Post by: jneilson on April 02, 2024, 12:49:11 PM
Post by: Shooter4 on April 02, 2024, 01:21:03 PM
Post by: Shooter4 on April 02, 2024, 01:22:28 PM
Poor and poorWhat I mean by that is too many predators deer numbers have been decimated for 10 years and hoof rot for elk is bad there as well
Post by: jneilson on April 02, 2024, 01:40:03 PM
Poor and poor
Bummer
Post by: high_hunter on April 02, 2024, 01:52:52 PM
Some great huntable country so hope it turns around someday!
Good luck,
HH
Post by: birddogdad on April 02, 2024, 02:01:25 PM
Post by: LDennis24 on April 02, 2024, 04:08:22 PM
Post by: elksnout on April 05, 2024, 08:12:09 PM
Our hunting ranks need newbies. I applaud you. Figure out weapon of choice. Get the bear and cougar tags too along with deer and elk. Scout weekends and evenings. Meet local landowners who may tell you to piss off but maybe not. We did find access on a farmer who was tired of the elk tearing up his fences and getting free meals off of him. My point? Get out there and have fun. You’ll never get an animal if you don’t go…
elksnout
Post by: YellowShells on April 17, 2024, 10:50:10 PM
Post by: MeepDog on April 18, 2024, 08:15:02 AM
Post by: high_hunter on April 18, 2024, 08:33:28 AM
Yes, what has been said is mostly true. Those areas at one time were a bit of an “destination” for deer and elk. Last fall for late muzzy elk was a huge eye opener as to how much it has slid. But… beings you live up there I’d suggest that you try to foster some relationships with private land owners. Saw lots of elk on private property. Predator numbers are high so perhaps bear and cougar hunting? West Klick is a solid producer for bear. I firmly believe that’s there’s now higher numbers of elk down low around Trout Lake and Glenwood than in the national forest.
Our hunting ranks need newbies. I applaud you. Figure out weapon of choice. Get the bear and cougar tags too along with deer and elk. Scout weekends and evenings. Meet local landowners who may tell you to piss off but maybe not. We did find access on a farmer who was tired of the elk tearing up his fences and getting free meals off of him. My point? Get out there and have fun. You’ll never get an animal if you don’t go…
elksnout
All great advice and good luck out there!
-HH
Post by: dilleytech on April 20, 2024, 11:13:54 AM
I'm pretty sure there aren't any doe tags available in those units - if there are, they'd be draw tags. Cow elk tags are draw, and will probably take at least a few points (years) to draw. They're listed in the regs. Keep in mind, 578 is a 3-pt min. unit for deer. They're all 3-pt min. for elk.
There’s antlerless hunting for archery. And special draw cow tags available. which was over the counter just 5 years ago or so.
I live close to you and have for 15 years. I have been hunting big game in the area for about the last 8 years. It’s certainly not great hunting but there’s animals and opportunity. I wouldn’t recommend anyone come here for destination hunting and putting in for the quality deer tags doesn’t make much sense anymore unless you live here, but if it’s your back yard it’s worth hunting.
I highly recommend taking up bear hunting. We have really really good bear hunting. Honestly I think killing a bear is easier than killing a buck in this unit. Baiting is a waste of time as the bears will show up within days if you try.
Also if you live in this area and aren’t salmon fishing you are really really wasting your time lol
Post by: dilleytech on April 20, 2024, 11:17:21 AM
Post by: jneilson on April 22, 2024, 09:54:17 AM
Post by: tvandy45 on May 20, 2024, 10:55:21 AM
As far as BT i took a decent size 3/4 back in 2020 and saw a real nice 4/4 back in 2019. i've hunted it a few times since and haven't really seen much to get me excited. This unit would really benefit from a spring bear hunt to protect a lot of those fawns and calfs dropping but we all know how that ended up for us a few years back
Thanks for the responses guys. The blacktails are showing up in my yard now along with turkeys. I gave a friend in the forest industry who told me about some nearby elk on public hunting land too. Thanks.
Post by: dilleytech on May 20, 2024, 01:40:22 PM
I'll take one of those turkeys off your hands if you find them being a nuisance haha I all but gave up on turkey this year and was prepping a nice bowl of soup with it
As far as BT i took a decent size 3/4 back in 2020 and saw a real nice 4/4 back in 2019. i've hunted it a few times since and haven't really seen much to get me excited. This unit would really benefit from a spring bear hunt to protect a lot of those fawns and calfs dropping but we all know how that ended up for us a few years backThanks for the responses guys. The blacktails are showing up in my yard now along with turkeys. I gave a friend in the forest industry who told me about some nearby elk on public hunting land too. Thanks.
If we ever see a spring bear hunt again this would be a prime unit for it. I’m positive it has more bears than the previous spring units.
Post by: tvandy45 on May 20, 2024, 01:46:15 PM
I'll take one of those turkeys off your hands if you find them being a nuisance haha I all but gave up on turkey this year and was prepping a nice bowl of soup with it
As far as BT i took a decent size 3/4 back in 2020 and saw a real nice 4/4 back in 2019. i've hunted it a few times since and haven't really seen much to get me excited. This unit would really benefit from a spring bear hunt to protect a lot of those fawns and calfs dropping but we all know how that ended up for us a few years backThanks for the responses guys. The blacktails are showing up in my yard now along with turkeys. I gave a friend in the forest industry who told me about some nearby elk on public hunting land too. Thanks.
If we ever see a spring bear hunt again this would be a prime unit for it. I’m positive it has more bears than the previous spring units.
Post by: KDB on May 20, 2024, 05:00:45 PM
Post by: Magnum_Willys on May 20, 2024, 06:10:54 PM
Post by: dilleytech on May 21, 2024, 02:13:14 PM
Picked up 80 acres last year west of Glenwood looking forward to getting some cams up there.
That would be a nice spot to have some land.
Post by: Magnum_Willys on May 21, 2024, 05:52:59 PM