Sucessful Washington Elk hunters...

[MountainTracker]

I have a good friend in Bellingham that I’ve been hoping would get more into archery elk hunting just so I have someone to hunt with when I decide I want to go over and try for a rosey.

Not much area to hunt rosies around bham, unless you draw a quality tag.


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[Hawkeye29]

Well I goosed out on elk this season. Called in a spike to 20yds but he was hard quartering to and I had my recurve. Smelled my ground scent and was gone! And then of course a few days after the early season ended I had a cow sniffing my climbing sticks… learned a lot but didn’t get it done. Maybe next year!

 

[Jason277]

Well I goosed out on elk this season. Called in a spike to 20yds but he was hard quartering to and I had my recurve. Smelled my ground scent and was gone! And then of course a few days after the early season ended I had a cow sniffing my climbing sticks… learned a lot but didn’t get it done. Maybe next year!

Nice looks like you are rocking the saddle ?

 

[Hawkeye29]

Yeah, it honestly opens up a bunch more opportunities than a traditional climber where I am at. Plus it’s way more comfortable too.

 

[Ono]

Yeah, it honestly opens up a bunch more opportunities than a traditional climber where I am at. Plus it’s way more comfortable too.

Can you nap in the saddle? Just curious. Been known to snooze in the climber. (Secured and all that)

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[Hawkeye29]

Can you nap in the saddle? Just curious. Been known to snooze in the climber. (Secured and all that)

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Yes for sure.. one day back in august I spent 10 hours in the saddle. I was convinced that a black bear was coming through at some point since there was plenty of fresh sh%t everyday. I guess he came through at night.. or while I was snoozing haha

 

[Pigdog]

I used to hunt western WA. I’d have a bunch of encounters during early archery but never killed anything until late archery season. I’d kill a cow almost every year still hunting. I moved to Oregon and decided to focus on the mountains. It took me six years to figure it out and kill an elk. When I hunted the coast in WA I’d have some seasons where I’d see over a hundred elk within 100yds. In the cascades I feel like I’m lucky to see a dozen at any distance, but like I said, I’m still figuring it out.

 

[Hawkeye29]

I used to hunt western WA. I’d have a bunch of encounters during early archery but never killed anything until late archery season. I’d kill a cow almost every year still hunting. I moved to Oregon and decided to focus on the mountains. It took me six years to figure it out and kill an elk. When I hunted the coast in WA I’d have some seasons where I’d see over a hundred elk within 100yds. In the cascades I feel like I’m lucky to see a dozen at any distance, but like I said, I’m still figuring it out.

Did you use bino’s when you still hunted?

 

[Pigdog]

Did you use bino’s when you still hunted?

Yes. Absolutely. Hunting the coastal jungle it’d be easy to think you don’t need them, but they really come in handy. I’ve used them to spot elk bedded down on the fringe of a clear cut, which can be tough when the ferns and salal are four feet tall. They also come in handy when walking through the thick stuff. I’ve been as close as 50yds to elk and had to use my binoculars to identify that, yes, that little patch of tan I can see through the brush is an elk.

 

[Hawkeye29]

Yes. Absolutely. Hunting the coastal jungle it’d be easy to think you don’t need them, but they really come in handy. I’ve used them to spot elk bedded down on the fringe of a clear cut, which can be tough when the ferns and salal are four feet tall. They also come in handy when walking through the thick stuff. I’ve been as close as 50yds to elk and had to use my binoculars to identify that, yes, that little patch of tan I can see through the brush is an elk.

That’s where I messed up this year.. it always seemed to be climbing over or under something causing too much movement and blowing them out. I’ll definitely try bino’s and moving way slower over obstacles next year

 

[4g0t3n1]

What is the best GMU for archery elk in Wa? 2022 will be my first year hunting with a bow, anything helps!

 

[Jason277]

What is the best GMU for archery elk in Wa? 2022 will be my first year hunting with a bow, anything helps!

That is going to be a tough question to get an honest answer on a public forum .

 

[dreamingbig]

What is the best GMU for archery elk in Wa? 2022 will be my first year hunting with a bow, anything helps!

Bbhahahahahahahahaha

All the best are unicorns only now.


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[JeffRaines]

What is the best GMU for archery elk in Wa? 2022 will be my first year hunting with a bow, anything helps!

The only suggestions anyones going to offer are gonna be “not the GMU I hunt in”.

Honestly, you’d do well to pick a unit with a high harvest percentage and just go with it. There’s gonna be people hunting no matter if you’re hunting NE or if you pick SW, may as well pick a unit with good numbers of elk.

 

[Jason277]

Do you guys feel like calling is your best bet or just keeping quiet and spot stalk?

 

[dreamingbig]

Getting a tag is the hardest part now.


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[Jason277]

Getting a tag is the hardest part now.


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Getting a tag?

 

[MountainTracker]

Getting a tag?

OTC is pretty easy to get

Now getting a quality tag that’s another animal


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[dreamingbig]

A spike tag? Sure western Washington is 3pt or better but our OTC hunts aren’t anything to write home about.


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[Jason277]

So I drew a multi-season tag this year. Has anyone else gotten a Multi-season elk tag before?