K-falls elk...?

manny53 · Jun 20, 2013

Just wondering if any you boys know the Klamath falls unit in Oregon for elk, archery hunted it a few years ago, got skunked never seen an elk or a track, looking to try it maybe one more time on the late hunt, any info would be greatly appreciated...thanx....manny...

silverlake176 · Jun 20, 2013

Lived in Klamath for 28 years and to tell you I have seen very few elk in the woods in the Klamath unit. I've seen a few in the winter time around Swan Lake, and the dry prarie area. Good luck thats a very tough hunt.

Grant

ruttinbull · Jun 20, 2013

I live here and wouldnt stand in line for that tag.
You stand a better chance with an over the counter Cascade Bull tag.

3fletch · Jun 21, 2013

LAST EDITED ON Jun-21-13 AT 09:19AM (MST)[p]I agree with the other replies. There are not many in that unit but there are some big ones if you can find them. Find the wild horses on the timber land and you will be where the elk are.

If you take your kids hunting when they
are young you wont be hunting your kids
when they get older!

elkliver · Jun 21, 2013

i had the left over tag a few years ago... decent camping trip but realized my odds of seeing an elk were about 0

I saw one set of tracks the whole week and that was for one animal traveling through.

manny53 · Jun 22, 2013

LAST EDITED ON Jun-22-13 AT 10:45AM (MST)[p]LOL...thanx....

I heard the silver lake area was just as bad that true....?

ruttinbull · Jun 22, 2013

Not nearly as bad. I killed my first bull in the Silver Lake unit many years ago down near Sycan Marsh.

The VAST MAJORITY of the hunting takes place very near Silver Lake as most folks just hang around waiting for elk to come out of the alfalfa fields. It is an absolute circus and very unproductive.

There is some elk hunting to be done along Winter Rim but the elk are scarce but indeed there. It is better than K-Falls Unit but neither are truly good.

One really needs snow to help on this hunt.

elkliver · Jun 28, 2013

i've seen a fair amount of sign on winter rim but never actually seen the animal

found the legs from what must have been three poached elk tossed in the brush next to our campsite not too far from thompson reservoir

ruttinbull · Jun 28, 2013

Not trying to stir it up, but very few understand Klamath Treaty rights. One needs to understand that the former Klamath Tribal reservation line runs very very close to Thompson Reservoir. Hunting by enrolled tribal members is legal per Kimbal v Callahan I, Kimbal v Callahan II, and the Ceded Lands decision (all higher court opinions). Under these higher court opinions, the tribe may hunt, fish, and trap "free of state regulation." Free of state regulation means the state has no say on how, when, or where elk or deer are taken. So, the elk legs you saw may or may not have been poached.

On a separate topic, but back on thread, my first elk was taken a little west of Thompson Res (a raghorn four point). I think that occurred in about 1989.