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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Yelm hunter on December 23, 2011, 01:01:12 AM

Title: 10 Days until my special permit hunt in the Winston....
Post by: Yelm hunter on December 23, 2011, 01:01:12 AM: Wish me luck and all the other hunters out there that are selected for this hunt that never got a bull during the regular season rifle hunt... Hopefully I'll end up getting a cow!!
Title: Re: 10 Days until my special permit hunt in the Winston....
Post by: kenzmad on December 23, 2011, 07:45:12 AM: good luck! should be easy pickins this time a year
Title: Re: 10 Days until my special permit hunt in the Winston....
Post by: Yelm hunter on December 23, 2011, 05:34:30 PM: Quote from: kenzmad on December 23, 2011, 07:45:12 AM
good luck! should be easy pickins this time a year

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Title: Re: 10 Days until my special permit hunt in the Winston....
Post by: finnman on December 25, 2011, 10:42:10 AM: Shoot straight and make sure she is above the road!!!!
I will be there with the wife, she is going for her first elk harvest! Should be fun, looking forward too some fine elk steaks for the freezer!
Title: Re: 10 Days until my special permit hunt in the Winston....
Post by: billythekidrock on December 25, 2011, 11:06:59 AM: Went scouting last weekend and didn't see a single elk. Lots of deer and a yote, but no elk.
Title: Re: 10 Days until my special permit hunt in the Winston....
Post by: Angus on December 25, 2011, 12:37:43 PM: Spent 3 days in there during late archery, 2 days biking in behind a gate where I have ALWAYS found elk and 1 day in a new area. Saw 5 deer (3 before daylight) and no elk. Alot of guys I talked to had similar stories. Don't think its going to be the slam dunk hunt that some may think, good luck. :twocents:
Title: Re: 10 Days until my special permit hunt in the Winston....
Post by: Huntbear on December 25, 2011, 12:42:26 PM: If you know where to go in the Winston, it is a slam dunk. Maybe a 300 yd. shot across a clearcut. Especially for a cow. Have never been in there and not seen 10 - 15 head.
Title: Re: 10 Days until my special permit hunt in the Winston....
Post by: Angus on December 25, 2011, 01:03:02 PM: Quote from: Huntbear on December 25, 2011, 12:42:26 PM
Have never been in there and not seen 10 - 15 head.

Same here until this year, my goto spot let me down! :dunno:
Title: Re: 10 Days until my special permit hunt in the Winston....
Post by: Huntbear on December 25, 2011, 01:53:56 PM: Brother took a buddy in there for his late archery tag. They saw a chit load of elk, but none close enough for a shot. Rifle would have been easy as hell, 100-150 yards.
Title: Re: 10 Days until my special permit hunt in the Winston....
Post by: Recurve on December 25, 2011, 02:26:39 PM: Well I have been hunting the winston since 2006 archery and rifle. I can tell you the elk were not in the usual spots this year. I think its going to be a grind for most people to find the elk. And that includes me, we have 3 tags to fill. Were staying at kid valley for the first week and day trips after that I dont think its going to be easy?
Title: Re: 10 Days until my special permit hunt in the Winston....
Post by: Rainstorm Hunter on December 25, 2011, 02:41:29 PM: Did not hunt the winston this year, but my brother and grandpa drew rifle cow tags for margaret. We only killed one cow now 3 years ago we would have filled 2 tags easy but there are alot of tags and not as many elk. Dont know if it helps in the winston but in the margaret we were finding most of the elk in thinned out timber.
Title: Re: 10 Days until my special permit hunt in the Winston....
Post by: billythekidrock on December 26, 2011, 05:56:26 PM: Drove the Toledo Elk Area today checking gates. Saw some hunters, but no elk.