Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: HighCountryHunter88 on April 29, 2011, 02:56:46 PM
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anyone ever hunt elk there? a group of us are going over for archery, and gona make some trips this summer to scout just wondering if anyone had any experience..
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Yup.
Just like everywhere else. The farther away you can get, the better time you will have.
It's a bit dated, but still some good info on the Crazy's.
http://fwpiis.mt.gov/content/getItem.aspx?id=31449 (http://fwpiis.mt.gov/content/getItem.aspx?id=31449)
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yup i already got that printed out! thanks for help!
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Sent ya a PM.
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thanks! pm back at ya!
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About ten years ago I did a week long archery hunt in the northern part of that mountain range. A drainage called Middle fork cottonwood. On a scouting trip in the early summer we saw some elk so since it is in the back pocket of the world we thought we were set. Get there in mid September and find a thousand or more Angus cattle. Everywhere there were cattle there were no elk. I talked my brother-in-law, who was annoyed and disgusted with the area, to hike to the top of a hill so we could have a view of the countryside. We saw several elk about two miles away on some private sections in the Loco-Castle creek area. The second to the last day we found an area in the west fork of cottonwood where the cattle had not populated. We heard a bugle that morning and boy did we set off in the bull's direction. Alas, the bull had a herd and they went down into the drainage and he shut up. That evening we saw him and his cows on the other side of west fork. A heavy five point. He was bugling and staying out in the open until it got too dark to see. We were on that side the next morning and the herd was no where to be found. We found some tracks headed for the top away from us and that was the last morning we could hunt.
Do some scouting ahead of time in that range, better if you can find some private land to hunt on. Stay away from the cattle. It is very pretty country and remote, but come hunting season it can be popular. Lot of antelope and deer to see on the private lands when you drive up.
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I have hunted it but through two privlate ranches. Where I was at there was lots of blow down. But I got into elk... Walking through that crap at the end of the day after hiking sure is a pain in the butt.
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what unit do u plan on hunting? ill be there all archery season
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Been by them on our way to and from lope hunting. Some tuff counrty up in some of the areas. Good luck.
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I can concur some tough country.
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Yeah, me and my hunting partners talk about our couple of hunts their once in awhile. It seems we always say that mountain range is named perfectly. You half to be about half crazy to hunt it.
But we all know that's the country the animals like.
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we're pretty excited, we hunted some tough country last year over there and l like the challenge.
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Not the crazies? Some other tough country HighCountry? Just curious. There is a lot of tough country in Montana (WA too for that matter) but the Crazies are some of the toughest for sure...
I have thought about hunting them every year since I moved here (13 yrs now) and access issues and other good hunting spots with good access have kept me from them!
You talking bow or rifle season?
Good Luck All!
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pm sent hornseeker
