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460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
« on: December 13, 2012, 04:44:19 PM »
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?

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Re: 460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2012, 05:16:14 PM »
460  without any doubt

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Re: 460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2012, 05:40:55 PM »
If it were me and deer were the priority, 460, if elk was the priority, 550. :twocents:

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Re: 460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2012, 05:58:39 PM »
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Re: 460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2012, 06:19:11 PM »
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.

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Re: 460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2012, 06:40:50 PM »
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.

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Re: 460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2012, 06:48:28 PM »
550 hands down
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Re: 460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2012, 09:32:57 PM »
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?

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Re: 460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2012, 10:41:55 PM »
2011 success rates

460:   muzzleloader  16%    modern firearm  16%

550:   muzzleloader    5%     modern firearm  10%


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Re: 460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2012, 05:10:20 PM »
hwy 2  hit the snow there needs to be a ton of snow to bring them down  good luck

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Re: 460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2012, 06:32:56 PM »
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.

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Re: 460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2012, 06:57:12 PM »
Stay with it Jantti
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Re: 460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2012, 08:39:27 AM »
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.
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