without a horse.
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Post by: Maverick on July 09, 2014, 12:09:34 PM: Few pics for you guys
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Post by: ELKBURGER on July 09, 2014, 12:28:40 PM: Great bull Mav! I appreciate all the advice from guys who have been in there! I've been chasing elk on the westside for over 20 years and know there are no easy elk. Thanks for the insight and pics! :hello:
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Post by: Maverick on July 09, 2014, 12:38:52 PM: No problem! Good luck to anyone with a big bull tag anywhere this year! I might in mountain view unit hunting spike with a rifle so if anyone with a rifle quality tag still hasn't tagged out find me and I'll be more than happy to help!
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Post by: ELKBURGER on July 09, 2014, 12:57:54 PM: Quote from: Maverick on July 09, 2014, 12:38:52 PM
No problem! Good luck to anyone with a big bull tag anywhere this year! I might in mountain view unit hunting spike with a rifle so if anyone with a rifle quality tag still hasn't tagged out find me and I'll be more than happy to help!
Great offer Maverick! Are you sure you dont want to go over in Sept? :dunno:
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Post by: Maverick on July 09, 2014, 01:43:33 PM: Wish I could but I'll be chasing bucks and bears
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Post by: huntnnw on July 13, 2014, 09:27:28 PM: hung a cam in that distant bowl in that pic 2 days ago :chuckle:
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Post by: ELKBURGER on July 14, 2014, 06:25:40 AM: Quote from: huntnnw on July 13, 2014, 09:27:28 PM
hung a cam in that distant bowl in that pic 2 days ago :chuckle:
Dont hold back on the horn porn :chuckle:
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Post by: huntnnw on August 25, 2014, 06:19:22 AM: Headed down with Bullblaster Aug 29th for the whole season :tung: 4 more shifts at work! Hope to update some cell service permiting.
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Post by: coachcw on August 25, 2014, 06:39:17 AM: go gettum boys ! good luck
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Post by: ELKBURGER on August 25, 2014, 06:46:43 AM: Its gonna be a lonnnnggggg week.
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Post by: Maverick on August 25, 2014, 07:26:18 AM: Yeah those 4 shifts are really going to drag out! Hope your hunt goes well!
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on August 25, 2014, 08:31:02 AM: Im all set also! Shot broadheads out to 80 yards yesterday! Getting everything packed and ready! Gonna check all 5 trail cams we hage down there this weekend and hunt the whole season!
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Post by: andersonjk4 on August 25, 2014, 01:09:44 PM: So jealous!
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on August 25, 2014, 01:26:00 PM: Quote from: andersonjk4 on August 25, 2014, 01:09:44 PM
So jealous!
always a cold beer or 2 in cqmp should you find your way down!.
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Post by: andersonjk4 on August 25, 2014, 01:44:29 PM: Quote from: BULLBLASTER on August 25, 2014, 01:26:00 PM
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So jealous!
always a cold beer or 2 in cqmp should you find your way down!.

We'll see. I may be able to sneak down for a night or two.
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Post by: n_mathews13 on August 25, 2014, 10:45:34 PM: Good luck, weather shouldn't be to bad for you guys. Wish I was going, but my bear season starts soon so that helps!
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Post by: huntnnw on August 26, 2014, 12:51:28 AM: Weather is starting off alot cooler than I was expecting for the opener
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Post by: Turkeyman on August 26, 2014, 03:51:41 AM: That will help. Good luck over there you should have a great hunt.
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on August 26, 2014, 06:53:55 AM: In a mad scramble this week to get all my stuff together... my girlfriend asked me yesterday if im moving out and leaving her for good... all my stuff is packed up she says. :chuckle: i almost need a bogger truck!
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Post by: andersonjk4 on August 26, 2014, 07:40:31 AM: The cooler weather will be nice for you guys. It would be nice to get some moisture down there too, so maybe they would lift the fire and chainsaw restrictions. Spending 20 days in the mountains without a camp fire just wouldn't be right.
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Post by: huntnnw on August 26, 2014, 10:10:53 PM: did they finally put fire restrictions up? when I was down in late July there was nothing posted at any campsites or NF sign about no campfires and people were cutting wood. Showing 40% rain saturday and 20% for next 2 days

There will be more nights away from camp than at camp
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Post by: n_mathews13 on August 26, 2014, 10:16:41 PM: I didn't see any signs up
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Post by: huntnnw on August 26, 2014, 10:20:57 PM: No signs..Im burning..they took the time at the campspots to hang signs in July to put your fires "Dead out" they have been getting hit with the storms the last couple weeks with rain
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Post by: MLBowhunting on August 26, 2014, 11:11:23 PM: Good luck fellas. My partner and I have the whole season off as well and look to tag some roseys over on the Westside. Be careful and shoot straight. :tup:
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Post by: fly4fish on August 27, 2014, 03:45:37 AM: Was up there last week. I can assure you they have put up "No Fire" signs on the Anatone side FS line. Said no campfires or even charcoal bbq's.
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Post by: n_mathews13 on August 27, 2014, 05:36:25 AM: Dang
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Post by: andersonjk4 on August 27, 2014, 08:24:15 AM: I'm sure they have signs up at all of the entrances into the NF. I was up there on Labor Day weekend two years ago when they had the same "phase B" restrictions in place and there were signs up at the entrances. Unfortunately, the only places fires are allowed right now are in designated camp grounds. Hopefully they lift the restrictions soon.

http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/umatilla/alerts-notices/?cid=stelprdb5382878 (http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/umatilla/alerts-notices/?cid=stelprdb5382878)
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Post by: andersonjk4 on August 29, 2014, 07:21:56 AM: Good luck fellas! Stick a couple big boys!

And it looks like they are back to Phase A public use restrictions. You guys can have a campfire and run a chainsaw now. :tup:

http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/umatilla/alerts-notices/?cid=stelprdb5286768 (http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/umatilla/alerts-notices/?cid=stelprdb5286768)
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Post by: ELKBURGER on August 29, 2014, 09:13:53 AM: Quote from: andersonjk4 on August 29, 2014, 07:21:56 AM
Good luck fellas! Stick a couple big boys!

And it looks like they are back to Phase A public use restrictions. You guys can have a campfire and run a chainsaw now. :tup:

http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/umatilla/alerts-notices/?cid=stelprdb5286768 (http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/umatilla/alerts-notices/?cid=stelprdb5286768)
Thanks for the info. Nothing like sitting by a relaxing fire after chasing bulls all day :camp: More to follow.....
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on August 29, 2014, 09:20:55 AM: Hey elkburger. Swing by our camp if you see us. I have a blue chev crewcab with a canopy. Shane has a white jeep cherokee. Be camping in a alaknak tent. Good luck!
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Post by: SnakeEyes on August 29, 2014, 10:59:05 AM: Good luck guys! Hope to hear some stories soon.
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Post by: mtman on August 29, 2014, 03:47:48 PM: I am headed over there for a week come 4:30 tomorrow. Have to make a pit stop at the maple counter in walla walla for breakfest . Then its headed to the top of the unit. Hope all you guys have luck with them tags.
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Post by: huntnnw on August 31, 2014, 09:59:54 PM: Just got back from scouting as I have to work 1 more night before I head back down for the whole season. Bullblaster and I scouted the weekend and turned out better than I could of imagined.The first night we found a big herd of cows in a area where a cam of ours was,but no bull around. Next am we started the 3.5 mi walk to a cam and halfway there we walked up on 15 cows and a cool 7x6 with a split g5 with awesome mass and 3 raghorns he was bugling, mounting cows and chasing the rags off. We made our way over to the cam and climbed up on a rock perch to take a break and a bull screams out below this goes on for a 1/2 hr as he is destroying a tree could never see the bull.We look across the canyon and a massive 7x7 bull is on the run to this bull thrashing the tree 15 min goes by and you can hear antlers crash together! never did see the other bull. We get back to camp about 11 am and bull sounds off! Sounded high pitch and small I thought it was a rag bugling being so close to camp..I decide to call to it and it came down the mt to about 300 yards with a herd of cows...it was no rag! it was a huge 6x6 with close to 20" g2's and 18+ 3rds and mass!! we figured this bull may go in the 350" range...we left him alone and listened to him bugle that day :chuckle: also heard 2 others on that hill. Weather came in yesterday afternoon and it got cold,wet and windy ,so we took a drive and found some small bulls. I had to come home today for 1 final night of work before heading back. Bullblaster located the 7x6 tonight feeding right where we saw them yesterday am. He will be there at first light tomorrow. I got a message today where a 380" 6x6 was this am...Going to go look for him tomorrow night. We met Elkburger and and Elkterd today.
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Post by: idahohuntr on August 31, 2014, 10:23:37 PM: Awesome!
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Post by: huntnnw on August 31, 2014, 11:28:44 PM: These 2 bulls are now with the 7x6 and cows...trail cams didnt really pan out down here for pics

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walked up on him saturday

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Post by: Turkeyman on September 01, 2014, 01:41:55 AM: Good luck boy's...
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Post by: huntnnw on September 01, 2014, 06:14:07 AM: getting a play by play from bullblaster this morning( he was going after the 7x6)...ran into a guys pack in the trail and the elk below him someone else had the same idea. Just standing there listening to the elk and the guy call the elk they started barking and moving toward him now..its killing me sitting here at work counting the minutes before i can leave :chuckle:
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Post by: nw_bowhunter on September 01, 2014, 08:04:26 AM: Nice pics. Looks rugged. Good luck
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Post by: TommyH on September 01, 2014, 08:09:28 AM: Good to hear the rutting activity is happening!! Good luck and lolling forward to the stories and pics of the hunt. :tup:
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Post by: ELKBURGER on September 03, 2014, 11:52:14 AM: Well Elkterd and I had to come back to reality for our work schedule. We got a chance to dive in to the country and to meet a few of the othe tag holders, Bullblaster, Huntnnw, Fly4fish and Mt. man and his friend. Everyone we met was great to visit with. As for the elk........we saw lots of bulls. The area we were in seemed to only hold bulls and there was no bugling that I heard. I tried some locate bugles in the AM but didnt get a response. Bullblaster and I also spotted a herd of Sheep. All rams, a couple that were 3/4 curl or better.
I know our return visit is sure to be full of action as the rut is just getting started. We are going crazy not being up there but know it will be worth it in the end.
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Post by: n_mathews13 on September 03, 2014, 12:12:53 PM: Sounds like a good time
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Post by: SnakeEyes on September 03, 2014, 01:03:00 PM: Sounds like your going to have a fun hunt!
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Post by: Turkeyman1 on September 03, 2014, 01:07:15 PM: It will turn on around the 10th. Good luck and be safe. That is nasty country.
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Post by: huntnnw on September 05, 2014, 12:04:33 PM: In town to wash clothes and shower. Hunting has been great we have seen and heard bulls screaming every day. We have passed on 2 5 pts. I saw the biggest bull of my life Monday.. I figured over 400" . We tried to get in there and it's just not physically possible to pack out let alone trying to get to him. This morning we walked up on a big bull at 100 yards. Set up on him and nothing.. Moved down to a trail cam and had a bull come crashing at us to only have the wind switch! Heard another bull screaming below us , but he shut up. There's a 7x7 on cam here we think that's the bull we heard bugling. Off to try and find him tonight .
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Post by: n_mathews13 on September 05, 2014, 12:06:55 PM: Good luck
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Post by: SnakeEyes on September 05, 2014, 12:15:50 PM: Thanks for the update.
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Post by: huntnnw on September 05, 2014, 01:31:46 PM: Doyle moss is supposedly on his way with auction tag holder.
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Post by: igotbigbulls on September 05, 2014, 02:45:37 PM: yuck. keep him over that way :chuckle:
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Post by: jackelope on September 05, 2014, 03:12:08 PM: Quote from: huntnnw on September 05, 2014, 01:31:46 PM
Doyle moss is supposedly on his way with auction tag holder.

It'll be the local guys if it's true. Won't be Doyle.
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Post by: Lnk on September 05, 2014, 09:33:36 PM: Quote from: huntnnw on September 05, 2014, 01:31:46 PM
Doyle moss is supposedly on his way with auction tag holder.
Hes probably coming cuz all the monster bulls you have been seeing
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Post by: fly4fish on September 05, 2014, 09:33:58 PM: I went to high school with the local dude. He told me he was working with Mossback and would be taking the Govorner tag holder this year.
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on September 05, 2014, 10:19:38 PM: Good luck guys kill some bigguns...
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Post by: ELKBURGER on September 07, 2014, 01:19:52 PM: Quote from: WDFW Hates ME!!! on September 05, 2014, 10:19:38 PM
Good luck guys kill some bigguns...
Elkterd and I are heading up in the morning. The rut should be heating up next week. Hope the other members have had some success!
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Post by: huntnnw on September 08, 2014, 05:26:17 PM: It's none of the mentioned guys with mossback that found the bull.. Someone I know. 460" is the estimated score of this bull.

Anyhow.. Quick update.. No bulls down or shots. Found 5 bulls in a canyon no cows. I chased a 350" 6x7 for 2 hrs yesterday got as close as 81 yards.. Heading back after those bulls either tomorrow or Wednesday. Hell of a hike in and out we are beat down. 2,300 feet down to them and out takes a toll.
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Post by: MLBowhunting on September 08, 2014, 06:20:07 PM: Good luck fellas. I am pulling for you.
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Post by: idahohuntr on September 08, 2014, 06:24:29 PM: Quote from: MLBowhunting on September 08, 2014, 06:20:07 PM
Good luck fellas. I am pulling for you.
:yeah:
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Post by: Turkeyman on September 08, 2014, 06:40:15 PM: Steep and deep that's were their at in that unit. Good luck.
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on September 10, 2014, 04:08:36 PM: That country will break a guy in a hurry... mentally and qhysically. I came home today. Lost 9 lbs there. Needed a break. Not sure if ill make it back or not. Had some family stuff happen last week and i came back to be with them and rest. Been getting i to bulls down there tho. Almost had to shoot a very angry bear yesterday that i walked up on in the brush... popping its teeth and hair standing up at 5 yards! Full draw and yelling at it. Finally after about 25 seconds it ran off.
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Post by: huntnnw on September 12, 2014, 07:27:26 AM: Back for 2 days.. My body is tore up! Go back and give her hell for final 6 days. See big bulls almost daily . I made it in back after the big 6x7 got super close again! A rag 5 bedded 44 yards to my left screwed up my plans! Watched the big bull for over 2 hrs shred trees and chase spikes. I called in a 270"ish 6x7 at 12 yards not what I want to hang my tag on. One of the bulls I'm after.
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Post by: SnakeEyes on September 12, 2014, 09:16:11 AM: Good luck! The last part of the season should be the best.
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Post by: coop2424 on September 12, 2014, 09:21:53 AM: Good luck guys hope you both can fill your tags with nice bulls..
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on September 12, 2014, 12:09:15 PM: Ill be heading back sunday for the rest of the season also. Hoping to get it done.
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Post by: elkoholic1 on September 12, 2014, 12:11:08 PM: :tup:
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Post by: rosscrazyelk on September 12, 2014, 12:20:21 PM: I want pics of the big guy you keep talking about
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Post by: quacksmoker on September 12, 2014, 01:28:52 PM: Quote from: BULLBLASTER on September 12, 2014, 12:09:15 PM
Ill be heading back sunday for the rest of the season also. Hoping to get it done.

Good to hear.
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Post by: huntnnw on September 12, 2014, 02:24:45 PM: I got a bad pic thru my spotter of the biggest bull i have ever seen. Pic doesn't show how big it is
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Post by: mtman on September 12, 2014, 07:33:03 PM: Here's what happened when I was there. Day one 6x7 called in for my buddy at 56 yards he did not fill good about taking the shot so he passed. Day two back in the bulls called a big 6x6 somewhere around 330 if I guessed. Came into 12 yards from the shooter with no shot I was hiding behind a stump about 10 yards from him while the bull tried to figure out were the noise was coming from. He got tired of us and buggered off. Then I packed out a bear for a buddy that evening. Day three Was a rest day for the hunter so we went down in the farm land and looked for bucks with no luck. Day four Back down in the canyons looking for elk could not call one in that day but spotted 3 big bulls for the next days hunt. Day 5 got into those bulls we had spotted both mid 300 class 6x6 and 6x7. Could not close the deal 17 hours on that day almost killed Dave my buddy with the tag. Day 6 heading home with no bone but the sheds I had found along the way.
I got him talked into going back he had a good friend go back and help this time. Turns out you just have to be in the right place at the right time. he shot a 320" bull yesterday and found out what the real work is like. Congrats to him he didn't give up and it worked out.
I hope all those other tag holders fill there tags all of you seemed like great guys. Dig deep a don't let those hills get the best of you.
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Post by: SnakeEyes on September 12, 2014, 07:47:26 PM: Congrats to your friend. Very nice!
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on September 16, 2014, 07:26:36 PM: great job on the bull!
I headed home today, beaten down and used up... the mountain won. it was a great experience and definitely not for the fain of heart. Huntnnw is staying it out... that guy is a freak!
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Post by: Elkterd on September 16, 2014, 07:39:41 PM: Ditto....BullBlaster, great job by hangin in there,as you know I headed home yesterday, the Mtn got me too, Good meeting you and good luck on the Moose hunt!,,,
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on September 16, 2014, 08:41:17 PM: Quote from: Elkterd on September 16, 2014, 07:39:41 PM
Ditto....BullBlaster, great job by hangin in there,as you know I headed home yesterday, the Mtn got me too, Good meeting you and good luck on the Moose hunt!,,,
have you heard from Berger?
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Post by: fly4fish on September 19, 2014, 10:08:05 AM: Going into this hunt, I set a herd bull standard until the last 3 days, when a satellite 6 point would work. With two warm days left to hunt and in a moment of weakness, I filled my elk tag with a trophy spike. After chasing an uninterested herd bull, this dude gave me way too long to think about the tag soup I ate last time I had this tag. An arrow to the lungs sealed the deal. An easy pack and good footage being the deciding factor, figuring if I was gong to go small, then might as well be unique.

I had more close calls on herd bulls than I can count. I'd say 10 situations that didn't just quite work out on 320 - 360 type herd bulls. All I needed was good luck, but got none. Cooler weather would have helped too. The second half of the season was near or above 90 degrees every day! Had a great hunt though, and would us two points over again to draw this tag.
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Post by: fly4fish on September 19, 2014, 10:13:44 AM: Quote from: fly4fish on September 19, 2014, 10:08:05 AM
Going into this hunt, I set a herd bull standard until the last 3 days, when a satellite 6 point would work. With two warm days left to hunt and in a moment of weakness, I filled my elk tag with a trophy spike. After chasing an uninterested herd bull, this dude gave me way too long to think about the tag soup I ate last time I had this tag. An arrow to the lungs sealed the deal. An easy pack and good footage being the deciding factor, figuring if I was gong to go small, then might as well be unique.

Oh, and by "trophy spike", I mean every spike hunter's dream bull.
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Post by: MLBowhunting on September 19, 2014, 10:15:41 AM: Nice bull. Love it :tup:
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Post by: SnakeEyes on September 19, 2014, 10:20:45 AM: Nice job! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on September 19, 2014, 11:23:38 AM: Glad to see the success pics!
Kind of bummed i couldnt make it happen, but glad for the guys that did.
Rumor has it that shane filled his tag with a last day meat bull today... i guess we have to wait for him to telk us. :chuckle:
this was truely the hardest hunt i have ever attempted, i gave that place all i had even though i gave up a few days early. It takes a different kind of crazy to put in the effort every day in there. Great job guys!
It was an awesome experience to chase amd actually have chances at world class bulls. An experience ill never forget.
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Post by: MLBowhunting on September 19, 2014, 11:33:32 AM: :yeah: As a bowhunter thats all we can ask for is a chance. :tup: Hope I can draw that tag someday.
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Post by: TheHunt on September 19, 2014, 11:51:29 AM: Great job... Congrats.
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Post by: huntnnw on September 20, 2014, 08:40:04 AM: I am back... I did shoot a fork horn on the last morning. I'll post pics and more about hunt later.
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Post by: SkookumHntr on September 20, 2014, 09:23:18 AM: -Sounds like you guys gave it your all! Love reading the stories!!
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Post by: ELKBURGER on September 21, 2014, 07:35:13 AM: I'm finally home and settled in and getting reacquainted with my family. It was great meeting many members from the forum who also had the tag and congrats to those who were able to fill a tag.
The bulls started talking the last few days in the area we were in. I had a good friend join me for the last 5 days of the hunt and he was a great caller. He called in many small bulls into shooting range but I was holding for a true quality bull. The last fading light of my season had me within 20 yards of 2 350" bulls screaming thier heads off in the brush that only left me with a frontal opportunity with a thick fir bow separating me and the bull. The bull caught my movement and bolted.
This was the best elk hunt that I've been on. I saw more bulls in the last 3 weeks than I've seen in 20 years hunting elk on the Westside.
I had a blast and that's what it's all about! A nick rack would have been nice too!
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Post by: SnakeEyes on September 21, 2014, 09:08:58 AM: It is so fun to have close calls like that. That really makes the hunt whether you notch a tag or not. Glad you had a great hunt.
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Post by: huntnnw on September 22, 2014, 12:49:01 AM: This hunt lived up to exactly what I expected as a permit bull hunt! It was amazing to chase big bulls everyday. Every bull I heard bugle and went after was over 300" and most were in the 320"-350" range, but 1 bull that I thought was a big 6x7 I had been chasing came into 12 yards as I thought here we go..and to my surprise it was a 270" 6x7 I let him walk and enjoyed the show and moved up to another bull bugling which was the big 6x7. I sat and watched him for over a hour as I was pinned down by a 5pt that was bedded 44 yards to my left I was unable to move on the bull like I wanted. I chased more bulls than I could write on here. The last 6 days I got into big bulls every morning and under 90 yards and it was becoming very frusturating that nothing was working to get them in. Sept 18th was the best day I got down into the bottom and about the deepest part of the unit and heard 8 bulls screaming. As I stood above listening I decided to dive all the way to creek where a bull was bugling and chase him first as the wind was blowing down the creek and then move my way up the canyon to other bulls if this one doesnt pan out. I get down there and the bull is on the other side of the creek and up about 900 feet in elevation..it was litterally a cliff and I really questioned WTH I was even doing.. I had him in a steep narrow avalanche chute..wind blowing up I decided to come up a draw over from him then sneak across to where he was..as I get close I still hear him bugling about 70 yards away thinking this is working out perfect! then I hear nothing for 10 min...then I hear branches busting above me! well this one is done! :bash: while this is going on I hear a bull right below me screaming! so I go back down filter water to replenish. I work over to where I thought he was and cow call nothing!! dang it. I leave there and decide to head up the canyon where I heard 3 bulls, but before heading up I decided to heat up a mt house and take a break...I was about done eating and I blow on my cow call and the bull by creek I heard earlier lights up! what in the world,so I pack up my stuff and head back he is going nuts! I blow one mew and he bugles 6-8 times...Im thinking maybe its a sattelite. As I get close I see litterally hundreds of rubs and huge dust pits where the bull has been rolling. I keep moving closer and notice he is in a small draw about 60 yards away. I catch movement to my left and its cows coming at me..then I realize this is a herd bull and notice the cows are going to hit my trail and prolly freak out! they stop and turn around..I grab a mouth reed and let out a bugle before the cows can get back to herd...this gets the bull going then nothing for a few minutes.. I keep listening and watching then out of nowhere he pops up at 11 yards head on! nothing between me and him! :bash: I cant draw...he pegs me and bust back down the draw... I move over to the draw and he is qtr away at 69 yards...I shoot and hit a limb at about the 60 yard area! bull walks up the hill. I gather my stuff and decide to head back up the canyon where I heard them earlier... I get to 100 yards of them and I spot a small 6pt bedded below me I cant go anywhere or he will see me,so I sit down for 2 hrs waiting for him to get up all the while listenting to 2 bulls scream non stop. He gets up and moves into timber, so I make my move I get to about 70 yards and let out some mews followed by a bugle bull goes nuts...he comes running out to me, but in a bad spot! 45 yards and all i can see is his head...this was a huge 6 I figured in the 360" range...they moved up the canyon and that was it. These were just a few of the better hunts...I got into bulls almost everyday and heard bulls bugle everyday from Aug29th till the end it was insane to hunt elk like this probably saw 40 plus bulls.

Sept 19th the last day and I decide to head to some drainages that have had elk in them and since I hadnt been in there in several days it should be good. As I reach the top before going over I spotted a spike and 3x4 bull sparring down below and they were close to the pack trail. I go up and over and listen and call and nothing! silence. I decide well its the last day nothing is going on up here..Ill go back down to where I saw the small bulls and call. I walk 200 yards down a finger to where I last saw them and let out some cow calls.. I hear stuff busting below me..cow call some more and they are getting close. Now I see 2 of them a spike and a fork coming right to me. They come up below me, but on other side of finger and I have a big rockpile and cant see them.. I hear them they are close..the fork pops out above me and is walking right at me, but I have a bad shot he keeps walking and will be broadside soon.He hits the 7 yard mark he is almost broadside...I settle pin and whack right thru heart and lung...he just stands there! he takes off I blow on my cow call to stop him,but I shouldnt have as he was running up hill! closer to trail :chuckle: he ran 20 yards and fell over. Almost felt like a gift to have those bulls right by trail on the last morning of hunt. It was not the bulls I was after, but it was nice to leave with a bull for the freezer after hunting 17 of the 19 days. The hunt was pretty much everything I could have imagined, but the indians slaughtering the elk, some shooting elk and taking just the heads! it would put me bad mood watching this crap! road hunting in the dark with rifles on the top of the cab on blankets. The WDFW should put a disclaimer on hunts where this crap goes on and I could give 2 s%^*$ about what they think I harvested when i witenssed that BS. It was nice meeting board members down there. Ill load up some pics and a vid I have with that bull walking up on me later when I get them downloaded.

up to the 10min mark is me calling in the bull...not much after I shoot..couldnt edit it down
http://youtu.be/oNznaHY-a2w (http://youtu.be/oNznaHY-a2w)
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Post by: huntnnw on September 22, 2014, 01:12:36 AM: Ill also add that people applying for this unit should drive there and look at it...I bet over half or more couldnt physically hunt most of the nat'l forest. Horses will do nothing for you if you think you will use stock. Alot of the areas with the big bulls were in places there are no trails near.Mtman and myself were the only people I saw up high in the natl forest. This hunt was BY FAR the most physically demanding hunts I have ever done EVER!! it was insane steep and most of the time when your hiking you are litterally fearing either for your life or falling and being crippled out there. I trained alot for this hunt and it beat me down I put in 8 months of olympic lifts, stairclimbing,running and weighted hikes and hiking 3-5 days a week.I have never had a knee issues my whole life..As I sit here writing this I can barely squat down from the pain in my knees my ankles are still swollen from the insane amount of sidehilling. I am not trying to steer people from not applying here, but seeing people down there in shock of how steep it was and gave up and went home.
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Post by: bowhunterforever on September 22, 2014, 03:03:03 AM: Sounds like an exciting hunt, Congrats filling your tag :tup:
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Post by: huntnnw on September 22, 2014, 05:41:44 AM: 6X7 that wasnt big enough.. poor video was using my phone. :chuckle:

http://youtu.be/lJxa_OmPHfo (http://youtu.be/lJxa_OmPHfo)
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Post by: ELKBURGER on September 22, 2014, 05:59:17 AM: It was the toughest but the best hunt I've been on! I agree that pack horses could only get halfway to a downed animal. It didnt look like any pack animals have been down the west fork trail for years. I guess the forest service didnt have time to clear that one. Maybe they were too busy keeping your camp toilet cleaned. :chuckle: Great meeting you guys!
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Post by: huntnnw on September 22, 2014, 06:03:38 AM: HAHAHA! They kept it fully stocked of TP
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Post by: Elkterd on September 22, 2014, 06:26:53 AM: Agreed, HuntNW, at 57 yrs old I could not hunt the Nat. Forest on the upper end, one look and I knew I was destined for the lower end and my knees still gave me fits!, congrats on sticking it out, you r an animal, nice meeting you and just think u r young enough u may draw this tag again! WoooHooo :tup:
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Post by: huntnnw on September 22, 2014, 06:34:13 AM: To give you an idea where the majority of the big bulls were in this country... the top left ridgeline I was parked out of the picture and the far right of pic in canyon bottom is where the majority of big bulls were..the center of pic in the timbered bottoms is another spot I got into bulls. There is 0 pack trails in this area. I figured 2 days to get a bull out with 2 guys

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Almost in the bottom of Ranger creek here

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This was a real crap hole! :chuckle: 2250 down hill 1,250 up hill and 600ft down to where alot of bulls were..it was 4 hrs to get in here
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one of the bulls I just about got

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Title: Re: Mt View archery elk hunt.( Updated 9-22)
Post by: Elkterd on September 22, 2014, 06:43:18 AM: Very nice pics of the country, everyone should take notice of your writings and pics as they are a very good synopsis of this unit, lots of Bulls though throughout, a very good unit.
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Post by: MtnMuley on September 22, 2014, 08:43:58 AM: You gave it your best and never quit. Nothing but respect for the bull you ended up with. :tup:
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on September 22, 2014, 08:55:18 AM: Awesome write up shane! Glad you connected and stuck it out! You eere correct it was truely a hunt of a lifetime for me as well! An experience i want to have again one day... just maybe on more friendly terrain! :chuckle:
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Post by: SnakeEyes on September 22, 2014, 09:01:49 AM: Nice job! Thanks for sharing the story and photos.
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Post by: X-Force on September 22, 2014, 09:05:20 AM: That unit looks unforgiving. Great writeup and congrats on the success.
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Post by: SnakeEyes on September 22, 2014, 09:05:43 AM: The first video link you posted says it is private.
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Post by: Slimdog350 on September 22, 2014, 09:11:57 AM: You are right about that unit. It's not for the faint of heart! My bro in law and I drew a spring bear tag in that unit and we had a blast. We didn't make it as far down as you did though! Congrats on a fun hunt!
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Post by: mtman on September 22, 2014, 11:32:44 AM: Way to stick it out. Sounds like you did the right thing. Held out for a big one as long as you could and still came home with some meat. Way to close the deal in the end. It takes a lot to get everything to aline in that country with the stick and string. Would be nice for some of the tag holders to have a shot close to the road. But If I were in elk over there close to the road I would be in the bed of an Indians truck.
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Post by: go4steelhd on September 22, 2014, 06:13:21 PM: Thanks for taking us along Huntnnw. Great pics. I love that country. I have bear hunted it but never for elk. I want to rifle elk hunt that area. But haven't put in due to not wanting to drive those roads if snow comes in :yike:
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Post by: TommyH on September 22, 2014, 09:06:27 PM: Sounds like a great hunt!! Congrats ! :tup:
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Post by: huntnnw on September 22, 2014, 10:17:28 PM: Quote from: SnakeEyes on September 22, 2014, 09:01:49 AM
Nice job! Thanks for sharing the story and photos.

link should work now
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Post by: SnakeEyes on September 22, 2014, 11:04:23 PM: Works now. Nice video. Looked like a great bull.
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Post by: huntnnw on September 22, 2014, 11:06:42 PM: pretty nice bull..lot bigger in person than the gorpo..he was close
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Post by: jackelope on September 23, 2014, 05:59:11 AM: Well done, Shane. Congrats on an awesome hunt. Great pictures too.
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Post by: huntnnw on September 23, 2014, 06:05:03 AM: Putting meat in the feezer at the end helped, but kinda bummed I didnt get a good bull. Bulls were not responding well to calls untill the last 2 days. The last 2 days were the best days I had.
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Post by: ELKBURGER on September 23, 2014, 07:19:31 AM: Quote from: huntnnw on September 23, 2014, 06:05:03 AM
Putting meat in the feezer at the end helped, but kinda bummed I didnt get a good bull. Bulls were not responding well to calls untill the last 2 days. The last 2 days were the best days I had.
I agree about those last 2 days! Makes me wish we had just a couple more....
Congrats again Shane!