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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: aer212 on September 17, 2011, 09:34:49 PM

Title: Looking at finding Oregon elk.
Post by: aer212 on September 17, 2011, 09:34:49 PM: I have been talking with a friend of mine about a wilderness hunt in Oregon. We want to take horses and pack way in, get into the big boys, away from people. One thought we had was the Eagle cap. Any suggestions?
Title: Re: Looking at finding Oregon elk.
Post by: Trailstrider on September 18, 2011, 07:56:24 AM: :yeah:If you want solitude and a hard hunt you found it! Good Elk too! :yeah:
Title: Re: Looking at finding Oregon elk.
Post by: Crunchy on September 18, 2011, 07:59:35 AM: I am not certain where eagle cap is but we get into big bulls where I hunt. We hunt the Desolation unit each year. Can't say we tag out but always, I mean always get into big bulls. There are places in the unit you can go in horse back for miles, although we have run into 350 bulls not 200 yards from a mainline. I leave at 5AM tomorrow for my week long hunt.
Title: Re: Looking at finding Oregon elk.
Post by: aer212 on September 18, 2011, 08:06:45 AM: About getting tags, what is the process? Pretty easy?
Title: Re: Looking at finding Oregon elk.
Post by: aer212 on September 18, 2011, 08:51:08 AM: Quote from: Crunchy on September 18, 2011, 07:59:35 AM
I am not certain where eagle cap is but we get into big bulls where I hunt. We hunt the Desolation unit each year. Can't say we tag out but always, I mean always get into big bulls. There are places in the unit you can go in horse back for miles, although we have run into 350 bulls not 200 yards from a mainline. I leave at 5AM tomorrow for my week long hunt.

Eagle cap is a little north and east of Desolation.
Title: Re: Looking at finding Oregon elk.
Post by: Trailstrider on September 18, 2011, 12:12:00 PM: I think Oregon still requires tags to be puchased prior to the season, But it could have changed.....check there web site.....
Title: Re: Looking at finding Oregon elk.
Post by: 6x6in6 on September 18, 2011, 02:08:31 PM: Quote from: Trailstrider on September 18, 2011, 12:12:00 PM
I think Oregon still requires tags to be puchased prior to the season, But it could have changed.....check there web site.....
Correct. Prior to the beginning of the season purchase required.
Title: Re: Looking at finding Oregon elk.
Post by: aer212 on September 18, 2011, 03:23:20 PM: I should have put in there that we are talking about next season(2012) archery. Is it the same for archery tags that you have to buy them before season? Also is it correct that the archery tags are over the counter tags?
Title: Re: Looking at finding Oregon elk.
Post by: ArrowH on September 18, 2011, 04:33:35 PM: Yes, archery tags are over the counter and you have to buy them before season opens. I would look at the strawberry mtns. south east of Johnday or the north fork Johnday wilderness area, which is part of desolation. Eaglecaps get alot of pressure from pack in hunters and alot of guides working that area.
Title: Re: Looking at finding Oregon elk.
Post by: aer212 on September 18, 2011, 07:11:54 PM: Is the desolation unit a big hunting party? I don't want any part of that. Looking to get away for a couple weeks.
Title: Re: Looking at finding Oregon elk.
Post by: Crunchy on September 18, 2011, 07:26:09 PM: Desolation is a big unit, and I have never run into another hunter while in the timber. Also you can purchase ur tag after the season starts, but it has to be at an ODFW office in person with a seventeen dollar fee.
Title: Re: Looking at finding Oregon elk.
Post by: aer212 on September 18, 2011, 07:36:12 PM: Do you guys backpack in or take horses?
Title: Re: Looking at finding Oregon elk.
Post by: Crunchy on September 18, 2011, 08:27:48 PM: We hike in. Usually three miles in at the most an we are on elk. Basin Creek trail is one spot you could look at. Goes WAY in.
Title: Re: Looking at finding Oregon elk.
Post by: elksnout on September 18, 2011, 09:10:12 PM: There are no elk in the Strawberries! Only Lammas. And, yes. You do need to buy your tag for them before the season starts.
Title: Re: Looking at finding Oregon elk.
Post by: KNOXY on September 18, 2011, 09:36:15 PM: Murders Creek, Snake River, Pine Creek all good units :tup:
Title: Re: Looking at finding Oregon elk.
Post by: aer212 on September 19, 2011, 05:53:51 AM: Thanks for all the help. Typically how late before snowfall in those areas?