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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: firefowl on October 31, 2022, 10:40:54 AM

Title: Taneum cow tag
Post by: firefowl on October 31, 2022, 10:40:54 AM: I’m trying to help a buddy fill a cow tag in the Taneum area GMU 336. Been out daily since opening for bulls and have yet to see any reasonably new sign, let alone any elk. It’s a long East to West unit and we’ve looked at most of what is publicly accessible. We would appreciate any insight or recommendations for the area as neither of us have taken an elk. In Washington, drawing a cow tag may be our only reasonable option (this is supported by WFDW harvest statistics). We would like to make the most out of this draw tag. We will reciprocate any information that may be helpful to those willing to help us out.
Thanks!
Title: Re: Taneum cow tag
Post by: Trooper on October 31, 2022, 11:37:38 AM: Check area behind Nature Conservancy Gates either Taneum or Woods and Steele to west Lookout Mountain, Windy Pass, Little Creek area. Walk in closed roads glass
Title: Re: Taneum cow tag
Post by: fishngamereaper on October 31, 2022, 12:00:56 PM: To get an idea of where to send you I'd like to know where you've been.
Title: Re: Taneum cow tag
Post by: D-Rock425 on October 31, 2022, 12:02:29 PM: Plenty of elk in the unit and lots of places to find them. Don't get stuck in one location keep moving until you find elk.
Title: Re: Taneum cow tag
Post by: firefowl on October 31, 2022, 04:01:10 PM: I have had a couple guys reach out to me with some recommendations. Thanks again guys. Will be back at it tomorrow with hopefully some good news!
Title: Re: Taneum cow tag
Post by: Stalker on October 31, 2022, 04:09:46 PM: Quote from: Trooper on October 31, 2022, 11:37:38 AM
Check area behind Nature Conservancy Gates either Taneum or Woods and Steele to west Lookout Mountain, Windy Pass, Little Creek area. Walk in closed roads glass

:yeah:
Title: Re: Taneum cow tag
Post by: fishngamereaper on October 31, 2022, 04:20:29 PM: Quote from: Stalker on October 31, 2022, 04:09:46 PM
Quote from: Trooper on October 31, 2022, 11:37:38 AM
Check area behind Nature Conservancy Gates either Taneum or Woods and Steele to west Lookout Mountain, Windy Pass, Little Creek area. Walk in closed roads glass

:yeah:

Blasphemy...
There's no elk up there.... :chuckle:

Make sure you got a bear tag ... couple 400hundos up there.
Title: Re: Taneum cow tag
Post by: firefowl on October 31, 2022, 04:46:24 PM: Quote from: fishngamereaper on October 31, 2022, 04:20:29 PM
Quote from: Stalker on October 31, 2022, 04:09:46 PM
Quote from: Trooper on October 31, 2022, 11:37:38 AM
Check area behind Nature Conservancy Gates either Taneum or Woods and Steele to west Lookout Mountain, Windy Pass, Little Creek area. Walk in closed roads glass
Yup, bear tag in hand for me. Thanks!
:yeah:

Blasphemy...
There's no elk up there.... :chuckle:

Make sure you got a bear tag ... couple 400hundos up there.
Title: Re: Taneum cow tag
Post by: gman on November 04, 2022, 07:16:26 PM: Any buddy have any success this week up there I talked to alot of peaple who hadn't even seen a elk seemed tough this year
Title: Re: Taneum cow tag
Post by: ghosthunter on November 04, 2022, 07:21:30 PM: Know of one cow ,shot on power line.
Title: Re: Taneum cow tag
Post by: HawkCreek on November 05, 2022, 08:46:41 AM: Quote from: gman on November 04, 2022, 07:16:26 PM
Any buddy have any success this week up there I talked to alot of peaple who hadn't even seen a elk seemed tough this year

I saw more elk in there this year than I have the previous 3 or 4. I also saw more road hunters than ever. I couldn't find any spikes so I came home for tag soup but there were certainly elk in there this year. Just takes some walking around to find them.
Title: Re: Taneum cow tag
Post by: jrebel on November 05, 2022, 09:17:49 AM: I know of one that was taken.
Title: Re: Taneum cow tag
Post by: fishngamereaper on November 05, 2022, 09:25:32 AM: Tons of elk in there in all the normal spots.
Also becoming apparent the bull to cow ratio needs to be addressed. Dumb bulls kept messing up our stalks on cows. One mature bull for every five cows is a little much :chuckle:
Title: Re: Taneum cow tag
Post by: jrebel on November 05, 2022, 09:31:40 AM: This unit will suck the life out of an impatient hunter. It can take years to become familiar with how to hunt it....outside of the rut. During the rut, you can just run to the bugle and find elk. It is thick, steep country with limited road access in quite a bit of it.....not for the faint of heart. If you stick to the roads, you will be with the other 99% of the hunters. Most successful hunters are either lucky....or they have a good knowledge of where the elk are and how to hunt them.

Hope the OP find the cow they were looking for.
Title: Re: Taneum cow tag
Post by: gee_unit360 on November 05, 2022, 12:33:23 PM: Quote from: firefowl on October 31, 2022, 04:01:10 PM
I have had a couple guys reach out to me with some recommendations. Thanks again guys. Will be back at it tomorrow with hopefully some good news!

Get out of your truck for a full day. Sun up to sun down.
Title: Re: Taneum cow tag
Post by: ffhoofer on November 05, 2022, 07:59:25 PM: My kid got her first elk today with this tag. Challenging but rewarding…
Title: Re: Taneum cow tag
Post by: jstone on November 08, 2022, 02:02:35 PM: Great Job
Title: Re: Taneum cow tag
Post by: jason stevens on November 08, 2022, 03:23:27 PM: Congrats to the kid. I also had the cow tag. I've been hunting this unit for 20 years an bulls an big mules bucks was all I could find this trip. Lots of cat tracks down low this year in the snow. Elk were acting wierd. Maybe next year.