Northwest WA Roosevelt elk tips

[Codysmith182]

I’m moving to NW Washington and plan on hunting a otc roosey archery tag. I have hunted rockys before with success, but I know Roosevelt’s are a different beast. I’m just trying to seek pointers on what I need to focus on I.e tactics, locations, etc. thank you I’m advanced.

 

[Elkslayer67]

Heavy pressure, lots of pay to play areas, and bring rain gear. It is not really a back country type of hunt, the majority of areas you can access from the roads in just a couple of hours. Hit the timber hard, most hunters don’t get to far from their vehicles. Glassing isn’t that viable, too dense of timber. Sound doesn’t travel well in the wet timber so you can pass within a couple hundred yards of a small herd and not know it. Good thing is if you spook them they generally don’t run more than a quarter of a mile or such so you can get back on them. Be prepared you will be wet. Where are you moving to?

 

[Codysmith182]

Heavy pressure, lots of pay to play areas, and bring rain gear. It is not really a back country type of hunt, the majority of areas you can access from the roads in just a couple of hours. Hit the timber hard, most hunters don’t get to far from their vehicles. Glassing isn’t that viable, too dense of timber. Sound doesn’t travel well in the wet timber so you can pass within a couple hundred yards of a small herd and not know it. Good thing is if you spook them they generally don’t run more than a quarter of a mile or such so you can get back on them. Be prepared you will be wet. Where are you moving to?

The port angeles area

 

[NW_Bucketlist]

The biggest thing with Rosies is about 80% of the time it is to thick to get a shot. It’s easy to call them in but a lot of times you have them inside 20 and you usually have some type of obstruction between them and your arrow. They are territorial you find the rubs and sign they usual don’t go far from that area.

 

[coast range]

Just like anything. Scouting and finding areas that hold the elk is key. I know it sounds dumb but there will be a lot of good looking cuts and areas around that the elk just don’t use.
As others have said they don’t travel that far and frequent the same areas every few days.
As unlike east side hunts logging has a major impact on areas, a new cut or overgrown cuts are constantly changing the game. Elk will still be in the area but will change how they use it. Good luck


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