E.WA early ML Elk
 

HEy, Wayne, Doc, and others who live on the better side. Got a question for ya.

Seems I'm gonna try my hand at Muzzleloader for Elk this year. The early season starts Oct.1.


Do you notice if the Elk are still bugling much around that time? It's supposedly their secondary rut period? Just wonderin' guess my Uncle got a herd spotted over around Sherman somewhere...be nice to try and call one in:D

Thanks.

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Their not around me where I can hear em...plus I've never hunted em over on this side of the state....I go over to your side....where all the Elk are at..:D

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Oh, ya I know you really gotta get out and search over that way to find'em.

If all the Elk are over my way....then why can I never find them:D;)[:-]
Do you know somethin' I don't LOL;)

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figured everyone over there know's my Honny Hole by now...of corse I'd never hunt the modern fire arnm season there....Don't know now the Black powder season is.....never really thought there was another way except bow...:D....I hunt the SW corner of the state

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In the SW? How far down around Mossyrock? Pe Ell? or way down south? I've hunted a lot in those two areas, but mainly now I hunt up in the cascades around Enumclaw.

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Castle rock

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Up in the Coweeman I take it? Buddy of mine hunts that a lot. Lots of Elk down that way, kind of like the Winston area too, gettin close to St.Helens where the Elk may wander over into the hunting areas[8D]

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Hunt all that Wearhauser land behind locked gate's.....somewhere around 48,000 acre's....:)

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yup that's the spot...I think I know exactly where your at, they just closedthen gates a few years back,correct?

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Not sure when...I've only been hunting there for about the last 4 year's....I do know...during rifle season....they open the gate's on the week-end's......which they don't do for us bow hunter's.....guess they figure we have an advantage...[8D]...Oh well.....I really don't mind....sure don't hardly run into any other hunter's.

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Ya that's the area... my buddy is a " Stick Flinger";) then closing down the gate kind of thwarted him from going, they'd set their base camp up and hunt from there. He's more into fishing know thatn hunting so he's more likely to be on a river than a ridge come the Fall. It's the place I'm thinking of though...lost of Elk that's for sure. and to listen to the Scuttlebutt over here you may run inot a Longbeard or two up that way:D

No offense on the Stick Flinger comment, I hope I just use that to ruse him every once in a while.

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My buddy that I hunt with and stay at his place...which is right on the Toutle River...The Chinnook are alway's running at the same time as elk....so we alway's get to do both....a little surf & turf...:D

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Can't beat that set up[8D]:D:D

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Trust me.....It's what I wait every year for..:D

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last year they where still bugling the first part of the ML season...I would look into the Manashtash unit down low in the sage brush and timber line they seem to have been hanging out there for the last couple years.....LT Murry area....Good luck!!!!:D

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Thanks for the Heads up, sured be nice to talk " Turkey" with an Elk;) Seeing how last year I wnet rifle hunting in Sept. in Mt. just to get a Griz to chase us down the moutain[:'(][:-][:o]

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man that dont sound like alot of fun...and NP on the info...Good Luck!!

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It wasn't I thought we were going to be one of those statistics you see about " Greenhorns" in the MT. wildreness gettin eatin by a griz[:'(] I think it cut through camp right before dawn and it put our mule team on edge, one pack mule broke free and took off on a mile long rampage scattering our gear throughout the " Bob" hurt his leg so bad,we had to load up the remaining gear on the saddle mules and walk the team out (16 miles) to the rig[&:][:'(][:@] Oh well I did get up close and personal with a Cow moose, first time I ever seen one in the wild, so other than the Griz scare I enjoyed it and would love to live there.