Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: blindpig on November 20, 2011, 09:59:09 AM
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Was wondering if anyone on here will be on the mudflow for the youth elk rifle hunt? My son drew a cow tag and we will be in there on Wednesday. Was up there on Friday (lots of snow) and saw plenty of bulls in the bottom. Let me know if your youth has a bull tag and I will more than glad to help out. Send me a pm. Oh, and any help from those of you that have had this tag would be greatly appreciated.
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I haven't been down there for a few years. My son drew a cow tag in there about 4 years ago. I remember them giving us a gate key to get through the gate up at the top right off the hwy. Then you can drive to the bottom and there will be another gate there. You can't drive in past that gate. I scouted a good little bit before our hunt and found most of the elk are to the left of that gate. If you walk in past that gate at the bottom and there is a dirt road that goes right or left, we stayed left and walked in there for a ways. I was seeing elk all in that area when I was scouting and they were still there when we went to hunt. The first group we seen right before shooting light was a group of about 6 or 7 bulls. My son had a cow only tag. We got to where we were just below the observation look out above us. I think that is the Johnson ridge look out or something like that. But we got in on a little group about 10 cow and a few calves. And my son took one of those cows. After that we got up on one of the big mounds or dirty down there, they are all over if you know what I mean. And we could see a big heard further down I would say over 100 at least. After some pic's and gutting we packed it back to that dirt road we walked in on and then we walked back to our truck. I don't know if it is still the same, but after 12:00pm..Noon if you killed something in the morning you could drive in to get your elk out. You can't drive in unless you are just getting an animal out. And you can't drive in at all till after noon, so you aren't messing with anyone elses morning hunt. It was my son’s first elk hunt and a great one for him. I hope you have a great time and whack one. If you have any question feel free to pm me and I can see if I can answer.
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I had a muzzleloader cow tag for Mudflow a couple years ago. We went in on the Toutle side and up the DNR road. Lottsa elk there and if ya time it right, you'll dump one right on the road. Good luck.
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:tup: Great offer to help guys :tup:
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Thanks for the info, will put it to use. :tup:
