1st Oregon Elk Hunt

[Huntforever]

The country was very unique and beautiful!! I felt very lucky in taking my bull.

 

[High Climber]

Congrats! Was this an outfitted hunt

 

[Frost9]

Nice job, congrats.

 

[UpSideDown]

Oregon is probably about the best fun/availability/low-crowd ratio I know of for hunting. It isn’t a destination state and the differing flavors of hunting depending on which region you go to are a lot of fun. I personally didn’t like the claustrophobic atmosphere of the coast, where you could see elk in so many places that you could either not get to in time or couldn’t shoot over one of the endless roads between you and them. Eastern Oregon on the other hand has some of the most beautiful places on earth to hunt.

 

[hibernation]

I personally didn’t like the claustrophobic atmosphere of the coast, where you could see elk in so many places that you could either not get to in time or couldn’t shoot over one of the endless roads between you and them.

Yeah, coast range hunting is not what I would call nonresident friendly. Navigating the land ownership of logging country takes time, it's not easy to figure out remotely. And the nature of the country makes it really hard to see something and go after it. Crossing drainages can range from brutal to impossible, or you just hit a wall of reprod that you're never getting through.

 

[MN_kurka]

Yeah, coast range hunting is not what I would call nonresident friendly. Navigating the land ownership of logging country takes time, it's not easy to figure out remotely. And the nature of the country makes it really hard to see something and go after it. Crossing drainages can range from brutal to impossible, or you just hit a wall of reprod that you're never getting through.

I'm in Oregon, just west of the cascades, and even though elk numbers are better on the coast than where I hunt, I've been too intimidated by the coastal topography and vegetation to attempt a coastal hunt. It feels hard to know where to start in what looks like a jungle in some places.

 

[Jlin45]

Well Done Sir!

 

[Blacktail_]

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Haha I KNOW this spot!

 

[Mvbull]

You did great! Huge congrats.

 

[BlacktailTracker]

I'm in Oregon, just west of the cascades, and even though elk numbers are better on the coast than where I hunt, I've been too intimidated by the coastal topography and vegetation to attempt a coastal hunt. It feels hard to know where to start in what looks like a jungle in some places.

I'm in central oregon and hunted the Westside this year. I pretty quickly figured out that the only way to get around is by walking the logging roads and skid roads, trying to cut cross country is a suicide mission.

 

[2tuna]

Fantastic hunt and pictorial. Well done.

I've hunted the Cascades a few times with archery tackle and I'm always amazed at how much sign there is but how difficult it is to catch up with the elk.

The Coast range is a whole nutha ballgame. Never hunted it, but done a bit of mushroom foraging there and it can be damn miserable - even when your quarry can't move away! On multiple occasions been in spots where it seemed I couldn't physically move forward, backward or sideways, and so steep that it was only the impenetrable web of salal and devils club that prevented me from dropping 100' into a tumbling cataract.