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AutumnPulse
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Hey all you WA Elk hunters.
Next year I will have max pref. points for elk in WA. I am trying to decide where the best unit to apply for would be.
It is an easy choice for me this year, because I know that I will not have the time to devote to hunting if I did draw a premium tag, so I applied for the ghost point. I will hunt this year, but my wife is newly pregnant and we don't know how she will be doing, come fall. Therefore, it is alot easier to dismiss hunting the whole season, if she needs me and is having difficulty.
So, for next year, (knowing that even with max points, there is by no means ANY guarantee) I am debating between applying for either the Blues in SE WA like Dayton A or Wenaha, or one of the premium areas around Ellensburg like Peaches Ridge or the Colockum.
Neither of these areas are my general hunting area, and although I do well in my general area, a premium tag is a premium tag. I have a couple of 6 point bulls already, but nothing above 310. I am not trying to set the new state record or being to picky above what I think the premium areas could produce. I would drop the hammer on the first bull that I saw that was 330 or above. If you had max points, where would your first choice be?
By the way, the peninsula is not an option. I don't like hunting in areas that have ferns larger than I am. I would either apply for a unit around the Yakima herd or the Blues herd, and upon drawing the tag, would devote the time to get to know where i am hunting.
Thanks for your opinion.
-Autumn Pulse
"Be a straight-shooter in all that you do."
Next year I will have max pref. points for elk in WA. I am trying to decide where the best unit to apply for would be.
It is an easy choice for me this year, because I know that I will not have the time to devote to hunting if I did draw a premium tag, so I applied for the ghost point. I will hunt this year, but my wife is newly pregnant and we don't know how she will be doing, come fall. Therefore, it is alot easier to dismiss hunting the whole season, if she needs me and is having difficulty.
So, for next year, (knowing that even with max points, there is by no means ANY guarantee) I am debating between applying for either the Blues in SE WA like Dayton A or Wenaha, or one of the premium areas around Ellensburg like Peaches Ridge or the Colockum.
Neither of these areas are my general hunting area, and although I do well in my general area, a premium tag is a premium tag. I have a couple of 6 point bulls already, but nothing above 310. I am not trying to set the new state record or being to picky above what I think the premium areas could produce. I would drop the hammer on the first bull that I saw that was 330 or above. If you had max points, where would your first choice be?
By the way, the peninsula is not an option. I don't like hunting in areas that have ferns larger than I am. I would either apply for a unit around the Yakima herd or the Blues herd, and upon drawing the tag, would devote the time to get to know where i am hunting.
Thanks for your opinion.
-Autumn Pulse
"Be a straight-shooter in all that you do."