Elk Season

[slowp]

I have run out of good replies to these questions for which I will be flagged down as if it is an emergency and then asked. So I ask for your help in answering.

Question 1--Where are the elk?

Question 2--Aren't you afraid to be out here?

I will need the answers by Monday. Thank you.

 

[Gologit]

I have run out of good replies to these questions for which I will be flagged down as if it is an emergency and then asked. So I ask for your help in answering.

Question 1--Where are the elk?

Question 2--Aren't you afraid to be out here?

I will need the answers by Monday. Thank you.

It's easy. Do like we do with deer hunters...who seem to think it's okay to wander right up onto the show and start bumbling around and asking questions.

"Where are the elk"?....They're in...pick a neighboring county, or state, that's out of rifle range. If you're FS send them to BLM ground, you can bet BLM is sending them to you. If you're a logger send them to FS or BLM...doesn't really matter as long as you get them out of rifle range.
Besides, if they have to ask where to hunt they're probably not experienced enough to be running around the woods without adult supervision.

"Aren't you afraid to be out here"? Only when I think about all the people with whiskey hangovers, high powered rifles, boots that aren't broken in yet, and no real idea of what they're doing beyond what they've read in some outdoor magazine.

Every once in awhile you run across hunters who don't ask where the game is...they know already. Their camp is clean during their stay and after they leave. The roadsigns don't have any new bullet holes, the waterbars aren't torn up, they haven't cut firewood out of your decks, and when they drive the logging roads they actually split the tracks and watch where they're going. They're usually loggers taking a little time off to hunt.

 

[2dogs]

I have run out of good replies to these questions for which I will be flagged down as if it is an emergency and then asked. So I ask for your help in answering.

Question 1--Where are the elk?

Question 2--Aren't you afraid to be out here?

I will need the answers by Monday. Thank you.

1. Elk are where you find them.
2. No. I'm issued an M16.

 

[deeker]

I usually tell them to look on the map, and find the X and they will find the deer/elk.
They laugh, and still get no more info, I log and hunt.
Afraid to be all the way out here???? Hell no, easier to hide the bodies of those that iritate me or get in the way.

Kevin

 

[ak4195]

I always hated fall for the few yrs that I lived in Oregon,an amazing amount of firearm mishaps kept me out of the cascades and coastal range hikes.And if I had to have a high mtn fix,than I wore a baseball cap that was very close to flourescent pink and most importantly put colorfull bandanas on the dawgs.
Speaking of Elk,I remember one time walking thru an old small burn area in the Hills Creek drainage,and wondering why my dog was barking strangely,5 seconds later he came bombing over the hill and kept going past me at a high rate of speed.Hot on his butt was with a decent size buck with his rack down in snow plow mode.
It seemed to me that the bull had things well in hand, and if he'd really wanted to toss my dawg there was still some more throttle left in reserve.
No harm done to devil dawg,just a very humble dawg for a while.
One of those"wish I had a camera moments"
ak

 

[KMB]

I always hated fall for the few yrs that I lived in Oregon,an amazing amount of firearm mishaps kept me out of the cascades and coastal range hikes.And if I had to have a high mtn fix,than I wore a baseball cap that was very close to flourescent pink and most importantly put colorfull bandanas on the dawgs.
Speaking of Elk,I remember one time walking thru an old small burn area in the Hills Creek drainage,and wondering why my dog was barking strangely,5 seconds later he came bombing over the hill and kept going past me at a high rate of speed.Hot on his butt was with a decent size buck with his rack down in snow plow mode.
It seemed to me that the bull had things well in hand, and if he'd really wanted to toss my dawg there was still some more throttle left in reserve.
No harm done to devil dawg,just a very humble dawg for a while.
One of those"wish I had a camera moments"
ak

Good, funny story!

Kevin

 

[slowp]

I usually tell them to look on the map, and find the X and they will find the deer/elk.
They laugh, and still get no more info, I log and hunt.
Afraid to be all the way out here???? Hell no, easier to hide the bodies of those that iritate me or get in the way.

Kevin

I like the body saying. Every little pullout has a camp in it today. I did not make eye contact and posted NO WOODCUTTING signs on every log deck.

 

[Humptulips]

I have to say I take a little offence to some of the anti-hunter comments.
It is un american to not go elk hunting. I've quit more then one job to have elk season off.

 

[slowp]

I like to eat elk. Yum. One snowy night, I was trying to figure out how to get a nice plump calf. It and the mama were eating the grass edge along the house. But, it was out of season, I didn't have a bow, and I have only a smattering of butchering experience. I calmed the tastebuds down and went back to bed. It was a good choice.

 

[ak4195]

I have to say I take a little offence to some of the anti-hunter comments.
It is un american to not go elk hunting. I've quit more then one job to have elk season off.

Elk hunting here would be a high $ prospect,only huntable herd is on Afognak Island.Permit draw only if I remember right,and one H*ll of alot of Kodiak brown bears to dodge.
Theres a small herd on Annette Island I believe in S.E,but technically I think they are still off limits.Also just found out from my last Alcan trip in august that there are Elk in the Yukon territories(also off limits).

Not sure if I can think of anything truly un-american,but I do feel sorry for people that dont like wild fish n game properly cared for.

ak

 

[Billy_Bob]

In answer to question 1, if you get out of your truck and do a lot of hiking year round, you will *know* where the elk are. If you use the "drive around" hunting method, you're going to drive right past the area where the elk are and never see them!

Hint: Elk tend to poop. No poop, no elk! You can't see poop or the lack of poop by driving around.

A tip on fishing... If the water is clear and you can see to the bottom of the creek and you can't see any fish, then you're not going to catch any fish!

 

[slowp]

In answer to question 1, if you get out of your truck and do a lot of hiking year round, you will *know* where the elk are. If you use the "drive around" hunting method, you're going to drive right past the area where the elk are and never see them!

Hint: Elk tend to poop. No poop, no elk! You can't see poop or the lack of poop by driving around.

A tip on fishing... If the water is clear and you can see to the bottom of the creek and you can't see any fish, then you're not going to catch any fish!

So much poop in places here, that I think I'm around slow elk. But I have a hard time remembering where I was. One unit had a trail through it that was so heavily used, it looked like a people trail, except the elk don't cut out the blowdown. Then, we built a road on it. The elk picked the best spot to travel on!

 

[Bushler]

I like to hunt off my porch.

 

[Bushler]

I like to use the loader for butchering.