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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Hunter326 on August 21, 2018, 10:54:08 AM

Title: GMU 673 Williams Creek
Post by: Hunter326 on August 21, 2018, 10:54:08 AM: Thinking of hunting Archery season for elk in the GMU 673. Haven't done any scouting there yet, but was mainly wondering about camping on the Oxbow creek, Trap creek east side of the unit. I know there is some DNR land up in there, are the roads all closed gates?
Title: Re: GMU 673 Williams Creek
Post by: bobcat on August 21, 2018, 12:16:37 PM: It's legal to camp on DNR land.
Title: Re: GMU 673 Williams Creek
Post by: SteelheadTed on August 21, 2018, 12:45:43 PM: All the roads are open that aren't otherwise gated. 8) 8) :chuckle:
Title: Re: GMU 673 Williams Creek
Post by: Tbob on August 21, 2018, 06:15:08 PM: Gets pretty crowded out there these days for archery elk. I went out the other week and all the timber company gates were closed with signs that said “extreme fire danger, no public access at this time” . The DNR lands were open though so good luck out there man!
Title: Re: GMU 673 Williams Creek
Post by: Ben Roberts on August 23, 2018, 01:56:56 PM: Quote from: SteelheadTed on August 21, 2018, 12:45:43 PM
All the roads are open that aren't otherwise gated. 8) 8) :chuckle:
true Yogi Berra wisdom right there...
Title: Re: GMU 673 Williams Creek
Post by: grundy53 on August 23, 2018, 02:43:41 PM: Quote from: SteelheadTed on August 21, 2018, 12:45:43 PM
All the roads are open that aren't otherwise gated. 8) 8) :chuckle:

:chuckle: You are mostly right. However I know of one road in that unit that doesn't have a gate but it does have a sign that says it's walk in only. No motorized vehicles. It's on a chunk of Green Diamond land.

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Title: Re: GMU 673 Williams Creek
Post by: kingfisher360 on September 02, 2018, 04:05:28 AM: Went down there to bear hunt a few weeks ago, a lot of the good places are closed for fire danger. So it’s goibg to put most people on state land going to get crowed during archery than normal...
Title: Re: GMU 673 Williams Creek
Post by: archer86 on September 02, 2018, 08:14:57 AM: it will be just as crowded as last year since all the timber company land was closed till the last 4 days of the hunt last year it's becoming the normal it seams like maybe we need to get the archery hunt a week later in the season on the next season setting process.