Post by: Jrzbullelk on November 02, 2015, 01:48:05 PM
Post by: boneaddict on November 02, 2015, 01:52:31 PM
Post by: 2MANY on November 02, 2015, 01:55:01 PM
Keep going.
Once in Alaska or Idaho you will find better hunting.
Post by: Jonathan_S on November 02, 2015, 02:03:53 PM
North facing hillsides and logged areas are a start.
:tup: good luck. They are frustrating.
Post by: Dhoey07 on November 02, 2015, 02:05:56 PM
So I was just wondering if anyone on here has any clues on where I can start my search on those northeast corner elk, PM me with any info please. I'm sure this is a long shot but I would really like to try it, anything will help. :tup:
I would start looking in the northeast corner
Post by: WAcoyotehunter on November 02, 2015, 02:07:38 PM
There are elk in almost every drainage up here, but there are not many and they are tough to find. Find a gated road and start walking for them.
Post by: JJB11B on November 02, 2015, 02:09:23 PM
Post by: boneaddict on November 02, 2015, 02:10:18 PM
Post by: Jonathan_S on November 02, 2015, 02:13:03 PM
I have honestly seen more deer and moose than elk in that part of the state. They're there but I never see them
The majority of people hunting the NE for elk will not see an elk in an entire season and sometimes for a few years.
Post by: boneaddict on November 02, 2015, 02:17:51 PM
Post by: Jonathan_S on November 02, 2015, 02:21:19 PM
A few weeks back, I found a matching set of elk sheds and while walking the road down to my rig, another truck came up the hill and I threw them in the bushes :chuckle:
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on November 02, 2015, 02:24:31 PM
Yeah, to be frank, when people (not LEOs) ask me what I am hunting...I'll flat out lie and say bear. It's not because I am a misanthrope and hate other hunters but that's how you turn a good spot into a zoo.
A few weeks back, I found a matching set of elk sheds and while walking the road down to my rig, another truck came up the hill and I threw them in the bushes :chuckle:
Good work!!!!! :tup:
Post by: boneaddict on November 02, 2015, 02:26:58 PM
Post by: Bean Counter on November 02, 2015, 02:33:41 PM
So I was just wondering if anyone on here has any clues on where I can start my search on those northeast corner elk, PM me with any info please. I'm sure this is a long shot but I would really like to try it, anything will help. :tup:
Subscribing to this thread so that way after you've spent money, time, and effort to figure out where they are you can 'share' the information with me. Thanks! :)
Post by: Jonathan_S on November 02, 2015, 02:41:32 PM
Post by: bracer40 on November 02, 2015, 03:03:24 PM
I was after white tails.
Post by: CAMPMEAT on November 02, 2015, 03:07:38 PM
Post by: skeeter 20i on November 02, 2015, 03:10:18 PM
A few weeks back, I found a matching set of elk sheds and while walking the road down to my rig, another truck came up the hill and I threw them in the bushes :chuckle:
:bash: I jumped in the bushes w/ mine. Man you learn something new on HW every day. :tup:
Post by: Ridgeratt on November 02, 2015, 06:26:28 PM
I have honestly seen more deer and moose than elk in that part of the state. They're there but I never see them
The majority of people hunting the NE for elk will not see an elk in an entire season and sometimes for a few years.
There are people who live among them and never see them.
Post by: Firedogg on November 02, 2015, 07:15:08 PM
Yeah, to be frank, when people (not LEOs) ask me what I am hunting...I'll flat out lie and say bear. It's not because I am a misanthrope and hate other hunters but that's how you turn a good spot into a zoo.
A few weeks back, I found a matching set of elk sheds and while walking the road down to my rig, another truck came up the hill and I threw them in the bushes :chuckle:
You should have told them the antlers were for rattling in really big whitetails, but so far all they've brought in were chipmunks.
Post by: syoungs on November 02, 2015, 07:21:49 PM
I'm gonna be up that way alot over the next 4-5 years, and I'm not even sure how to start!
Any pertinent advice would be appreciated! (Looking for ideas on how to start figuring these critters out, not areas per say)
Post by: GUscottie on November 02, 2015, 07:33:18 PM
I've never hunted elk in the NE corner for one big reason, generally where a rifle season is "any elk" or "any bull" that shows you that there are either few elk or no elk. That's my :twocents: which is probably only worth half that. Good luck!
Post by: Ridgeratt on November 02, 2015, 07:35:29 PM
From my experience, there are elk up there. There are not a lot. I've never seen elk when looking for elk. But, I have seen them everywhere from near Hunters up near Kettle Falls and east to the Idaho border. They run in small herds and locals won't let other people know where they see them. Go steep and deep to find elk. Like another guy said, I've seen a lot more moose than elk up there. I lived up in the NE for 6 years and saw elk only a few times. Saw some while heading up skiing.
I've never hunted elk in the NE corner for one big reason, generally where a rifle season is "any elk" or "any bull" that shows you that there are either few elk or no elk. That's my :twocents: which is probably only worth half that. Good luck!
A lot of it used to be any elk until the WDFW started feeding wolves!!!
Post by: KFhunter on November 02, 2015, 07:37:24 PM
This pretty much sums it up, deplorable success rates considering what could be possible.
http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/harvest/2014/reports/elk_gmu.php?District=1
Post by: Ridgeratt on November 02, 2015, 07:40:08 PM
They are in small little herds up to 30 head but usually much smaller and easily bumped out of a drainage into another. It's a tough hunt as they're difficult to pattern. Most of them are taken out of private hay fields where the owner let's family/friends take a few, others are taken off bait but 95-99% of the hunters go home empty handed.
This pretty much sums it up, deplorable success rates considering what could be possible.
http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/harvest/2014/reports/elk_gmu.php?District=1
Nothing better than the fact's.
Post by: kball4 on November 03, 2015, 05:51:03 AM
Post by: runningboard on November 03, 2015, 06:27:51 AM
Post by: PA BEN on November 03, 2015, 06:40:38 AM
Post by: WAcoyotehunter on November 03, 2015, 08:09:44 AM
Seen a herd of cows by Cusick but that's all Indian Res of private property, and some across the Pend Oreille river.
It's like Mario Cart around the valley right now... the two branched antler bulls in that area are dead. Hopefully the crowds can disperse now and look for a wild elk!
Post by: runningboard on November 03, 2015, 08:54:39 AM
:yeah: :chuckle:Seen a herd of cows by Cusick but that's all Indian Res of private property, and some across the Pend Oreille river.
It's like Mario Cart around the valley right now... the two branched antler bulls in that area are dead. Hopefully the crowds can disperse now and look for a wild elk!
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on November 03, 2015, 12:03:27 PM
Those any bull units in the northeast will be a BREEZE.
Post by: ELKBURGER on November 03, 2015, 12:44:54 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on November 03, 2015, 12:55:25 PM
Post by: curlewkiller on November 03, 2015, 01:11:10 PM
Post by: buglebrush on November 03, 2015, 01:28:48 PM
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on November 03, 2015, 02:00:48 PM
In all seriousness I would never choose the NE corner as a new spot to go for elk, and this is coming from someone who is successful almost every year up here. If I was going to dump money/time into an area I didn't live in I would look out of state or the West-Side. Just my :twocents: :sry:
Bingo! Put $50 in a tin can each month starting now; by next hunting season you can hunt Idaho with a much, much better season and more elk. Heck, you can hunt the elk rut with stick and string in September and head back over for a bit of boom stick hunting off the same tag if you don't connect in archery season ;)
Post by: bearpaw on November 03, 2015, 02:24:34 PM
Post by: KFhunter on November 03, 2015, 04:42:10 PM
Post by: Jonathan_S on November 04, 2015, 02:33:45 PM
how many people run around chasing 1 or 2 month old elk scat
:chuckle: plenty