Oregon's Murder Creek area

packerhorse · Mar 12, 2007

Hello; My partner and I have 4 preferance points each for the Murder Creek area, my question is which side is better east or west, and where is a good place to access this area?
thanks

huntindude · Mar 12, 2007

Your points are good for any elk hunt in Oregon so you aren't stuck with that unit if you want to move. both sides are good, west has access everwhere, east has pretty good access and the Strawberry wilderness area. I know the unit pretty well and I don't think one side is any better than the other, most of the east is a little harder hunting though.

manny15 · Mar 12, 2007

got drawn last year and didn't see alot of elk, only two, both were bull but they were hangin in big buck country up high and steep...

don't think i'd burn my points on that unit, i'm new to that area so can't help with another area except the northern unit produced a few 6x6...

manny15 · Mar 12, 2007

LAST EDITED ON Mar-13-07 AT 01:15AM (MST)[p]lemme guess you saw the write up in the "hunting the west booklet?...there full of it, if so...

Califelkslayer · Mar 13, 2007

Packer, are you a resident? I have 7 and my son 6 and I didn't think we could draw last year with 6 and 5. I was thinking we might burn them this year and Murderers creek was one unit I was considering. If I remember right, one side takes 1 more point.

packerhorse · Mar 14, 2007

Yes I'm a resident of Oregon, it was our original intent to gain perferance points for the Wenaha 256Y1 unit hunt. But both my partner and I figured we'd be in our 70's before we could draw that tag being that there are only 20 tags and 2152 applicants. I know of a guy that shot a beautiful bull up in the 340 caliber in the murder creek area last year with 4 points. So,that's why I was needing information about it. We have the camp the horses and mules and can go anywhere in the area.

huntindude · Mar 14, 2007

It's all fair hunting and if you know where to look there's a few nice bulls but 340 type bulls are few and far between. elk numbers are down in most eastern Oregon units and Murderer's Creek is no exception, 15 cow hunts and lots of lions would be my guess.

manny15 · Mar 15, 2007

it might be different during the bow hunt but the late hunt was tuff!...I was there

pigbulls · Mar 23, 2007

Find another unit.
(1) You do not need horses in this unit, roads everywhere...
(2) TONS of people
(3)300 bulls are few and far between
(4)Oter choices to consider, Desilation, a place you could definatly use those four legged animals and some nice bulls.
,,,Or build your points for walla walla, just my opinion

elkslam · Mar 25, 2007

I fyou want to hunt murderers creek use a bow better odss of killing a nice bull. Friend of mine has killed some really nice bulls down there just have to know where to look. Rifle season there are always nice bulls that come out many units. The bull that won the G.I.Joes bucks and bulls competion on ifish.net came out of murderers creek unit.