The Islands?

[TeacherMan]

Does anyone hunt in the San Juans? I tried bowhunting Orcas last Thanksgiving and saw tons of deer but no legal area...

What are your thoughts on this area... I have just been looking for an area with a high buck population and I know they are there, but the never ending factor, public land...

[CP]

I feed a carrot to a 4 pt. on Orcas once.  He wouldn’t take it from my hand but almost. 

If you have access to some private land it would be pretty easy hunting but I don’t know of any public land and most of the population are tree huggers that don’t go for killing poor little deer.

[Little Fish]

Take your boat to Cypress....something like 4000 acres of DNR land on the island. I'd launch in launch in Anacortes and run up to the island for a day trip or overnighter. I can't recall for sure, but I think the run from Anacortes is only an hour or so. A trip like this is on my radar screen, but I haven't done it yet.

[TeacherMan]

Thanks little fish, its on my list to do's know... I have a 17 alumaweld, it should be big enough to do the trip in decent weather.