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Re: Late Wynoochi elk
« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2019, 07:41:26 PM »
Good luck
Used to be a great area but again over harvest by some user groups and timber company gates make it tough to find them


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Re: Late Wynoochi elk
« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2019, 09:10:10 PM »
Good luck
Used to be a great area but again over harvest by some user groups and timber company gates make it tough to find them

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Re: Late Wynoochi elk
« Reply #17 on: December 05, 2019, 07:06:55 AM »
I would get as close to the Olympic unit border as possible by the reservoir.

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Re: Late Wynoochi elk
« Reply #18 on: December 06, 2019, 12:07:17 PM »
I only have one day of hunting left for this tag (tomorrow) and I am going to see if I can get into some timber up north. The day will likely be a wash, but I am going to use it to do some scouting and see if I can identify any other plan of action. I keep talking to folks that are surprised that the elk aren't in the fields yet, but man if they are they're very hidden. I've stalked each one of those very cautiously a few times and haven't seen hide nor hair.

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Re: Late Wynoochi elk
« Reply #19 on: December 06, 2019, 12:47:54 PM »
There are some cuts and reprod areas on the west side of those fields...a few years ago I was surprised at not seeing much sign out in the fields, but when I poked into those cuts and Christmas trees there was all kinds of fresh sign.

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Re: Late Wynoochi elk
« Reply #20 on: December 06, 2019, 12:53:13 PM »
There are some cuts and reprod areas on the west side of those fields...a few years ago I was surprised at not seeing much sign out in the fields, but when I poked into those cuts and Christmas trees there was all kinds of fresh sign.

Yeah but that's all Green Diamond property. I don't have the permit required to hunt that.
In retrospect, I shouldn't have tried for this permit (late archery antlerless) without having the funds to buy the Green Diamond pass.

Too many stinkin passes/permits man.

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Re: Late Wynoochi elk
« Reply #21 on: December 06, 2019, 08:01:34 PM »
There’s no permit required to hunt that area of the green diamond land. They only require a pass for the area in the satsop.

Talked to a farmer today who said the talk of the valley is the elk haven’t been in the valley as much as they have in the past. Usually they see a few herds all over but no ones been seeing them. She thinks it’s because of the light weather we have been having.

Hunted again today. Found some real good sign tracked a smaller herd but never did run into anything.

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Re: Late Wynoochi elk
« Reply #22 on: December 06, 2019, 09:25:24 PM »
There’s no permit required to hunt that area of the green diamond land. They only require a pass for the area in the satsop.

Talked to a farmer today who said the talk of the valley is the elk haven’t been in the valley as much as they have in the past. Usually they see a few herds all over but no ones been seeing them. She thinks it’s because of the light weather we have been having.

Hunted again today. Found some real good sign tracked a smaller herd but never did run into anything.

Oh my god you're right. I can't believe I missed that. That opens up so much more land. Good to know for next year! haha.

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Re: Late Wynoochi elk
« Reply #23 on: December 12, 2019, 08:12:47 AM »
I was up the Wynooch 1 day, the 3rd, for about 3-4 hours. Saw fresh tracks on the D-line up Donovan corkery in 2 places, large group, and saw a herd in farmers field on crossover road with a 5 point bull in it. The tracks I follwed went down and crossed the river to the east side a few miles up stream of crossover road.

As far as south of 12 in Aberdeen access area part of 672 Fall River unit which is either sex is within Aberdeen access, starting at Smith Creek road and south.

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Re: Late Wynoochi elk
« Reply #24 on: December 12, 2019, 08:20:58 AM »
Sadly, my hunt is over as I am now going to be traveling around a bit. I am still watching this thread and hoping to see someone with some success!

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Re: Late Wynoochi elk
« Reply #25 on: December 23, 2019, 09:51:48 AM »
Did anybody end up having any luck in there this year? I spent well over a week all total in there this season, including one multi-day camp hunt. Never saw a single live elk or even any fresh sign.

 


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