Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Optimusprime on June 14, 2014, 03:30:42 PM
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Might be doin some elk hunting over there this year. If anyone has any experience in that area, I'd love to talk to you about it. PM me and lets chat! Thanks.
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PM sent
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Did you draw a tag? Or are you spike hunting? Ill be there for my cow permit but its a lot of wilderness and hiking. We use horses because its hard work getting elk out of the back country.
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Sent you a message seaduckhunter.
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Anyone one else want to share their experiences in the Bumping?
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Lot of hiking. Went up twin sisters trail and camped near lakes. Didn't get animals but by far one of the most memorable hunts being packed in, snow in September(early archery), beautiful country, and elk. One big thing we didn't know when we went to scout is that you need a northwest forest service pass to pack up there. I think it's $40 and you can get them at Rei and other stores. We noticed more sign near Indian creek trail and cougar mt. Best advice is be ready for some walking.
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Did you draw a tag Optimus? Modern?
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From my experience Bumping is a good unit that gets hit hard by hikers, hunters and maybe even Bigfoot. Lots of elk get killed and it will take a lot of boot leather and dedication to get a big bull. Lots of fellows go for spike or cow in there and this year there should be even a couple rifle guys going after some cows.
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This guy came out of the Bumping.
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Did you draw a tag Optimus? Modern?
No, I am doing early archery over there. Just goin for good ol fashioned meat. I'm gonna be taking an overnighter over there to scout the area out. Sounds like a beautiful place, regardless of animals.
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Lot of hiking. Went up twin sisters trail and camped near lakes. Didn't get animals but by far one of the most memorable hunts being packed in, snow in September(early archery), beautiful country, and elk. One big thing we didn't know when we went to scout is that you need a northwest forest service pass to pack up there. I think it's $40 and you can get them at Rei and other stores. We noticed more sign near Indian creek trail and cougar mt. Best advice is be ready for some walking.
Sounds like a blast bowguy. Snow in September would be a surprise for sure. On another note, what are the rules for chopping wood for fires up there when there is snow? Is it frowned on or ok?
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Benchbeast, that thing is a monster. I don't even want to know how long it took you to get him out :tung:
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I don't know about the fire rules up there to be honest, I know some of the camps we hiked past had little ones trying to dry gear and get warm. We had bull tags that year and didn't spend a minute of daylight in camp. Sleep hunt eat sleep was the routine. If you don't have a small light tent best suggestion would be a tarp and fleece sleeping bag, pair if light early season pants and a pair if polar fleece, collapsible water container and purification drinking bottle and pump. So I take it not going to the colockum this year? How icy meat did you get from that spike last year.
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Not a lot of roads for that unit. My buddy and I humped it in, ran into cows heard bulls bugeling.goes from semi open to thicker than a sob in some areas. Can be steep
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Bowguy, I ended up getting around 150# off the spike. That was including the bones in the rears and fronts. I was surprised how much less it weighed than I had thought. It was still a great tasting animal :tup: Lord willing we will get into some cows this year. It would be even better if my bro in law is able to score a harvest for his first year. Where you hunting this year?
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There have been fire prohibitions in WODWA in past dry years-I remember one back about '07 when we were backpacking Chinook to White. They're infrequent, but the way this year is setting up it wouldn't surprise me to seem some August into September. I'm eager to get back up in there myself to fish the lakes, camp, etc.
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Heading back to naneum we drew 3 archery cow tags. So pumped :IBCOOL:
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Been hunting Early Archery around Cash Prairie since 08. The further you get from the road the better. Too many road hunters.
Went out this last weekend and all we saw were hikers and people driving up and down the roads. Maybe they were road scouters since bear doesn't open for another two weeks.
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It is pretty crowded. The fact that little naches is closed makes it the only option for the high country in Yakima. South rainier on the west side also puts pressure on the animals on the west side of the unit.
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Forgot to say the bugs are bad and with an early start this year they will still be around if we don't get a freeze. Take bug spray.
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