Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: Instinct on October 28, 2010, 11:51:51 AM
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nvr really hunted it. but i was wondering if it was a zoo around the feed station or around that area. im thinking bout checkin it out a couple times this late season.
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I don't waste my time there, never hunted it late season though
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oh ya? ys that just out of curiosity.
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Alot of people, I don't want to hunt where I am stepping over people and squeezing between trucks, but like I said never hunted it late season
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Can be lots of people but also a lot of elk. I might hunt it a time or two this late season
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every year there are more people and less elk.... zoo is an understatement.
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every year there are more people and less elk.... zoo is an understatement.
:yeah:
And don't forget about the idiots :bash:
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Ya all 90% of them
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Lol guess ill keep my butt at rimrock
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The nile is a huge area and has lots of elk. I have hunted it a lot over the years. There are a lot of people, but most don't get far off the road. If the weather comes it can be a great place to hunt. If the weather doesn't come...better off staying home.
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It will be a zoo for sure. The nile is a small unit compared to many other units that are open. The roads are pretty much every where so no matter how hard you try you will end up running into another road if you try to distance your self from others. There are better units to hunt, but that being said I will probably hunt in a time or two during late season. There will be plenty of elk and a few deer to chase around.
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Is clover springs the main rd through that area
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Yes, 1600 road (?) its private property on both sides of it from Nile Creek for about the 1st 4-5 miles.. then it becomes public property after that... THe blue gates are private and the brown gate marks the beginning of the public area. Problem is with so many roads, unless you get up around Clover SPrings (providing the weather allows it) you cannot get far from any roads... the lower section up through Lindsey camp is crawling with people.
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Zoo is understatement.
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I don't get it.....There are a ton of places to get away from people. All you have to do is get out of your truck. I have an approx 5 mile hike / loop I do and will never see another hunter. I didn't hunt it last year, but the year before I chased big bucks and elk every day. If you want to see a zoo go to the clockum right now for modern elk. Now that's a zoo. The nile will be nothing like that and even though it is one of the smaller gmu's it is still very larg and can accomidate a lot of hunters. Good Luck.
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I also don't see that many hunters up in the hills. Lots of trucks at the restaurant / bar and along the hwy but not to many actually out in the hills has been my experience. I am hunting in the western part of the unit though. Good luck to all, chase them back over my way. Mike
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I've never hunted near the feed station. The nile can be a really good hunt. If you want a decent buck (never seen a big one there but I wasn't born and raised there either) you just need to get in any little hiddy hole away from people. I use to see 5 or 6 legal bucks a day there in the late season.
Always elk there... trick to shooting them is to just get in an area slightly away from people and slow down. It is similar to hunting deer back east. Eventually someone will push one by you. You just have to be ready. I always seemed to see a nice bull there also, but that just figures considering I always just has to sit and watch it walk past.
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i agree..the nile is very weather dependent. if the snow flies and gets the migratory elk moving it can be excellent hunting. just find yourself a nice spot with some shooting lanes and something should come by you.
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Alright. Might have to check it. Out a couple times
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I would agree with the rest of these guys just have to get away from the traffic jam up there snow is your best friend, and it looks like its gonna be a snowy year. I always preferred the rattlesnake up into bethel ridge when it was still open when they closed that it really constricted allot of the people.
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I will be hunting the Nile over Thanksgiving weekend. I might hunt 346 too. I've killed a few deer out of 346 but never an elk.
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I am also going to give it a try Thanksgiving weekend ( heading out Fri am ) , area depends on the snow. I'm going to start at the Bumping end and work my way east as need be. Need to buy some snowtires for the truck, my old ones don't fit. Mike
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you can find some decent bucks in there , but if the snow flys , you might wanna hit the south slopes in 346 , Ive seen some good bucks in benton creek late. Elk will be a crap shoot . Good luck , pack lots of turkey sandwiches
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DITTO ;)
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good luck. It can be a good hunt just depends on the weather. Hope for snow!
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Go for a walk around haystack, you wont see a soul! The Bethell line is always great, when it is nasty , and snowing!
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I'm thinking of stayin n the rimrock maybe lil naches area. If I get a but up my butt then ill check out the nile
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What's the snow look like in the nile.....could be a good year. Make sure you bring chains some of the roads get questionable in the snow.
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What's the snow look like in the nile.....could be a good year. Make sure you bring chains some of the roads get questionable in the snow.
A couple inches down low last night, I would imagine there is more than a couple inches in the nile though up higher...
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I took the daughter up to the Nile on modern season. Man was it weird, the first time i had ever been there during rifle season. I know the area well next to Edgar rock. I thought there would be more hunters than i saw. It seems like archery has more people hunting it, and i mean hunting, not driving down the road.
I checked their primary, and secondary spots, and suprisingly enough, they were split up, but still in their primary spots. Secondary spots hadnt had any fresh sign since early archery.
Like i stated, the rifle hunters dont hit the hills like we do.
Did anyone hit it in the early season, now that its spike only, i bet they didnt get hit hard?????
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The guy I do all my buisness wth hunts the nile part kinda up by bumping in the early, said he saw a lot of cows a few bulls, but a couple spikes. No one else lol
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Hey Instinct, I will be hunting Rimrock on thursday morning and then moving to the Nile Little Nachese area later that day. The reports I have gotten over the weekend were not good and the snow just started :bash: No animals seen at all :dunno:
I have an area I will check out, if there is no fresh sign or elk in there then I am gone.
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Our group hunts the Nile every year in the late season and we are in animals every year. Like others have said weather plays a large part in the area on were we hunt wether we are up high or down lower but we are always well off the roads.
The last few years it seems like the bucks have been rutting pretty good the first 5-6 days then dropping off so we switch and go after elk for the rest of the season.
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Ya gasman I tooka drive up rimrock, not a lot of elk crossing when the first snow fell at the lower elevation. But I'm sure everything is primo now. I plan on goin up there for a couple hrs wed mornin when I get off work then hunt all day up there thurs. I kinda got a hunch for a couple areas.
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Ya gasman I tooka drive up rimrock, not a lot of elk crossing when the first snow fell at the lower elevation. But I'm sure everything is primo now. I plan on goin up there for a couple hrs wed mornin when I get off work then hunt all day up there thurs. I kinda got a hunch for a couple areas.
Well, watch for the "Barbie Jeep" on thursday :hello:
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Lol alright will do, saw ur jeep in the early season. Look for a quad cab red dakota wth a coyote tail on the antenae wth a pink flower sticker on the back window haha that be me
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I got an update, Naches has about 6 inches of snow. The hills should have quite a bit. It looks like it will be thawing, and refreezing, another rice crispy walk. It dose look like the weekend will bring more in, on the weather station.
Silver cherocar for me, good luck guys!
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Just got back from rimrock area from some sledding. Apx 8 to 10in occasional snow, weather not melting snow. No crunch crunch. Looking amazing. Saw more tracks of travel across the roads so they are moving.
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I can't wait. Good luck to all that will be hunting in the morning.
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Yeah, talked with another reliable source and he aslo metioned lots of movement on the hill tops over the weekend.
They are on the move, now its just catching them before they make it out of the open hunint units, to the closed units :bash:
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The only closed ones is the bumping n bethal so I think we will be alright in the rimrock area
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The only closed ones is the bumping n bethal so I think we will be alright in the rimrock area
Yeah, but we gotta catch them before they cross the road to Bethel and head to the feed station :archery_smiley:
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I am heading up Friday morning. Will hunt the western portion across from the cabin. Good luck to all!
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just drove up the head end of swamp creek over into the head of Nile, about 14" of snow at the turn off, saw about 12 elk, two spikes...oh yeah and it was 4 yes I said 4 degrees up there. Have fun late season hunters.
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A homer simpson "wahoo!" :drool:
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just drove up the head end of swamp creek over into the head of Nile, about 14" of snow at the turn off, saw about 12 elk, two spikes...oh yeah and it was 4 yes I said 4 degrees up there. Have fun late season hunters.
Your just rubbing it in cause you got your bull.
Salt in the wound Ty, salt in the wound :'(
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:chuckle:
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First couple hours on Wednesday had 2 5 point bulls within 20 yards. Then a long cold sit over tons of new sign turned me going lower, and on the way, i gave a spike a nice haircut when he jumped the string. Must have broke up 20 in a herd.
Going back tonight, just home for turkey day. Those negative temps are brutal, but rewarding when you see something shootable!
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Got back from the nile, saw 3 does n yakimaarcher saw adeer but he couldn't make it out. We did see one hangin. Over all good turkey day, headin up again n the mornin. Time to eat, hope everyone had a good day!
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Just got home from Nile area. Seen alots of elk and deer but could not close the deal :'(
Helped Ribka with his cow and left a lot of boot leather in the woods, again :bash:
Ran in to Instinct on the way out and BS with him for a few, How you do?
Going back for the weekend :archery_smiley:
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:hello: ya ill be up there on the weekend too but just for awhile since I work nights :bash:
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Hunted the Nile Thanksgiving day and Friday. Got up on a cow and calf but couldn't get under 100 yds. I'll be back over this Sat with a buddy. Good luck to everyone that gets out.
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Ya I havnt seen elk since sun. /just a few somewhat fresh tracks. But a branch did jump out infront of my truck on that private land. He booked like no other lol
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I think I will be heading back over on Friday to hunt the weekend. I saw a few elk last weekend before I was forced to come home.
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I got all ready to go Thanksgiving, loaded the camper & packed everything . Woke up early Friday with a cold, a nasty one. Was on the couch till Tuesday , still walking around with shaky legs and coughing crap up. Wasted the whole late season. Taking the camper off today will take all my strength, can't even imagine hiking through the snow. Glad to hear all of the stories, I may take a day trip on the west side for deer next week. Good luck if your still hunting. Mike
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Anybody gonna be in the Nile or Lil Naches this weekend? I'll be with my buddy in his white Ford crew cab. It'll be the one with my spike bull in the back. Yeah, I wish.
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I willbe there in the "BARBIE JEEP" with my son.
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Sako you still carrying that spike bull around from last year? :chuckle:
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I will be I think unless my buddies in 336 start seeing a lot of elk.
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Ill be up there sat till sun after I geet off. Look for the red dodge dakoa wtha pink flower sticker on the back window n coyote tail on my antenae. Be up around the lower 1600 rds
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Will do. I'm hunting 336 this morning and then should be in the Nile this afternoon
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Sako you still carrying that spike bull around from last year? :chuckle:
You promised you wouldn't say anything.
