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Title: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: Clinton on October 05, 2011, 07:46:45 PM: Any tips on where to find elk in Pend Oreille County? I spent three days scouting and three days hunting and did not see or hear anything. I was west of Usk part of the time and above Bead Lake north of Newport also. Thanks.
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: benhuntin on October 05, 2011, 07:49:57 PM: hey, 2 posts congrats this exact topic is on here 10 times about NE washington :bash:, not alot of elk there is a few scattered Good Luck
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: CAMPMEAT on October 05, 2011, 07:52:19 PM: Slate Creek........
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: stickbuck on October 05, 2011, 07:53:13 PM: FYI, use the search tool on this site. Lots of great info plus you can avoid the virtual beatings after asking for help so new in your forum career. :)
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: Ridgeratt on October 05, 2011, 07:53:35 PM: Quote from: Clinton on October 05, 2011, 07:46:45 PM
Any tips on where to find elk in Pend Oreille County? I spent three days scouting and three days hunting and did not see or hear anything. I was west of Usk part of the time and above Bead Lake north of Newport also. Thanks.

Glad to see you put your time in!! Had a cousin who worked for the PUD and was in the woods everyday and it took him about 10 years to figure them out.
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: heavy hauler on October 05, 2011, 08:02:43 PM: can you feel the love ? :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: Clinton on October 05, 2011, 08:05:42 PM: I did find some sign but did not hear anything bugle. That was the whole reason I did muzzle loader this year was to get close to the rut and find them by hearing them. It is funny that elk are so hard to find in P.O. County, but easy to find across the border in Idaho.
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: deerslyr on October 06, 2011, 07:23:54 AM: Quote from: benhuntin on October 05, 2011, 07:49:57 PM
hey, 2 posts congrats this exact topic is on here 10 times about NE washington :bash:, not alot of elk there is a few scattered Good Luck

I really wonder how many more times it will be on here? looks like some one else just posted another thread about the NE elk LOL
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: WAcoyotehunter on October 06, 2011, 07:35:30 AM: It's darn tough up here, and there's not much you can do to make them bugle if they're not in the mood.
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: sisu on October 06, 2011, 07:39:01 AM: Quote from: WAcoyotehunter on October 06, 2011, 07:35:30 AM
It's darn tough up here, and there's not much you can do to make them bugle if they're not in the mood.
You might hear banjoes playing in that neck of the woods.
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: asl20bball on October 06, 2011, 07:48:50 AM: wolves = quiet elk. Good luck to you this weekend though.
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: elkinrutdrivemenuts on October 06, 2011, 07:51:58 AM: Bead lake is a good area, I have gotten into elk close to there, they don't hang out there all season though, you gotta catch them when they come through. One year they are there the next there not. Keep trying.
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: Fullabull on October 06, 2011, 08:37:49 AM: Clinton, are you doing any calling? They are much easier to find when you can call and get them to respond. Muzzy season is right in the elk rut but they just don't run around screeming like you see on TV :bash: You need to understand how they work and what makes them bugle. Even know that is tough in NE WA as there is lot of country and they are spread all over the place.

If you are not use to calling, try Elknuts web site and this forum for calling tips...

Good luck,
Fulla
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: Austrian Hunter on October 06, 2011, 08:44:20 AM: No Elk in Pend Oreille County ;) They are all west! Just kidding! If you serious about hunting one I would book with Sherman Creek Outfitter, he owns property up there and knows where the Elk are ;)
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: whacker1 on October 06, 2011, 09:03:53 AM: Quote from: Ridgeratt on October 05, 2011, 07:53:35 PM
Quote from: Clinton on October 05, 2011, 07:46:45 PM
Any tips on where to find elk in Pend Oreille County? I spent three days scouting and three days hunting and did not see or hear anything. I was west of Usk part of the time and above Bead Lake north of Newport also. Thanks.

Glad to see you put your time in!! Had a cousin who worked for the PUD and was in the woods everyday and it took him about 10 years to figure them out.

I have been hunting up there for roughly 8 years, and it took me 3 before I found elk, and I still have yet to kill one. 35 yards last year during archery with no shot, and 60 yards this year was my closest with no shot. It is a long difficult road to finding elk in the NE.
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: huntnnw on October 06, 2011, 09:06:18 AM: There are really no tips alot of boot leather. There are places that these elk will be every year. Its taken me a betterpart of 20 years to find these honey holes. These elk bugle, but not from places they can be heard for miles away. The timber is dense and bugles don't travel far u better be on them. My observations is this Muzzy season is catching the end of the rut, talking this time of year is sporadic. I also notice alot is the herd bulls are already gone from the herd and the bulls u hear talking. Are the rag horns.
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: huntnnw on October 06, 2011, 09:11:21 AM: There's a big difference in getting into elk and actually getting a shot. I am into elk daily up there and sometimes will go a season or 3 before I get a shot. Just this season alone I had elk in range and can't see them!
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: Clinton on October 06, 2011, 09:17:19 AM: Yes, I was bugling and cow calling. I have hunted elk in the Idaho Panhandle in the past and had no problem locating them and calling them in. I got a decent bull last year. Idaho, however, is expensive. I thought I would try P.O. County this year, but it was a whole different world.

I have heard of Sherman Creek Outfitters, but I am sure I cannot afford them. Thanks for the replies guys.
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: boneaddict on October 06, 2011, 09:23:34 AM: Its sort of the secret that you won't get. Essentially unless you find someone who is family or just decides they don't want to hunt anymore. Its a very well kept secret, and the information is hard to come by thus when someone FINALLY figures it out, they won't tell. Its nothing personal.
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: Clinton on October 06, 2011, 10:33:48 AM: Yes, I understand how that works Bone. I have several honey holes myself for deer in WA and elk in ID. I was just looking for a general area to get started. I have no problem doing the leg work and finding them once I have a general area to start with. That is how I found my main honey hole in ID. Someone just gave me a basic area, and I spent some time roaming the hills finding them.
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: Band on October 06, 2011, 10:38:26 AM: All I know about elk hunting in Northeast Washington is that Teddy Roosevelt gave it a go way back when, found the country to be inhospitable and was not very successful. Does that help? :)
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: Clinton on October 06, 2011, 10:43:54 AM: Is that true Band? I have never heard that before.
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: elkinrutdrivemenuts on October 06, 2011, 11:52:54 AM: I will give you a honey hole in ne wa that has been good to Me in the past if you give me one in Idaho. I am heading over tomorrow for the rifle season and could use another spot to check ; ). Pm me if your game. I have trail cam pics to prove there are elk.
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: Chuethou_b18c5 on October 06, 2011, 11:56:27 AM: The bulls there are bugling!
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: elkinrutdrivemenuts on October 06, 2011, 11:59:01 AM: In Idaho!? I figured archery season was hot as heck, I was lucky to get a response to cow talk.
Title: Re: Pend Oreille County Elk?
Post by: Band on October 06, 2011, 02:42:28 PM: Quote from: Clinton on October 06, 2011, 10:43:54 AM
Is that true Band? I have never heard that before.
It is. I believe he was also after cariboo in that area. Of course, at that time everyone shot anything and everything they could get a bullet in, Roosevelt included.

Good thing he started getting conservation minded before he left us or the puny herds of game animals at that time that we hunt today in much larger numbers might not be here.