Fort St James elk trip

[alpinetreker]

Heading up this Friday and just wondering if anyone has been up there yet. Whats the action like? may or may not stay there if were not finding bulls but we will try.

[alpinetreker]

I guess that's a no. haha

[Darksith]

theres elk in fort st james?

[alpinetreker]

So i'm told. Just going to try it out.

[longhairmtnman]

Seen truckloads of hunters coming in.... weather is a factor.... as are the skeeters and black flies... locals hunt from their jet boats.... I'm still looking myself.

[BiG Boar]

I've hunted 7-26 3 years running, and have yet to see any elk sign, but apparently they are there....somewhere.

[moosinaround]

I can tell ya where the elk are in Ft St James, but it will cost ya.................................! Moosin

[pnbrock]

hunting the area aswell hope to see any game wife can harvest without a draw.

[olympia]

drive thru town, and take a left on tachie road and 30 minutes out you will see lots of elk and bear

[alpinetreker]

Thanks guys, We have a specific area we would like to try there and if not we are heading up to and if there not there were heading up
to fsjohn. Sorry Moosin i'm goin hunting and the wife is goin shopping so i got no extra cash haha. Good luck pnbrock hope you do well and
as for Mr.olympia im not sure if your being sincere or not :).

[Dirty Steve]

7:13 Stuart River drift, any advice? Heading up with my old man, really hoping there might be a few elk around in 3 weeks if they are there.

[Hook or Bullet]

Good luck - I have been debating trying the Fort for years, but haven't got around to it. Looking forward to hearing how you make out. I have also heard to hunt the river...

[Sitkaspruce]

We have killed a few nice bulls from "the Fort" when I lived there. They used to be retty concentrated around the Stuart R, especially after the burn they did there, but now they are spread out and covering more country. The Stuart R is obviously one place to check out, but any of the roads between Hooterville and The Fort that go towards the river hold elk, especially around Fish Lake and Blue Mt Road.. Thick, but they are in there. Out off the Teardrop FSR will also hold elk, as well as the Necoslie.

Good luck

Cheers

SS

[longhairmtnman]

There have been elk reported on Tachie, but also sasquatch's :shock:

[3mk]

on the way back home from fort nelson may be 2 weeks ago seen elk in hudson hope.I never got the chance to hunt the area . anyone been there ?

[Dirty Steve]

Ooooh, you guys are gettin me excited!

[OutWest]

on the way back home from fort nelson may be 2 weeks ago seen elk in hudson hope.I never got the chance to hunt the area . anyone been there ?

Fought a fire in Hudson Hope this summer during a deployment to FSJ. There's definitely elk around there.

[alpinetreker]

Thanks for the help sitkaspruce.Were checking out the river first that was the plan.

[papaken]

We tried the river a few years ago but had a lot of problems with river weeds getting sucked into the jet. We did see 3 guys in a 12ft. aluminum with a 9.8 motor and a six point bull in it. Not much freeboard but big grins on there faces. We were also told there were elk up in the Mount Pope area. I have a bull moose draw and hope to be up that way mid October. Ran across a half doz. cows up north road near pinchi turn off 3 yrs ago. Good Luck

[Clouddog]

Hi Guys

I know where the Elk are in Ft St James neart Pinchi... Got one last year....

[alpinetreker]

Nice any pics? We ended up going to our old stomping grounds in Chetwynd and were successful there. There were locals there for a week and had not shot anything so we headed out. Ill try to post the antlers from mine tonight.

[Dirty Steve]

I ended up doing the Stuart River drift last year... didn't see a damn thing! Granted... we only had a 5hp and 12 ft aluminum. Got out a hiked.... Had Elk bugeling at us, saw a 50 inch bullwinkle at 750 yards, had him barking at me for 2 hrs the next day but never connected.

[whiteraven]

Ft st james elk i beleve its the 5 th biggest shot in bc. Shot just outside of town by mill on back road to pg had 7 or 8 cows with it more elk off that same rd rite side turn towards hills