Bow season

wak'm&stak'm · 08-28-2000, 10:03 AM

Well archery season is under way, I spent a couple of days fighting flies in the Alsea unit. It was plenty warm and we were into elk but the bulls were always on the wrong side of the viney maple patch. I could of filled the freezer with cow meat but I have the last 20 days of the season off to head east so I have to wait.
If any one was there, I know it was hot but is it any worse than normal and did you find any surprise restrictions?

Bait O' Eggs · 08-28-2000, 10:42 AM

Wak
worked over the cascades this weekend west of Sisters and only saw one other camoflage bandit. The only restriction I saw was no Fires.

I believe I saw on a recent post you mentioned Black Canyon for later in the season for yourself. Do you hunt the Black Canyon Area? I will be in that exact area next weekend and the last week. I will not tell exactly where it is on the board. You know that honey hole secrets and all.

If you are headed for Black Canyon later in the season email me. Maybe we can sit around a cirle of rocks and look at last years ashes and tell a few stories in the evening.

BTW. we got a small rag to come in within about 45 yards. He wouldnt bugle but he did come to a cow call.

wak'm&stak'm · 08-28-2000, 04:57 PM

I have been to Black Canyon and know friends that hunt it in rifle season. I will be across the valley in the Murders Crk Unit, I plan to go check out a new area west of Hepner for a week and then it will be off to Aldrich. The problem with Murders crk is it has gotten so many articles written about it that you have to contend with the two legged buglers all day long. The elk are getting to much pressure there, so it is time to look for greener pastures and besides I am getting to old to pack meat uphill all the time, I want to pack downhill at least once.
I have a friend in the hepner area right now and will get a favoritable report next weekend.
Lets stay in touch, Thanks

winterkill · 08-28-2000, 05:48 PM

not to brag or anything but I went to my dads house, and was walking out in the backyard to grab an apple, and I could see a herd of about 15 elk feeding in the pasture (maybe 800 yards away!) . I walked up as close as i thought I could get without spooking them, there was a 3 point bull with his harem! Damn I cant wait till rifle season.

wak'm&stak'm · 08-29-2000, 04:09 AM

Right on Winterkill, some just have all the luck and for the rest of us God made llooonnnggg steep hills.

Osprey · 08-29-2000, 06:14 AM

looooong steeeep hiillls covered in brush

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Scarecrow · 08-29-2000, 06:32 AM

Looooong steeep hills covered in brush with washouts and gully's betweem the bottom and top!

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Bob G.

Big Willie · 08-29-2000, 06:58 AM

Hey Bait, I was also in that area, up on Green Ridge, just east of the Metolius. Got into small herd w/ 3-4 pt bull and 5 cows, very spooky elk, very spooky. My cow call stopped em', but just for a second. No bucks, lot's of does w/ fawns. Maybe just fish intil we get some much needed rain?...No way, it's huntin' season!
-Gary

winterkill · 08-29-2000, 07:28 AM

dont get me wrong but I'd rather hunt up and down the steep hills, and brush then to go out in the field and shoot them. It pays off more to bust your A&$ then shoot one in the brush, then to take a little walk on flat ground and get one. GOOD NEWS, RAIN THIS WEEKEND IS IN THE FORECAST!!!!!!! good luck to the bow hunters!