Post by: Backstrap on June 14, 2011, 08:56:13 PM
Post by: raghorn69 on June 17, 2011, 11:13:10 AM
Post by: MADMAX on June 17, 2011, 06:47:39 PM
Also try MT Jupiter
Post by: Seabeckian on June 18, 2011, 01:37:58 PM
Post by: bradslam on June 18, 2011, 02:11:37 PM
Post by: GlennGTR on June 18, 2011, 03:03:57 PM
Post by: Backstrap on November 30, 2011, 05:21:31 PM
I hunted hard for 8 days and never saw an elk (other than the ones in a lowland residential area). Most of my hunting was in the Liliwaup swamp area. There were a few elk in there, but not much based on the sign I was seeing.
I scouted all of general deer season weekends, and also saw no elk. Lot of bear sign though. Talking to various people I met in the 2 months I spent scouting, etc, it seems like the tribe pounds the area hard, starting in late summer. The animals seemed to have been pushed into either 1) residential / semi-residential areas, or 2) very thick brush which was essentially unhuntable. I saw almost no fresh sign in any clearcuts.
That said, there is a picture of a decent bull on the wall at Yardbirds, that it labeled as an Olympic ML bull. So it seems like there was at least one lucky hunter in the GMU.
I doubt I'll apply for the tag again, but if I did, I'd focus on the north end of the unit, not the south.
Post by: Alan K on November 30, 2011, 06:17:18 PM
Post by: sirmissalot on December 01, 2011, 09:26:51 AM
Post by: Elkpiss on December 01, 2011, 12:26:18 PM
Post by: Backstrap on December 01, 2011, 04:42:23 PM
Post by: Cylvertip on December 02, 2011, 12:14:53 PM
That said, there is a picture of a decent bull on the wall at Yardbirds, that it labeled as an Olympic ML bull. So it seems like there was at least one lucky hunter in the GMU.
My guess is that this is just slang for Roosevelt, or that it came from the peninsula, not that it specifically came from the Olympic GMU. :twocents:
Post by: Backstrap on December 02, 2011, 05:07:51 PM
My guess is that this is just slang for Roosevelt, or that it came from the peninsula, not that it specifically came from the Olympic GMU. :twocents:
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You could be right. I covered a lot of ground, and did not even see any fresh rubs. I'm curious to know where elkpiss saw the 5 bulls together.
Post by: JimmyHoffa on December 02, 2011, 05:27:06 PM
I don't try for that tag but know a few that have and it seems like they chase and wait for the elk to get off of private ground or off of state park. There was one guy that had the sequim tag and and could see all the bulls together but they were on the wrong side of the fence for the season.
Post by: True Sportsman on December 02, 2011, 05:53:58 PM
That area gets hammered by the skoke indians. Sorry to hear about your hunt, that area holds some giants but they are far a few between.
You are correct. Several years ago, on Mt. Jupiter, the Native Americans took a really good bull out. The forester that works for the timber company up there called the cops because 2 guys had a bull in the back of a pickup and it was out of season. Found out later it was Native Americans and cops couldn't do anything. Its a shame. I have heard of several good bulls killed by the tribe in there...
And this is a fact, because I was working for the same timber company during this time.
Post by: Backstrap on December 02, 2011, 06:28:47 PM
Did you try Mint meadows at all--scouting or hunting?
I don't try for that tag but know a few that have and it seems like they chase and wait for the elk to get off of private ground or off of state park. There was one guy that had the sequim tag and and could see all the bulls together but they were on the wrong side of the fence for the season.
I looked at the mint meadows scouting, but didn't spend any hunting time there. During the season I was working from Jorstad creek over to the powerlines, melbourne lake, prices lake, saddle mountain, miller pond, and liliwaup swamp from all directions. Also spent one day up on the Hamma Hamma area. It's all very elky looking country, but just wasn't much if anything there when I was in hunting. It's posted as a winter elk feeding area, so maybe they show up in numbers later.