Post by BobR on Dec 23, 2003 23:26:42 GMT -5
Jdickey, The ranches I hunt border the rim of the Mill Creek Watershed. The elk in the road pics I posted were 75 yards from the watershed boundry. The watershed is 22 square miles, half in Oregon, half in Washington. As the story said, elk are the only animals allowed to be hunted.40 permits for WA, 40 for OR.
Deer and predators are not hunted. After you kill an elk, you are not allowed to pack a firearm when returning to pack out your meat. I know several guys who have lost all or part of their elk to bears. Try to run a hungry bear away from an elk with a stick. The reason we have so many big predators is the overflow from the watershed. The rancher that stopped by the other day, owns the land that is my absolute favorite cat country. It is right at the watershed. We will be at the shed this week. I will post some pics of that awesome country.
I hear the bigfoot stuff all the time. Most of us here ignore this stuff. It usually the same few guys who always see them. A guy from Wall Walla wrote a book, "Bigfoot of the Blues".
Jdickey, I went back and reread both of your posts. I never thought you are crazy. Actually, after reading the story you posted again, I see some things I never noticed before. The road we were on when we found that elk, parallels the watershed intake trail for about seven miles. we were outside of locked gates on a public road maintained by the county. that is why I wanted to see if we could drag the elk off the road. There are several spots in the area where guys set up elk camp when hunting the shed. About 100 yards from where the elk was, is the only place I know in the area where you can hike into the shed. The story said this occurred between Green and Lewis peaks, exactly where we found the elk. This is interesting, but I am one of those guys who needs proof.
Bobcat (our moderator) is planning to come here to hunt bear and cat in the fall. We have been talking about this for three years. Hopefully, it will happen this year. That little stretch of road along the intake trail is where I like to take guys to call at night, when I want to see what they are made of. The bears are thick in that area.
Back to the elk we found. It was a cat. I saw the tracks, bi-lobed in front, tri-lobed in the rear (heel pad), and they were about 4 1/2 " in diameter. If you have seen bears on a kill, they scatter the carcass everywhere. They are like dogs and eat small bones, ribs,etc. I went to check this every day for six days.
It was picked clean, skeleton intack. I saw fresh sign from the cat everyday, but never saw sign of another predator near the carcass. Lots of ravens, don't know how much of that elk they ate
Bigfoot. I do not know anything about them, but maybe I should get my buddy, Rich, to research the possibility of a female bigfoot-in-heat call. I wlll let Mr. Bobcat blow on that one.
Bob
Deer and predators are not hunted. After you kill an elk, you are not allowed to pack a firearm when returning to pack out your meat. I know several guys who have lost all or part of their elk to bears. Try to run a hungry bear away from an elk with a stick. The reason we have so many big predators is the overflow from the watershed. The rancher that stopped by the other day, owns the land that is my absolute favorite cat country. It is right at the watershed. We will be at the shed this week. I will post some pics of that awesome country.
I hear the bigfoot stuff all the time. Most of us here ignore this stuff. It usually the same few guys who always see them. A guy from Wall Walla wrote a book, "Bigfoot of the Blues".
Jdickey, I went back and reread both of your posts. I never thought you are crazy. Actually, after reading the story you posted again, I see some things I never noticed before. The road we were on when we found that elk, parallels the watershed intake trail for about seven miles. we were outside of locked gates on a public road maintained by the county. that is why I wanted to see if we could drag the elk off the road. There are several spots in the area where guys set up elk camp when hunting the shed. About 100 yards from where the elk was, is the only place I know in the area where you can hike into the shed. The story said this occurred between Green and Lewis peaks, exactly where we found the elk. This is interesting, but I am one of those guys who needs proof.
Bobcat (our moderator) is planning to come here to hunt bear and cat in the fall. We have been talking about this for three years. Hopefully, it will happen this year. That little stretch of road along the intake trail is where I like to take guys to call at night, when I want to see what they are made of. The bears are thick in that area.
Back to the elk we found. It was a cat. I saw the tracks, bi-lobed in front, tri-lobed in the rear (heel pad), and they were about 4 1/2 " in diameter. If you have seen bears on a kill, they scatter the carcass everywhere. They are like dogs and eat small bones, ribs,etc. I went to check this every day for six days.
It was picked clean, skeleton intack. I saw fresh sign from the cat everyday, but never saw sign of another predator near the carcass. Lots of ravens, don't know how much of that elk they ate
Bigfoot. I do not know anything about them, but maybe I should get my buddy, Rich, to research the possibility of a female bigfoot-in-heat call. I wlll let Mr. Bobcat blow on that one.
Bob
