RE: Best area in WA for elk?
WA Hunter,
Is there very much public land around the Turnbull Wildlife Refuge? Or did you guys have to go door to door to get permission to hunt? I talked with some guys a couple weeks ago at the Mill Creek WDFW (Seattle) and they were saying that those animals move around so much that they are very difficult to pattern if at all. Is that true? They said the little fiefdoms that they hunted were really hit and miss for sign.
I am hearing that the Mashel area is really good to hunt. The UW has some property down there called Pack Forest. They let you hunt the property, in fact if you get one and talk with someone onsite who administrates the property they often will take a vehicle out on the gated roads to help you recover an animal. Seems like a sweet deal. You will need to check the statics for the last couple years to see how well they did in the area.
My buddys dad see alot of Elk in the Kapowsin (pay to hunt, Timber Company) Area. He got a nice Blacktail Deer this year out of there.