Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Bubba on October 13, 2007, 06:35:19 PM
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Well the early season was a good one we filled 2 out of 3 cow tags on the second day of the season. Thanks for all the help that everyone gave me on this area. It helped us put together a plan for the hunt. Now for the late hunt we will be going to GMU 130 to try to fill the last elk tag for our group and fill our deer tags. Again thanks to all that helped. (BUBBA)
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What part of 342 did you connect in ?
Slenk
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Slenk, a lot of the help I got was from you thanks. We got them up above fisher flats about 1 1/2 miles in.
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This was my first time in about 20 years hunting this area. My buddy drew a cow tag, my brother and I just had over the counter spike tags. We talked to a few people about the area and got some advice. We set up camp on the nw corner of the gmu. Day 1 no animals seen let alone any fresh sign, only cool thing found was a 2 point buck skull. Day 2, was spent hunting 1/2 way down Box Spring Cayon, lots of people in the area but lots of fresh sign. Towards late afternoon I had a spike come in and hold up about 150 yards out, called to him several times and got him to do the stutter step, then the wind shifted, then he broke tried to track him, nothing. Day 3, We went up around the "what road" I decided to try and help my buddy try and fill his cow tag, so him and I worked together. We dropped of a ridge and busted 2 deer didn't get good look at the first one, but the second one was a doe. About twentys minutes later we jumped a decent 3 pt buck, not a huge rack just a nice body. We put the stalk on him got to with in about 70 yards and only had a shot at his ass or neck, neither one of us were comfortable with the shot tried to get a better shot, then guess what, he broke spent the rest of the morning searching, with no luck. Later on Day 3 we hit Hardy Cayon, my bro and buddy stuck together will I climbed to the top of a gultch. I sat there and watched a spike come down the oppisite side of the gultch I was on, heading towards the "head" of the gultch. I hustled to the "head" caught him coming out of a draw at aobut 300 yards. Called and called to him, once again, got him to do the stutter step, he just wouldn't commit to getting any closer, then he took off. I figured I knew were I could cut him off to get a shot, but those guys are a whole hell of alot faster then me. and I couldn't get there in time. Congrats Bubba on the cows, and good luck down in the 130 gmu I haven't figured out what I'm doing for the late season yet.
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Well the early season was a good one we filled 2 out of 3 cow tags on the second day of the season. Thanks for all the help that everyone gave me on this area. It helped us put together a plan for the hunt. Now for the late hunt we will be going to GMU 130 to try to fill the last elk tag for our group and fill our deer tags. Again thanks to all that helped. (BUBBA)
Congradulations on your hunt . Glad I could help you out.
Slenk
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We got skunked again this year. We had 5 cow tags, and did not fill 1 of them. The only elk I had seen were in Box Spring Canyon and an they were running. I wasn't able to get a shot off at any of them. Saw alot of deer, a couple 2 points and a monster 5x6 with a drop tine. I was wishing I had a muzzleloader deer tag.
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We got skunked again this year. We had 5 cow tags, and did not fill 1 of them. The only elk I had seen were in Box Spring Canyon and an they were running. I wasn't able to get a shot off at any of them. Saw alot of deer, a couple 2 points and a monster 5x6 with a drop tine. I was wishing I had a muzzleloader deer tag.
Hey firemechanic
Been wondering what happend to you , thought maybe you got lost up there . :rolleyes:
Better Luck next time . I hunted hard the first 2 days of modern deer,down in the sagebrush . Along with about 100 other people . Looked like a giant pumpkin patch . Deer were really spooky. Saw one shooter buck for about 5 seconds. I may have to head up to Box Canyon .
Slenk
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Slenk, i saw 1 smaller 3 pt, and 2 2pts. in box spring. they were around the water hole along the lo rd. The monster buck i saw was on the northside of mccabe place along the elk fence. He was a bruiser. hope hes still there next year.
