New to the site, many elk hunters here?

[MountainWalk]

Hello guys. Im new to the site and looking to get aqquainted with some of you other elk hunters. I live on the Olympic Penn in WA state, and guide for elk and mule deer in the Bitterroot mts in MT. My main rifle of choice when elk hunting is a Ruger 77 338 win mag. Are there many dyed in the wool elk hunters on here?

 

[sumpnz]

Lots of elk hunters on here. My tally thus far is 2 cow elk in northern AZ (applied 4 times, drew tags twice and filled them both). We'll see how things go hunting WA this year. The plan for right now is to hunt an area just west of Mt St Helens. My dedicated elk thumper is a CZ-550 in 9.3x62mm.

 

[MountainWalk]

Right on with the cz in that great caliber. My boss bought me a Selway tag so I'm fired up to go. I havent gotten to elk hunt seriously for myself close to five years.

 

[dakotasin]

i'll be pursuing elk in about 3 short weeks.

338 win mag/leupold is primary gun.

can't wait!

 

[Bwana John]

Im in N.AZ and its easier to get a cow elk tag then it is to get a buck deer tag.

I got another cow tag, Im gunnin for sausages again this year, dont need no stinkin trophys!

7mm Mauser w. 175 gr in a Rem Mnt rifle wearing a Leuy 4X scope.

My only problem is opening weekend is the same dates as the SAR Show

 

[wankerjake]

I grew up in Northern AZ but recently had to move to tucson for school. Anyway I love hunting elk in AZ. It is really hard to get a bull tag in this state but I've bagged 8 or 9 cows. The meat is hard to beat. However, this year I finally got a bull tag!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My first one in 15 years Can't wait for Nov. 28!!! I use a .30-06 for elk by the way. Good luck this year fellas!
-Jake

 

[justice4all]

I hunted elk for the past three years, when I lived in Colorado, but I never got to shoot at one. I hope to hunt them now that I, too, live on the Olympic Peninsula, but I'm starting from square one. Fortunately, I got a whitetail last fall in Pennsylvania, and a black bear this spring in Alaska, so I've had tasty game to eat.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Wanna-be here.

 

[MountainWalk]

Justice, there is some mighty good bear huntinga around you. Go to the Buckhorn wilderness and find bear

 

[koja48]

Not anymore, but was avid in my youth back in Montana & not too far from the Bitterroot . . . longbow & arrows. '06, & .300 WinMag were the tools.

 

[Grizfire]

3 montana elk
remington .280

 

[NonConformist]

One day! I've always wanted to hunt Elk!

 

[CB900F]

Fella's;

I'm in the Great Falls area of Montana. The primary gun is a Tikka LHB in .338 Winchester magnum, Talley rings, Zeiss Conquest 3.5-10X mil-dot. The backup is another LHB in .30-06, that one wears a Weaver Grand Slam 3.5-10X in a Leupold bridge mount.

Back, several decades back, when I was going to school in Missoula, I hunted the Bitterroots. Now I mostly hunt the Little Belts.

900

 

[Pipe Burn]

Hunting in the Oregon coast range with .308 M1A or .300 Savage mdl 99.

 

[highbrow]

8 elk in SW Montana. 30-06, .308 Win, 58 cal flinter, recurve bow and longbow.

 

[MountainWalk]

Justice, if you want to hunt elk, try Forks or Sekiu. Lots of Roosies. Be prepared to get soaked. Forget goretex, green rubber works better.

 

[rondog]

Well, I live in Colorado, I have my dad's old Rem 700 30-06 elk rifle, and his old Willys hunting Jeep, but I'm not a hunter.

I think I'd like to give it a go someday, but I don't know anybody to hunt with, where to go, or what to do with one after I shot it. I sure as hell couldn't rassle it off the mountain by myself, and I'm clueless about gutting, skinning, butchering, etc.

So, I shoot the '06 at paper and water jugs, and get my meat from the grocery store.

We do like to go to Estes Park and look at 'em though.

 

[leathermanwave]

2 cow elk

.270 win 130 grain powerpoint.

I would like something bigger but can't afford it.

 

[koja48]

Didn't know we were keeping count . . . 15 in WA State over 28 years (14 with the bow); "several" in Montana when I lived there (30 years). 'Twas a grand pastime . . . old age, a bum ticker, and a bad knee have their drawbacks . . .

 

[waffentomas]

Only hunted elk for 6 years now. Killed 4 cows, all in Idaho. I use my trusty Weatherby Vanguard .308 Win. with a Nikon Monarch Gold 2.5x10 x 50mm. Switching to 180gr Fail Safes this year - with 44gr of 748. No big reason, just because I feel like it.

Doing the bull hunt this year.

It's all I think about come September.

Tom

 

[MountainWalk]

Well, fellas, I'm out of WA till Nov, bound for MT and ID. I know I just signed up. I'm hoping to have a great season.
My elk medecine is in the chamber, 250 grainer nos, and right under it in the magazine are 230 Fail Safes. Im pretty well familiar with the new scope on it, a Burris 3x9. I used to use a Weaver K-4 four power, but it finally cracked. Good luck to all of you guys this season. Hoping to pull a 300 bull out of the Selway. Happy Hunting.

 

[koja48]

Say "Hi!" to my State, MountainWalk . . . enjoy, be safe, & shoot straight if you're hunting (or hope the dudes shoot straight if you're not). Watched a flatlander empty the mag of a .300 one time without pulling the trigger once . . . guiding can be immensely entertaining. And remember, The Lord practiced on the rest of the world, then He created Montana.

 

[ChefJeff1]

Hi, this year is my first real elk hunt. Last year I bought a general season tag and went for a nice hike but wasn't serious. this year I'll be serious. I drew a cow tag in Sun Valley and have a ruger m77 in .270 with 150 gr. Winchester xp3 ammo for a tad under $50 a box. I'm excited and have the week off starting Oct. 15.

 

[koja48]

Chef,

.270 with 150s is plenty within 250-yards (Father-In-Law, God Rest his wonderful soul, harvested many elk back home, used a .270, and never lost a one . . . and I'm talking an elk almost every year for a LOT of years!). Glass, glass, then glass some more; know the country. Find elk & the way they are moving, then either stalk, get there early & wait for them, or let "others" haze them your way. Over the 30 years I lived in MT, if I didn't bag my elk during archery season, it was rare when I didn't fill the freezer on opening day and left a bunch of time for guiding & bird hunting. Most folks don't spend nearly enough time scouting & that's the insurance factor. If you don't invest that time, then you're trusting to luck.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Believe it or not, we have elk hunts here in Arkansas, but only 40 tags a year. I've never drawn one.

I hunt in Colorado, mostly in Eagle County. My elk rifle is Bigfoot Wallace, a custom '03 Springfield in .35 Brown-Whelen (the most radical form of the Whelen.) I like the 225 grain Nosler Partition Jacket at 2,800 fps and have had quite a bit of success with it.