460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?

[janttihunter]

Last day im able to hunt ot tag soup... I want a deer but have an Elk tag too. Hunting with a Muzzy.

Where would you choose?

[JakeLand]

460  without any doubt

[Angus]

If it were me and deer were the priority, 460, if elk was the priority, 550.

[Cascade_fisher]

460  without any doubt

[bobcat]

I don't know 460 at all, other than what I see of it when I go over the pass. But if you're just wanting to successfully fill one tag, the deer tag will be much easier. And I do know there are relatively few deer in the Coweeman unit. At least from what I've seen of it. So my vote would be for 460. I would think you might even see higher numbers of deer right now because some have probably migrated down to lower elevations. Also I believe you could have decent odds of finding a bigger than average buck, whereas in the Coweeman that would be very unlikely.

[janttihunter]

Any preferred aces points? I have a snoqualmie day pass too. And I don't mind hiking in miles. I know the twin falls area a bit, and a few others I have driven too and scouted a bit. But nowhere I'm set on, and all my scouting was before the snow.

Thanks again to all the help I've received here on my first year hunting WA. I am really appreciative.

[Skyvalhunter]

550 hands down

[janttihunter]

Skyvalhunter, I was hunting the 1600 line and saw two deer. Is there a better area?

And does anyone know if the Tinkham rd area is good in 460? or should I go to the tree farm?

[bobcat]

2011 success rates

460:   muzzleloader  16%    modern firearm  16%

550:   muzzleloader    5%     modern firearm  10%

[JakeLand]

hwy 2  hit the snow there needs to be a ton of snow to bring them down  good luck

[undertoad]

I was in the 550 off the Headquarters Road, near where it is gated at the east end. I saw more deer than elk, including one legal buck, no legal bulls.

[Skyvalhunter]

Stay with it Jantti

[asl20bball]

last week saw a nice BT sniffing tail of a doe so keep your eyes open as some does did not get serviced earlier might be coming into heat now.