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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: bryg_12 on June 19, 2011, 10:26:39 AM

Title: Skokomish rifle hunt nov 5 to 15 what to expect ?
Post by: bryg_12 on June 19, 2011, 10:26:39 AM: Hey got drawn for skokomish bull elk tag. I live about 35mins from that unit never really hunted their tho. I mainly hunt capital. But I was looking for some information on this hunt before i start scouting. What to expect.Should I stay higher or go low. Also love to see some bull pic for previous hunts. Is their 300+ bulls in this unit.
Title: Re: Skokomish rifle hunt nov 5 to 15 what to expect ?
Post by: PolarBear on June 19, 2011, 10:34:37 AM: Stay low, do a ton of scouting. The bulls in that unit are usually poached out by the tribe (and locals) long before they get to be 300 class. There are some elk around Camp Govy and lower. It seems that once you get past Spider lake the elk are few and far between.
Title: Re: Skokomish rifle hunt nov 5 to 15 what to expect ?
Post by: Alan K on June 19, 2011, 10:40:56 AM: Indians hammer it.

Check out the area around the Ford Road and Beeville Loop. Wouldn't hurt to stop by some of the places that own fields and talk to them about what they've seen in their fields or even to ask for permission. They usually see the elk but spook them out if they can while they're out during daylight so that the Indians don't see them. Usually game over for the bulls if they do.

Off the end of the Kelly Hall Road you can get up into the hills a bit. In the bottom there is a right that is usually gated that stays in the bottom. It can take you all the way to the roads that go up towards Camp Govey.

That's about the extent that I know. I know there are some big bulls up in the high country but there aren't that many elk and it can be hard to find them. If you find a good bull while scouting and it's being stupid hanging out in wide open clear cuts or something, do it and yourself a favor and keep it shoved in the brush. The Indians will kill it on sight.

Good luck!
Title: Re: Skokomish rifle hunt nov 5 to 15 what to expect ?
Post by: SkookumHntr on June 19, 2011, 10:41:14 AM: Ive seen a couple pics of bulls that were around 300 come from there. That bull that is or use to be in the shelton wallmart I believe was killed in the skokomish a few years back. It was a damn monster!
Title: Re: Skokomish rifle hunt nov 5 to 15 what to expect ?
Post by: Alan K on June 19, 2011, 10:44:44 AM: On the second page of this thread there is a picture of a bull a guy took:

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,52451.15.html (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,52451.15.html)

I wouldn't pass on anything that size, especially during a November hunt.