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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: cully on August 04, 2009, 10:57:42 AM

Title: 100+ head
Post by: cully on August 04, 2009, 10:57:42 AM: Came across this family while playing in the woods. Sorry, not the best pics.
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Post by: mossback91 on August 04, 2009, 10:59:15 AM: musta been a family reunion!!
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Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on August 04, 2009, 11:03:33 AM: :yike: :yike: :yike:. Yeah baby that what I like to see!
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Post by: cully on August 04, 2009, 11:11:28 AM: more
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Post by: cully on August 04, 2009, 11:12:59 AM: and more
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Post by: couesbitten on August 04, 2009, 11:57:20 AM: Nice pics. See, that burned out area provides excellent browsing for the elk and deer. I think that we should let'em all burn (natural forest fires) and only protect the structures. Get rid of all that undergrowth, and it would open up a bit and deer and elk numbers would increase as the available feed increased.
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Post by: Northwest75 on August 04, 2009, 11:57:37 AM: WOW :yike:
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Post by: rasbo on August 04, 2009, 11:59:35 AM: sweet cully
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Post by: runamuk on August 04, 2009, 12:01:38 PM: Very nice.....
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Post by: markts on August 04, 2009, 12:01:56 PM: Sweet, nice bunch ya got there. :o :o Mark
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Post by: gasman on August 04, 2009, 12:25:51 PM: Used to see herds like that in Little Naches,, but have not see one like that in a long while......

Watched a herd about that size get chased up a valley by a cougar once, it was a kinda cool.
the cougar gave up when he got kicked by a cow protecting her calf.
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Post by: matlockmike on August 04, 2009, 01:32:14 PM: Most I've ever seen on the westside together was 80 head. Seeing a picute like that make my heart pound. :tung:
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Post by: slack56 on August 04, 2009, 02:19:24 PM: I would like to see a heard that size when hunting pic one and shoot. :)
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Post by: BLUEBULLS on August 04, 2009, 03:47:47 PM: If that's the same herd i think it is, my mom saved one calf by scaring a cougar off that was gettin' ready to make a leap. It's pretty frustrating watching them all year and seeing the calf #'s drop drastically.
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Post by: Curly on August 04, 2009, 03:50:35 PM: Quote from: couesbitten on August 04, 2009, 11:57:20 AM
Nice pics. See, that burned out area provides excellent browsing for the elk and deer. I think that we should let'em all burn (natural forest fires) and only protect the structures. Get rid of all that undergrowth, and it would open up a bit and deer and elk numbers would increase as the available feed increased.

:yeah:
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Post by: cully on August 04, 2009, 04:13:27 PM: BLUEBULLS, yeah... lots of cats up there in this area!
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Post by: jstone on August 04, 2009, 04:25:02 PM: The biggest herd i have seen was in the Clockum. Back in 06 when I had the big bull tag. The herd that i shot my bull out of was about 30 elk. My son had the Peaches Muzzy tag last year and every bull that we ran into only had three or four cows, even the 7x7. I asked the Biologist about it and he said he was surprised there are lots of cows in the Taneum. Saw lots of bulls but not very many cows????
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Post by: cully on August 04, 2009, 04:45:09 PM: This group had at least 2 young 5x5s, a few spikes and forks, and a few nursing, one still had spots.
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Post by: elkaholic on August 04, 2009, 06:04:32 PM: Awesome
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Post by: elitehunter on August 04, 2009, 06:51:15 PM: Great pic! It is good to see herd numbers like that!