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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: swanderek on May 03, 2023, 02:14:37 PM

Title: Non motorized White river permit
Post by: swanderek on May 03, 2023, 02:14:37 PM: Is the white river non motorized permit even worth getting? If I get drawn for elk.
Title: Re: Non motorized White river permit
Post by: Jake Dogfish on May 03, 2023, 02:24:37 PM: I used to get it, but they blocked off the trail I used to access it. Never saw a elk.
Title: Re: Non motorized White river permit
Post by: bkaech on May 03, 2023, 06:31:58 PM: I don't know of where I would be able to get into elk within walking distance of the gates. I would say, only if you have a location that you know holds elk that you know you can access with that permit.
Title: Re: Non motorized White river permit
Post by: Crunchy on May 03, 2023, 07:11:15 PM: odds are slim that you will get drawn :chuckle: so no worries. I wouldn't get it because there are plenty of other good places. I drew it in 16 and found elk pretty much every where we hunted.
Title: Re: Non motorized White river permit
Post by: trophyhunt on May 03, 2023, 08:08:03 PM: Chances are the walk in won’t sell out, I’d wait to see if you draw first. If you do draw, it’s cheap enough to buy, and I’d do that as soon as you find out.
Title: Re: Non motorized White river permit
Post by: OltHunter on May 03, 2023, 08:25:19 PM: :yeah:

It didn't last year in September for the muzzy hunt. I did not buy one.
Title: Re: Non motorized White river permit
Post by: elksnout on May 03, 2023, 09:33:30 PM: Agree with what most said EXCEPT if you get weather. I did for the rifle hunt in 2019. Snow too deep to get to where we scouted. That Hancock walk in permit saved my hunt. Got my bull damn near four miles from the gate up a mountain. Plenty of elk in there then. Mountain bike will get you in. Something to think about anyway.

elksnout