Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: MLBowhunting on June 12, 2012, 08:53:18 AM
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Anybody ever hunt that unit for antlerless?
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a few cows but i think more bulls than anything. have fun packing one out of that hole !
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Plenty of elk. Shoot one close to the access road and wait for them to open it to allow people to retrieve their animals. :tup:
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I had a muzzy antlerless tag about 3 or 4 yrs ago and turned right at the Toutle Shell station and went in on that side. There's a lot more area and roads to drive around on and find the elk. Lottsa elk in there.
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Oh ok thanks for all your input. Will post pics if i can get lucky :chuckle:
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My son had a cow tag in there a few years ago.....LOTS of elk. Should be fun, can't wait to see pics and hear about your hunt.
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i would just go up the high way and hunt the very upper end of it,should only take one day..easy pack too...+ therees lots of bulls up there to look at...
toutles side is okay but i like the other side better :tup:
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the mudflow isnt up by the road. (hwy 504) if you dont cross the creek at the bottom, your not in the mudflow unit. :twocents: also , we called weyerhauser last year when blindpigs boy got a cow. they said no chance on getting that gate open. bring a game cart or 2 and you will be fine. good luck
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The hunt is on public land (WDFW St. Helens Wildlife Area) and some DNR, but the real ironic thing is the access is controlled by Weyerhaeuser so the entire unit is landlocked. After lugging your elk on closed roads with Weyco. permission, write to the WDFW and tell them it's a crock the public doesn't have legal access to this public land.
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Gonna head down after the fourth and take a hike in there. Cant wait pretty stoked about it. Cant thank you guys enough. I will take some pics to post
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by what can see the "creek at the bottom" is the river. think they expanded the boundary a bit as well. my son drew a muzzy bull tag and it will be one heck of a pack if he connects... I've only been there twice and don't know anything about the south or toutle side of unit except I believe it would be accessed through weyco gates via the toutle
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the mudflow isnt up by the road. (hwy 504) if you dont cross the creek at the bottom, your not in the mudflow unit. :twocents: also , we called weyerhauser last year when blindpigs boy got a cow. they said no chance on getting that gate open. bring a game cart or 2 and you will be fine. good luck
You should probably recheck the boundary for your own future reference. :twocents:
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I drew it last year, never could connect with a cow. Not a good unit for archery unless you have a bull tag. South side is very step as it is the north face. Best of luck.
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all I can say there is lots of elk in there, I live right next to the unit and I see lots of elk in the unit. if you need a place to camp let me know, I live very close to toutle and am opening up my place for camping this year
