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Post by: BlackRiverTaxidermy on January 20, 2017, 04:02:50 PM
I had some TREMEDOUS bulls brought in by guys hunting general season rifle this year. I am about to post some pics of the euros in the Taxidermy section coming up, but you won't be disappointed. There is a HEAVY , palmated 8x9, a couple of heavy 7x7's and several good typical 6 points as the standouts....all general season bulls in public ground from areas you were inquiring about.
Post by: Elkcollector82 on January 22, 2017, 11:05:48 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on January 22, 2017, 11:09:23 PM
To buy a weyco permit for $300. You just gotta be able to justify it. Is it really worth it. Is the area close to you or do you have to drive hours to get to one of the access gates. Spending $300 for trail cameras and scouting in the off season on public land is worth every penny of that $300. Me paying a timber company my hard earned money for a chance of a rag horn bull. Most likely with hoof rot. Isn't gonna happen. I bought one the first year cause I was new to Washington. Never seen so many people in my life. Early bow season is a joke cause there's roads every 100 yards. Your trying to work a bull and next thing you know here come Tom, Dick and harry bombing down the side road. Slamming doors and squeezing there hoochie mama's like there's no tomorrow. Spent the next off season scouting the national forests and wilderness areas. Never looked back and still $300 richer. no road hunters in the back country. Just my :twocents:
They take thier GF's with them. :chuckle:
Post by: Elkcollector82 on January 23, 2017, 01:25:04 AM
To buy a weyco permit for $300. You just gotta be able to justify it. Is it really worth it. Is the area close to you or do you have to drive hours to get to one of the access gates. Spending $300 for trail cameras and scouting in the off season on public land is worth every penny of that $300. Me paying a timber company my hard earned money for a chance of a rag horn bull. Most likely with hoof rot. Isn't gonna happen. I bought one the first year cause I was new to Washington. Never seen so many people in my life. Early bow season is a joke cause there's roads every 100 yards. Your trying to work a bull and next thing you know here come Tom, Dick and harry bombing down the side road. Slamming doors and squeezing there hoochie mama's like there's no tomorrow. Spent the next off season scouting the national forests and wilderness areas. Never looked back and still $300 richer. no road hunters in the back country. Just my :twocents:
They take thier GF's with them. :chuckle:
Maybe it was Tom squeezing harry and Dick. Idk. Never went up and investigated it. :dunno:
Post by: trophyhunt on January 23, 2017, 07:02:12 AM
The elk in Lewis county are gone!!! Tod riechert killed them all!!!:chuckle: Welcome back Judd!!
Post by: NW SURVEYOR on January 23, 2017, 07:05:36 AM
Then hunted Lewis River/Marble and Headquarters till I moved to Enumclaw in 90.
We shot quite a few bulls in the Lewis River unit in the 80s.
I now hunt east Lewis County and have had good succes for the last 10 years.
The Cowlitz comes primarily off Mt. Rainier.
I think that the 25 road takes you south our of Randle back to the Lewis River unit.
The upper Cowlitz is not really St. Helens area.
The Lewis River is a Mt. Adams drainage.
That is todays geography lesson.
With regards to elk hunitng, I stick to public lands a mile or more from the end of the raods.
I have shot nice bulls 4 out of the last 6 years.
OTC Public Lands Fair Chase, .338.
Good Luck.
Rob.
Post by: Thefishguy77 on February 10, 2017, 05:08:16 PM
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Post by: SCRUBS on February 12, 2017, 12:14:07 PM
I live in east Lewis county. lots of elk but you have to get out a cover ground. Find a gated road and start walking. Up hill is my choice because I would rather pack downhill than up. But like said above. Go at least a mile beyond. Most people here never leave the sight of their truck. There is a huge population of cows and spikes in town that keep people road hunting near town. I guess they think they will turn in to a 3x when they cross in to the NF. I don't get it.
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Are you running into hoof rot in ease Lewis county?
Post by: Thefishguy77 on February 12, 2017, 04:58:38 PM
Think so. A lot of locals call it club foot. Same thing?I live in east Lewis county. lots of elk but you have to get out a cover ground. Find a gated road and start walking. Up hill is my choice because I would rather pack downhill than up. But like said above. Go at least a mile beyond. Most people here never leave the sight of their truck. There is a huge population of cows and spikes in town that keep people road hunting near town. I guess they think they will turn in to a 3x when they cross in to the NF. I don't get it.
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Are you running into hoof rot in ease Lewis county?
Big talk about where it actually comes from. A lot of guys started to notice "club foot" after the logging companies started spraying their clear cuts down to prevent vegetation growth. But we will probably never get the truth.
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Post by: NW SURVEYOR on February 13, 2017, 06:52:40 AM
They limped for about 20 feet, one went 50 yards.
I'v'e never seen anything that looks like "Clubfoot" or hoof rot.
All of my hunting east easterly of 123.
Just my observation after 12 years hunting that unit.
Post by: Thefishguy77 on February 14, 2017, 08:05:32 AM
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Post by: SCRUBS on February 14, 2017, 05:29:17 PM
Think so. A lot of locals call it club foot. Same thing?I live in east Lewis county. lots of elk but you have to get out a cover ground. Find a gated road and start walking. Up hill is my choice because I would rather pack downhill than up. But like said above. Go at least a mile beyond. Most people here never leave the sight of their truck. There is a huge population of cows and spikes in town that keep people road hunting near town. I guess they think they will turn in to a 3x when they cross in to the NF. I don't get it.
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Are you running into hoof rot in ease Lewis county?
Big talk about where it actually comes from. A lot of guys started to notice "club foot" after the logging companies started spraying their clear cuts down to prevent vegetation growth. But we will probably never get the truth.
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Thank you The Fishguy77. I was trying to find out how far east it has made it.
Post by: NW SURVEYOR on February 15, 2017, 06:55:58 AM
Being from Enumclaw I typically come of Cayuse and hunt the South Rainier Unit.
I mostly stay easterly of HIWAY 123.
I've never seen any "Clubfoot".