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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: wapitislayer on September 29, 2014, 06:38:08 PM

Title: Margaret
Post by: wapitislayer on September 29, 2014, 06:38:08 PM: Can you hunt the monument area if you draw the margaret
Title: Re: Margaret
Post by: gotcha on September 29, 2014, 07:00:42 PM: Yes. There are no elk there.
Title: Re: Margaret
Post by: judojudd on September 30, 2014, 09:40:29 AM: Quote from: gotcha on September 29, 2014, 07:00:42 PM
Yes. There are no elk there.
^^^^^^Hahaha..."no elk"
Yes, you can hunt it and yes, there are elk. Lot's and lot's of elk. There are restrictions, of course. You can't step off a road or trail on the Spirit Lake Highway side until you get to the far end of Coldwater Lake. But if you go in from Norway Pass, you're good.
Title: Re: Margaret
Post by: CNELK on September 30, 2014, 09:50:14 AM: The monument area is closed for all hunting. There are signs even saying you have to stay on the trail, until you get past Minnie peak. The game department sends out a map before your hunt explaining the restrictions and boundaries of the monument.
Title: Re: Margaret
Post by: CNELK on September 30, 2014, 10:05:12 AM: Quote from: judojudd on September 30, 2014, 09:40:29 AM
Quote from: gotcha on September 29, 2014, 07:00:42 PM
Yes. There are no elk there.
^^^^^^Hahaha..."no elk"
Yes, you can hunt it and yes, there are elk. Lot's and lot's of elk. There are restrictions, of course. You can't step off a road or trail on the Spirit Lake Highway side until you get to the far end of Coldwater Lake. But if you go in from Norway Pass, you're good.
I'm sorry but you are totally giving out misleading information about the unit and it's restrictions. You can not hunt anywhere close to coldwater lake until you get past Minnie peak. Which is about a mile or mile and a half past the end of the lake. Once you are past Minnie peak, as you are heading up the trail the left hand side of the trail is open and the right hand side is a different unit.
Title: Re: Margaret
Post by: judojudd on October 02, 2014, 12:13:25 PM: I apologize if I misled anyone, CNElk. Your directions are more detailed than mine. I figured he would look at a map and see the boundary by Minnie Peak beyond the far side of Coldwater Lake.
Title: Re: Margaret
Post by: wapitislayer on October 02, 2014, 07:51:52 PM: Thanks for all info it just seemed unclear to me if you could hunt it or not my daughter drew Margaret bull tag so we are going to hunt weyerhauser
Title: Re: Margaret
Post by: SFD2015 on October 02, 2014, 08:06:25 PM: Quote
Thanks for all info it just seemed unclear to me if you could hunt it or not my daughter drew Margaret bull tag so we are going to hunt weyerhauser

Great tag. My hunting group has been trying to get that for about 6 years now. Hope you got your Weyco Permit!
Title: Re: Margaret
Post by: 280ackley on October 03, 2014, 09:32:55 PM: Quote from: CNELK on September 30, 2014, 09:50:14 AM
The monument area is closed for all hunting. There are signs even saying you have to stay on the trail, until you get past Minnie peak. The game department sends out a map before your hunt explaining the restrictions and boundaries of the monument.

Really? I didn't get one.
Title: Re: Margaret
Post by: CNELK on October 03, 2014, 09:57:13 PM: All I am getting at is do your research before hunting in a unit you have never hunted before. If you ever have any doubts about any information you may be hearing than call the U.S. forest service and the game department and they are more than willing to give you the information you need. When I had the tag last year they didn't send me a map until a week before my hunt.
Title: Re: Margaret
Post by: cem3434 on October 04, 2014, 02:05:38 PM: Quote from: 280ackley on October 03, 2014, 09:32:55 PM
Quote from: CNELK on September 30, 2014, 09:50:14 AM
The monument area is closed for all hunting. There are signs even saying you have to stay on the trail, until you get past Minnie peak. The game department sends out a map before your hunt explaining the restrictions and boundaries of the monument.
Hi
Really? I didn't get one.
:yeah: my wife drew a cow tag and she didn't get anything other than a permit. :dunno: