Post by: The100Road on September 07, 2011, 09:48:29 AM
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Post by: bobcat on September 07, 2011, 09:56:25 AM
in the woods so I have more to choose from in November. :IBCOOL:
Post by: vandeman17 on September 07, 2011, 10:00:11 AM
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Post by: The100Road on September 07, 2011, 01:54:26 PM
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Post by: Button Nubbs on September 07, 2011, 07:01:58 PM
Post by: vandeman17 on September 07, 2011, 08:30:05 PM
Been out of cell service since monday but I shot a 6x4 yesterday at 9am. Pics to come when I get home. :IBCOOL:
I can't wait! Nice work! :drool: :tup:
Post by: D-Rock425 on September 07, 2011, 08:33:27 PM
Post by: colockumelk on September 11, 2011, 09:03:20 PM
Been out of cell service since monday but I shot a 6x4 yesterday at 9am. Pics to come when I get home. :IBCOOL:
Listen hear button nubbs you've been on this forum long enough to know the deal. You can't just post this up without pictures and a story. That's just wrong. So I'll ne the first so say it. We the members of hunt-wa do not believe you until we see photographic evidence of this "harvest"!
Post by: Fireant11 on September 11, 2011, 09:54:43 PM
A buddy of mine is hunting near Mt Adams, and they took 2 cows and a 6x4 the first 3 days!
I'm heading back out on Tuesday. Hoping for cooler weather so they start moving around on their own.
Post by: Bigfoot_44 on September 11, 2011, 10:00:32 PM
That's ok, I don't mind if the archery guys want to leave all the bulls:yeah:
in the woods so I have more to choose from in November. :IBCOOL:
Post by: huntnnw on September 11, 2011, 10:29:06 PM
Post by: mikelonsford on September 11, 2011, 11:21:08 PM
Post by: RS on September 11, 2011, 11:50:51 PM
7:20 Opening morning, no calling, just lots of good scouting, and miles and miles from any road, 2 rivers to cross, and plenty of vertical without a trail. Some luck, and some good shooting. Green wet and rough typical score about 352 5/8. Im sure it will shrink a little. First Archery Bull.
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on September 12, 2011, 12:10:03 AM
As of the first day of elk season that all changed (more by accident than anything else). The big whitetail I am after completely dropped off the map and I have been trying to narrow down his core area. At the same time I have also been conducting a little in season scouting for other bucks I would like to shoot.
It was during one of these scouting sessions (on 6 Sep) that I came across a large bench that was filled with fresh elk sign and a good amount of deer sign. I decided I would set a couple of cameras in the area. As I was placing the camera I broke a few sticks. Apparently the breaking sticks aroused the curiosity of a nearby bull and he bugled several times. I started breaking more sticks and did my best (but I am sure ridiculously bad) imitation of a cow call with my mouth. Within a few moments this giant bull (not sure on score but he was a 6x6 with very long tines compared to a lot of elk I have seen) stepped out 30 yards away and broadside. Unfortunately I didn't have my bow on me at the time and all I managed to get was some very poor quality iphone video footage. He did see me (I was crouched down) and after a long stare down he trotted into the brush and tried to circle down wind. I immediately headed back to the truck to get my bow but needless to say I didn't see or hear him again that day.
I didn't hear any other bugles that night or the next morning. Due to the encounter with the bull I was only able to get one camera up the first day. Around mid-morning, when it started getting very hot. I decided to go put another camera up a few hundred meters from the first. Again, (like an idiot) I decided not to bring my bow. As I am setting up the camera I hear elk crashing through the brush towards me (making some whining/whistling type of sound) It was a 4x4 chasing a cow. After the encounter I went back to work setting the camera. Less than a minute later I hear branches breaking behind me. I turned around and I see the big bull coming over the rise. Of course he again presented me a perfect broadside shot. This time it was about 35 yards. He eventually moved off in the direction of the other bull and cow.
Since that day I have heard him (or what I assume his him from the sound) bugle a few other times but I haven't seen him again. Usually it is around mid-morning and occasionally later in the evening. I have heard a few other guys calling elk this weekend (who sound decent) and he doesn't respond to them. While I am not much of an elk hunter I figured I would be hearing them talk a little more this time of year. I have heard them while hunting in the past. Overall they seem to be fairly quite compared to even my limited experience of just hearing them while out chasing whitetail. I am assuming it is the heat??
I am still going to give a good effort to try and get this bull but if he doesn't bugle much I am pretty much at a loss on what to do (I have checked several possible areas that he might wallow but I think he is going to private land for that because none of the public land stuff has any sign)
Post by: huntnnw on September 12, 2011, 03:50:12 AM
About 8 years ago I had a WA and ID elk tag..I hunted everyday of September that year..WA then was Sept 1-14th so I spent most of my time in WA but was hunting on the border and would wander into ID...From the opener till the 14th we never heard a elk!! Sept 15th till the 30 th was like someone turned on a lightswitch we heard elk bugling everyday from there till close.
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on September 12, 2011, 08:34:09 AM
Thanks for the advice. I have the rest of the week so I am definitely going to keep at it. This bull is really nice. After looking at a lot of pictures I think this bull will push close to 380. He has very strong tine length.
Post by: deerslyr on September 12, 2011, 08:39:43 AM
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Post by: Elkrunner on September 13, 2011, 09:01:14 AM
I've been out in Rimrock area (lower Pinegrass area). It's DRY, DRY, DRY. Hard to stalk. I did get within about 25 feet of a bedded cow and 1x2 in some heavy branched stuff. They took off and I never had a shot. Did see a 6x6 and two other cows that were spooked by someone and they were moving!What kind of rig were you in? I hunted that area all last week. I almost got a cow at 10 yards but there was a little tree in the way, then I was busted. I saw a few elk each day but they were way back in the thick stuff. It was tough to hunt that heat
A buddy of mine is hunting near Mt Adams, and they took 2 cows and a 6x4 the first 3 days!
I'm heading back out on Tuesday. Hoping for cooler weather so they start moving around on their own.