Cle Elum produces such huge bucks! Way to under rated.
Judging by the amount of guys that hunt the Teanaway, I don't know if under rated (or under hunted) apply. Unless this is sarcasm. That is a really great buck no shirt guy. Congrats.
Compared to the Tripod area this year is what I mean. Cle Elum produces giant bucks like the Tripod as well!
Congrats to all, some fine animals on this thread......
Havent heard of many comming out of the famous TRIPOD this year.We hunted it for ONE day(way to many humans for our liking)then drove 2 hours thru 6 or 8 other units to get far far away from it
. Have hunted the area off and on going back 40 years, we usually spend a lot more time hunting the area along with other haunts and holes. This time around seen a few does and a couple small bucks...seen 2 big cougars tho and lots of orange
...hopefully the hype wares off, almost funny talking to some of the hunters,armed with maps,gps you name it, then as we were trying to get the heck out of there some of them asked us if they were close to the area where the "tripod buck" was shot
.(a couple actually flagged us down as we were driving out)Most of them said it was the first time hunting the area and really didnt know where to go but have been hearing its the place to be! As bone and phool said in another thread ---THERES ALWAYS BEEN A FEW BIG BUCKS IN THAT AREA,SOMEONE FINALLY SHOT ONE,THATS ALL... This statement can be said for a lot of different units all around eastern washington from the Canadian border to the Oregon border and everywhere in between.
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