with general OTC units and hunt reporting the percentage of guys using a outfitter in most cases is under 1% in any given area. A unit in ID where you can see how many elk outfitter tags were purchased at deadline was 10! of the 500 or so people that hunted the unit. Unit I live next to has...
my dad killed a hybrid doe just south of spokane a long time ago. It was in a herd of 15 mule deer does. it had some mule deer markings, the tail was black like the one above but seem to move like a whitetail.
been quite a few elk up until recently right by sacheen and pretty much all that country to canada until WA decided to turn it into a predator pit. Drastic decline in all of that area in all ungulates
why not apply for a controlled hunt for deer? you already got the license and generally hunting a controlled area is a far greater experience. See far more deer
The highest density of black bears in the lower 48 reside in the NE WA units, 204,101,105,113,108,121 ..if you want to predator hunt WA is your state, full of bears, cats,yotes and wolves. PM me if you want tips on bear hunting.
some on here commenting must not be in touch with whats going on...
I have 30 plus years knowing the elk in NE WA and I share it with no one, not even my closest friends know. If you are looking for elk near Spokane then you better know land owners. There is a reason the NE elk harvest is usually around 1% its hard to find them in extremely thick and steep areas...
whats funny is everyone says get a bear tag there are lots, my definition from hunting NE WA must have skewed my definition. Its almost impossible to not run into a bear NE WA. I also spend considerable amount of time in the lolo zone and have yet to see a bear in years! hell I haven't even seen...
Was fortunate this year to draw a November rifle mule deer tag in my home state after striking out in ID,NV and UT. There was really not much scouting needed as this hunt is a migratory hunt pushing bucks down into areas that you wouldn’t see them in the summer. I had several guys reach out to...
I hunted the late muzzy elk tag a few years ago and hunted all over from top to bottom. The top had maybe 4" of snow, we saw way more deer halfway down from the top and all the way to river. we used the jet boat hunt a lot between heller bar and down river to where private starts. We saw 1 buck...
wasnt mild in NE WA and most parts of E WA as we received over 60" of snow at my house from feb 5th to March 13 that was at 2,800' places higher up and further north got quite abit more
Wife and I made our annual trip down to catch springers and hopefully put some salmon in the freezer. Had a great trip and great weather. Few pics of the better ones .
cause its a 1st choice draw tag limiting guys who dont apply in controlled hunts. there was only 252 hunters in 2017. Very few compared to say 43 that had several thousand