Post by: ghosthunter on October 12, 2014, 10:10:28 AM
We had 11 hunters spread out through the North end and saw 3 elk, two in the headlights on way back to camp.
We had blinds on watering holes and along trails. I scouted on the 12 th sept. and saw elk. But by the time the season started they were gone.
I plunged into creek bottoms and staked out cool clear pools of water and never saw anything I could call a fresh track.
We got there on the 30th and stayed till the 11 th. Nothing.
I heard of one elk being taken by a camp along Rock Prarie but did not see it myself.
I talked to two other camps NOTHING.
I would like to think it was the warm weather and full moons everynight, but I am not so sure. It could be too many cow tags in the area.
Not sure I can go back there next year.
Post by: ghosthunter on October 12, 2014, 10:15:28 AM
Post by: Seahawk12 on October 12, 2014, 10:29:12 AM
Looks like a great camp set-up. I hope you guys at least had a fun time and enjoyed each others company.
Better luck next hunt.
Post by: ghosthunter on October 12, 2014, 10:31:32 AM
ouch. that's rough. avoid the crowds and head south next year.
Well there were some camps but I never thought it was too crowded. I mean, I spent every day out and bumped into maybe 2 guys in the woods. A lot of hunters were finsished by noon. We would come back at noon rest a couple hours and back out till dark everyday.
I mean it is not so bad not getting a animal but when you cannot even flush one or spot one from two ridges away in that amount of time, wow thats bad in my book.
I did see a lot more deer in the area than the past five years, and three were four point or bigger.
I checked out a little of the Cowichee in September, went up that old Mill Road but I must be missing something there because I was not impressed with the area. Straight up and down. Ok for the young guys but the 60 + guys like most our group look at that and say no way.
My buddy in the Nile and his camp went home empty too. They saw bulls and cows but no spikes they could nail.
We camped on the 1712 this year because the loggers had tanked trapped the road connnection on our other roads. But when we got there on 30th they had tanked trapped the rest of the connectors in the two weeks since we were there. Which it is ok except we had to come and go only on the 1712 and that is a butt ugly rough road.
Post by: ghosthunter on October 12, 2014, 10:33:17 AM
Sorry to hear you didn't get to fill any tags.
Looks like a great camp set-up. I hope you guys at least had a fun time and enjoyed each others company.
Better luck next hunt.
oh yeah we all had a good time dont get me wrong. Just would of at least liked to hear a elk busting away in the bush.
Post by: ghosthunter on October 12, 2014, 10:40:37 AM
Post by: washelkhunter on October 12, 2014, 10:41:45 AM
Post by: lee on October 13, 2014, 06:40:54 AM
To hot, to dusty, to many hunters and to many quads running the roads. Not sure they will go back either.
Post by: Ibcnurun on October 13, 2014, 10:07:01 AM
Four from our group (we hunt Bumping and Nile) drew cow tags in the 342. One of them scored a Spike 10 minutes into opening day. That was the only elk they saw the whole season :yike:
To hot, to dusty, to many hunters and to many quads running the roads. Not sure they will go back either.
Seriously, what is up with the illegal quad use in that unit. Apparently a scoff law in full effect. It seems like the state could make money in enforcement with little effort. Say like the first two hours in the AM opening day.
Post by: deadwoodbuck on October 13, 2014, 11:57:17 AM
Post by: WALLEYEGUY on October 13, 2014, 12:11:32 PM
Post by: tjthebest on October 13, 2014, 12:46:18 PM
Post by: TriggerMike on October 13, 2014, 07:50:31 PM
I would like to think it was the warm weather and full moons everynight, but I am not so sure. It could be too many cow tags in the area.
Not sure I can go back there next year.
I'm thinking the full moon every night was a big factor this year. I saw a spike the day before the opener and another on Day 2. I talked to several people that were hunting 342 for the first time because they drew a cow tag. The only elk I heard of was my brothers cow, a cow at the 1701, 1712, 1714 junction camps and another guy said they killed a spike on opening morning, not sure where he was camped though.
Post by: PlateauNDN on October 13, 2014, 08:01:35 PM
Post by: Jburke on October 15, 2014, 01:49:39 AM
Post by: kdj202 on October 16, 2014, 10:57:42 PM
Post by: jaredwitman on October 17, 2014, 12:46:37 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on October 19, 2014, 03:12:38 PM
As for the comment about the archery guys killing all the elk in 352, not likely. I was in there during muzzy season calling for a friend and we had to beat the elk off with a stick.
Post by: Chukarhead on October 20, 2014, 03:38:19 PM
Post by: Jburke on October 21, 2014, 09:49:31 AM
Plenty of long faces in Manastash, for sure. Tag soup was the norm. Warm weather may have played a role, but I didn't see any meat hanging from poles in camps.I think warm weather played a roll in not hanging the meat also though. With highs in the high 70's+ most of the week I boned mine out and had it on ice that same night.