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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Elkallthetime on June 18, 2020, 12:14:34 AM
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So I see a few on here has hunted archery elk in Rimrock. The last time I hunted Rimrock was 18 years ago with my dad. It was spike or cow then and I got my 1st elk! My dad and his hunting partners were pretty successful for years, mainly hunting from tree stands. Well my hunting partner and father past away in March. So I thought it would be cool to try and draw a quality archery elk tag in that unit. And sure enough. I got drawn! I'm curious what the pressure is going to be like considering it's a spike only unit for archery now. I know there will be a few that drew like me and a few cow draw tags. Also, curious if anyone can give me a few pointers. As of right now, I'm going solo and will have a base camp and be able to bivy out from there with camp on my back. Is calling an option? Im excited to try to harvest a big bull in a unit my dad said he saw many and tried to draw himself. Any Intel would be much appreciated. I'd ask the old man but he took his knowledge with him to heaven. Thanks
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Congrats on the draw! :tup: Way less pressure with spike only. Bulls will be vocal especially if you get away from the main roads. Good luck up there
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West of Narrow Neck Gap also Blue Slide. You can get into the Rimrock unit from the Darland Mountain side but requires boot leather. Or go to Minnie Meadows and hike uphill and to the south -long hike--. I arrowed a bull up that way that had a collar on it. The bull was collared above White Swan the March before. Big Rez. herd would summer up there and as soon as the rifle deer season started they would drop down to Klickitat Meadows on the Rez. Buddy missed a record book bull right after I shot mine Good ole days. Have not been up there in 30 years.
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Sorry for the loss but what a cool year to draw, something special in the wind maybe! Sending a PM
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I've been foraging that piece of entertaining piece of state revenue gathering for 25 years ,got tired of being pains reciprical I've hunted as a kid I've hunted as a idiot and I've hunted there as a exsperianced senior,so ,,, what are the odds your gunna see a elk traveling under 20 miles an hour , what are the odds your gunna see one that fits your extra dollars harvest lottery ticket , what are the odds it's gunna be a true spike , and what are the odds your gunna put a flying stick in it to where it goes , down and doesn't run for ten Acer's , so u can track it for days , and find it doesn't have any of the deceases that are plauquing our forests ??? Oh ya ! And what are the odds your not ruined , busted or just plain embaraced when the Jeep club that meets , eats and pickels there brains , beyond careing about what your up to other than wearing some kind of Gill clown suit , and as far as buggling goes , what a joke , as Wayne chalrton said to me face to face at a small gathering here in Spokane s general store , the only call left for us fools who are still trying to fool Mr majestic , is the lost calf call , on a little $5 cheep caller , just one little chirp , the cows come running and the bulls follow , hey where the heck ya going type stuff , 90% of the time bulls are dumb enuff to bugle and attract preditors or us , these know it alls who bugle into the dark spectical of there drunkenness are just calling in preditors or scairing the elk away , again with 90% of the time , then there's the Christian rock band that throws there secret message across the giant valley every season , then there the cordiroy camoes thing , the full blown headers road hunting party ,where all you see is bows , arrows head bands , bandannas and teeth and beer and yelling, and the crooks creeps and criminals that watch from a far for you to go on your I'm alone trek then Rob you blind , only to be told bywoodsy Mr. Green jeans that he's sorry to here that but he's got herd of elk to protect by closing a road to them with signs that say fire danger !!!😃🤣😂 But hey ! Great draw get out there before the Hubble carring fools take over ery inch of safety and sanity that is our forests today , and where a mask DANGIT !!!
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BOOM
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There he is there it is wont get a better truth
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Except the part about bugles. Lots of elk die every year because of well-timed bugling :twocents:
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I've been foraging that piece of entertaining piece of state revenue gathering for 25 years ,got tired of being pains reciprical I've hunted as a kid I've hunted as a idiot and I've hunted there as a exsperianced senior,so ,,, what are the odds your gunna see a elk traveling under 20 miles an hour , what are the odds your gunna see one that fits your extra dollars harvest lottery ticket , what are the odds it's gunna be a true spike , and what are the odds your gunna put a flying stick in it to where it goes , down and doesn't run for ten Acer's , so u can track it for days , and find it doesn't have any of the deceases that are plauquing our forests ??? Oh ya ! And what are the odds your not ruined , busted or just plain embaraced when the Jeep club that meets , eats and pickels there brains , beyond careing about what your up to other than wearing some kind of Gill clown suit , and as far as buggling goes , what a joke , as Wayne chalrton said to me face to face at a small gathering here in Spokane s general store , the only call left for us fools who are still trying to fool Mr majestic , is the lost calf call , on a little $5 cheep caller , just one little chirp , the cows come running and the bulls follow , hey where the heck ya going type stuff , 90% of the time bulls are dumb enuff to bugle and attract preditors or us , these know it alls who bugle into the dark spectical of there drunkenness are just calling in preditors or scairing the elk away , again with 90% of the time , then there's the Christian rock band that throws there secret message across the giant valley every season , then there the cordiroy camoes thing , the full blown headers road hunting party ,where all you see is bows , arrows head bands , bandannas and teeth and beer and yelling, and the crooks creeps and criminals that watch from a far for you to go on your I'm alone trek then Rob you blind , only to be told bywoodsy Mr. Green jeans that he's sorry to here that but he's got herd of elk to protect by closing a road to them with signs that say fire danger !!!😃🤣😂 But hey ! Great draw get out there before the Hubble carring fools take over ery inch of safety and sanity that is our forests today , and where a mask DANGIT !!!
Luckily none of this is true or whatever you meant by any of that lol. I always loved that unit growing up. Pretty easy to get away from people and tons of elk. And oh ya. You can bugle in a bunch of them. :tup:
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LOL Cryder is more correct then not. Been hunting there 30 years and have encountered every single thing he says. Now its not a guarantee that your hunt will be ruined by one of the things listed but with the amount of activity in the unit it is always a possibility. There are places to get away from the majority of the crowds but there isn't any part of that unit that doesn't get people in it.
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LOL Cryder is more correct then not. Been hunting there 30 years and have encountered every single thing he says. Now its not a guarantee that your hunt will be ruined by one of the things listed but with the amount of activity in the unit it is always a possibility. There are places to get away from the majority of the crowds but there isn't any part of that unit that doesn't get people in it.
Must depends what part of the unit you hunt. I have only hunted in it about 15 times and ran into another person once that I can recall.
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Yes , next year , being 62 and cancer recovery , I'll be spending big bucks on a clod hopper , saddle , to place my game cam in ones of those places you believe your alone , untill I discover some woodsy creep has stolen my game cam , Wich by the way has happened twice , on e out of my tent and the other by a sign that said no access , firedanger !! Went back in the early winter to follow prints right up to my camera location , it was gone , evidently someone checked it two or three times before Hocking it somewhere in beatifull downtown Naches for a box of apples prolly , and that thing was nowhere near roads , trails or dirt bikes , I was really surprised , but it really put things in perspective as to the forests we are charged , taxed , and babysat to imitate hu time g , I get the correct use of buggleing , I get it , but like I said 90% of the time it's the wrong choice , I used the lost calf call 1 money after speaking with Wayne the shock of the quick response I got cought me not ready , huge 3×4 came in behind two cows , I'm litteraly between the cows so I tried not to spook the as I heard the branches and lim busting , I was left with horns at the top of the brush and liegs at the bottom , no shot , and no way to move without getting busted , for some reason the cows ran off and Mr. Majestic took off the other way , breeze was perfect for me so unclear why they bailed on me , I was speechless for quite a while , but that call worked to perfection , ha b nt been close enuff since ,.but I will be back to the rimrock area soon
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Yes , next year , being 62 and cancer recovery , I'll be spending big bucks on a clod hopper , saddle , to place my game cam in ones of those places you believe your alone , untill I discover some woodsy creep has stolen my game cam , Wich by the way has happened twice , on e out of my tent and the other by a sign that said no access , firedanger !! Went back in the early winter to follow prints right up to my camera location , it was gone , evidently someone checked it two or three times before Hocking it somewhere in beatifull downtown Naches for a box of apples prolly , and that thing was nowhere near roads , trails or dirt bikes , I was really surprised , but it really put things in perspective as to the forests we are charged , taxed , and babysat to imitate hu time g , I get the correct use of buggleing , I get it , but like I said 90% of the time it's the wrong choice , I used the lost calf call 1 money after speaking with Wayne the shock of the quick response I got cought me not ready , huge 3×4 came in behind two cows , I'm litteraly between the cows so I tried not to spook the as I heard the branches and lim busting , I was left with horns at the top of the brush and liegs at the bottom , no shot , and no way to move without getting busted , for some reason the cows ran off and Mr. Majestic took off the other way , breeze was perfect for me so unclear why they bailed on me , I was speechless for quite a while , but that call worked to perfection , ha b nt been close enuff since ,.but I will be back to the rimrock area soon
Sometime’s cow calls work better then bugles, but to say bugling is the wrong way to call in a bull 90% of the time because you called in a bull Once with a cow call? I can’t take anything You say seriously.
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cryder is our national treasure.
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Cryder for governor 2020
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Seems to be a popular subject 😁😀😂 or maybe I'm the subject , you know ,, the that needs to be taken in checked for blue tounge or just a FREEGN stop to this war inside my that turns me into pains recipracle , and the trash just needs to be dumped somewhere ,,,,SORRY ??
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cryder sounds to me to be a very negative person or a *censored*ty hunter either way eliminate people like him out of your life! you drew a great tag with some dedication and time you will be fine! if you need some places to go hit me up i will help you will have a fun hunt!!
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cryder sounds to me to be a very negative person or a *censored*ty hunter either way eliminate people like him out of your life! you drew a great tag with some dedication and time you will be fine! if you need some places to go hit me up i will help you will have a fun hunt!!
WOW! Speaking of inconsiderate.
cryder Rocks!!!
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@cryder is our True North, show some respect. Good luck in the Rimrock. Watch out for the missile launchers, Christian Rock Bands, and snow camo.
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Had the tag last year. Scouted it 2 times and then hunted it 1 day and I shot a 3x4 bull on opening day....the elk move around a lot but they do bugle and will respond to a bugle. Thick steep country. the bull I shot was cow called into range in some really thick brush I had about a 12” window to his crease and really didn’t know his exact size until he was dead on the ground😂 nearly drowned in a rain storm but overall it was fun. Get a few miles off the road and you won’t see another person.
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Cryder speaks allot of truth. I've experienced most of what he preaches in the Rock. I've also had some awesome experiences in there. Elk all over. You gotta work for em. And places to get away from the crowds are an option if you put in the work and the effort.
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Well that's new ,hello how are ya 😃 my surgeon tells I've got one of the most positive attitudes he's seen in 30 years and as soon as I go through a year of body rehab I'll be out there regardless what some woodsy clown thinks of me , I wonder where he would be after 10 hours of surgery and losing 39 lbs , usaully I'm told to shut up quick crackn jokes your scareing the fish ! Take me out of hunting , get out ! I've been through great hunts and humor and crime and disappointment than u will prolly ever , I think it's 32 years up there my whole family included , how many times have u pitched a tent with 4 ft. Of snow on the ground for instance , well anyways ,,, don't forget to pay your parking fees , slack jawed yokle will come down on you like me. Green jeans after you hang your carcass, again give me a year, Tomorrow's are not promised , everyday is a gift , and not even the 55 intellect will dictate how I great my next gift on that moutain , prolly like usaul ,,,you missed me by a mile 🤣
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Well that's new ,hello how are ya 😃 my surgeon tells I've got one of the most positive attitudes he's seen in 30 years and as soon as I go through a year of body rehab I'll be out there regardless what some woodsy clown thinks of me , I wonder where he would be after 10 hours of surgery and losing 39 lbs , usaully I'm told to shut up quick crackn jokes your scareing the fish ! Take me out of hunting , get out ! I've been through great hunts and humor and crime and disappointment than u will prolly ever , I think it's 32 years up there my whole family included , how many times have u pitched a tent with 4 ft. Of snow on the ground for instance , well anyways ,,, don't forget to pay your parking fees , slack jawed yokle will come down on you like me. Green jeans after you hang your carcass, again give me a year, Tomorrow's are not promised , everyday is a gift , and not even the 55 intellect will dictate how I great my next gift on that moutain , prolly like usaul ,,,you missed me by a mile 🤣
Have you seen the movie billy Madison? “ Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.“
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Nice to have you back Cryder.
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Some people just don't get it
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Well that's new ,hello how are ya 😃 my surgeon tells I've got one of the most positive attitudes he's seen in 30 years and as soon as I go through a year of body rehab I'll be out there regardless what some woodsy clown thinks of me , I wonder where he would be after 10 hours of surgery and losing 39 lbs , usaully I'm told to shut up quick crackn jokes your scareing the fish ! Take me out of hunting , get out ! I've been through great hunts and humor and crime and disappointment than u will prolly ever , I think it's 32 years up there my whole family included , how many times have u pitched a tent with 4 ft. Of snow on the ground for instance , well anyways ,,, don't forget to pay your parking fees , slack jawed yokle will come down on you like me. Green jeans after you hang your carcass, again give me a year, Tomorrow's are not promised , everyday is a gift , and not even the 55 intellect will dictate how I great my next gift on that moutain , prolly like usaul ,,,you missed me by a mile 🤣
Have you seen the movie billy Madison? “ Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.“
dilleytech, Way more folks here get what cryder is saying than you think, He has his own style, and most enjoy it.
Listen to your mama, If ya cant say anything nice, don't say anything at all. :twocents:
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If you hunt the unit you will most definitely shoot a bull, or at least have an opportunity. If you lay around camp, road hunt, and bugle from your car, your chances are very low. That is a great tag, great unit. Congratulations.
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I got the unlimited bull tag there for archery , it was the best hunt of my life , but all the things that are going on up there during our season , is insane , Jeep's , dirt bikes ,hikers , four-wheelers , horseback riding ,Mr badge toteing pistil packn no it alls , crooks , creeps n smooth criminals , I geuss all this has become overwhelming to folks like me who have lost the test of times 😂 I geuss , what it was 30 years ago was just plain , THE BEST OF TIMES , for family and friends
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I got the unlimited bull tag there for archery , it was the best hunt of my life , but all the things that are going on up there during our season , is insane , Jeep's , dirt bikes ,hikers , four-wheelers , horseback riding ,Mr badge toteing pistil packn no it alls , crooks , creeps n smooth criminals , I geuss all this has become overwhelming to folks like me who have lost the test of times 😂 I geuss , what it was 30 years ago was just plain , THE BEST OF TIMES , for family and friends
This comment could fit well for so many areas of our state. Truer words were never spoken. Well said. I understand fully.
Elksnout
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I got the unlimited bull tag there for archery , it was the best hunt of my life , but all the things that are going on up there during our season , is insane , Jeep's , dirt bikes ,hikers , four-wheelers , horseback riding ,Mr badge toteing pistil packn no it alls , crooks , creeps n smooth criminals , I geuss all this has become overwhelming to folks like me who have lost the test of times 😂 I geuss , what it was 30 years ago was just plain , THE BEST OF TIMES , for family and friends
:yeah: Rimrock will never be the same as 30yrs ago......... Sad times for us as hunters.