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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: 10thmountainarcher on December 23, 2016, 10:06:36 AM

Title: Elk around Ritzville
Post by: 10thmountainarcher on December 23, 2016, 10:06:36 AM: Anyone ever seen Elk around Ritzville?
Title: Re: Elk around Ritzville
Post by: WALLEYEGUY on December 23, 2016, 10:11:52 AM: Several times, I think it is the same heard from Turnball and they get frisky. In the winter both years I saw them out that way.
Title: Re: Elk around Ritzville
Post by: Henrydog on December 23, 2016, 10:13:23 AM: I have never seen one north of I90 but I have seen several south of Ritzville on 262? South like your going to Washtucna
Title: Re: Elk around Ritzville
Post by: 10thmountainarcher on December 23, 2016, 10:18:12 AM: I had never seen or heard of them around there.... There is one less now, took out a small two point last night with my pickup. The trooper said I'm his first vehicle elk collision.
Title: Re: Elk around Ritzville
Post by: dscubame on December 23, 2016, 10:23:02 AM: Quote from: 10thmountainarcher on December 23, 2016, 10:18:12 AM
I had never seen or heard of them around there.... There is one less now, took out a small two point last night with my pickup. The trooper said I'm his first vehicle elk collision.

Road kill salvage!! Takes a little sting out of the damaged vehicle I bet.
Title: Re: Elk around Ritzville
Post by: WSU on December 23, 2016, 10:24:52 AM: I've seen them between Washtucna and Colfax.
Title: Re: Elk around Ritzville
Post by: 10thmountainarcher on December 23, 2016, 10:28:21 AM: Quote from: dscubame on December 23, 2016, 10:23:02 AM
Quote from: 10thmountainarcher on December 23, 2016, 10:18:12 AM
I had never seen or heard of them around there.... There is one less now, took out a small two point last night with my pickup. The trooper said I'm his first vehicle elk collision.

Road kill salvage!! Takes a little sting out of the damaged vehicle I bet.

I thought about it and then a fella in a Honda CRV used the carcass as a jump ay 70mph.
Title: Re: Elk around Ritzville
Post by: dscubame on December 23, 2016, 10:41:56 AM: Quote from: 10thmountainarcher on December 23, 2016, 10:28:21 AM
Quote from: dscubame on December 23, 2016, 10:23:02 AM
Quote from: 10thmountainarcher on December 23, 2016, 10:18:12 AM
I had never seen or heard of them around there.... There is one less now, took out a small two point last night with my pickup. The trooper said I'm his first vehicle elk collision.

Road kill salvage!! Takes a little sting out of the damaged vehicle I bet.

I thought about it and then a fella in a Honda CRV used the carcass as a jump ay 70mph.

Damn!
Title: Re: Elk around Ritzville
Post by: Dslayer on December 23, 2016, 11:13:46 AM: I've seen them closer to the Fishtrap exit north of the freeway. About mile post 272 I believe. Over the course of time that my daughter went to EWU she saw where two moose were killed on I-90 around Sprague Lake.
Title: Re: Elk around Ritzville
Post by: 10thmountainarcher on December 23, 2016, 11:49:56 AM: Yea this little guy was 5 miles west of ritzville.. never seen them there
Title: Re: Elk around Ritzville
Post by: snake on December 23, 2016, 06:07:01 PM: There was a 5 pt hit on I 90 last year by the cheney exit.