Drew that muzzy bull tag last year. The problem was them opening the gates the day of the opener and tons of people, that and the unusually hot weather last year. There were bulls to be had though. I didn't have a lot of time to hunt because of work/zero time to scout and settled on a rag horn, but talked to severall guys that ate their tags hoping for a nice bull or setteled on spikes to fill the freezer. Some guys we talked to didn't even see a bull. Be ready for spooky elk because of the sudden onslaught of people and the best areas being pushed by most of the tag drawers hunting that state land north of the south fork of the toutle up to the mud flows.
Good luck man, my partner and I had a great hunt after a wall hanger late in the season, but the ground was like walking on corn flakes on a dead calm hot day, we were wearing our t'shirts only all season. The elk seemed to calm down towards the end and started buggeling again. My rag horn came right to me with only 2 blows off the bugle, had a dozen cows with him and looked real nervous like a bigger bull was coming to woop him. The cows acted like they wanted a bigger bull. 7 days goes by fast and weather and traffic were big obstacles. Don't count on the gates staying closed. Post your Pics on here or people get angry. Have fun
