Any hancock late bucks yet?

[scottfrick]

Just curious if anyone was successful today in Hancock? Buddy of mine shot a nice 3 pt opening day. I'll be taking the wife out here in a few hours to hopefully fill her tag:) if you see a green Chevy Silverado with a vortex sticker on the back window, stop and say hi! Good luck to everyone!!!!

[trophyhunt]

I'll be curious to see how it's going myself, was going to spend the last 3 days of rifle out there but my daughters boyfriend ran over our lab last night. I've been up most the night helping her,( kc the lab), low rider car so I had to get a jack and lift the car to get kc out!  X rays said no broken bones but she's not using her back legs and looks horrible. Love those big vet bills before Christmas, the people at the sumner vet hospital were very nice though.   Back to your topic, hopefully we here some good reports.  I plan to be going for the afternoon hunt I hope! Good luck hunters!!

[NaturalSelection]

I'll be curious to see how it's going myself, was going to spend the last 3 days of rifle out there but my daughters boyfriend ran over our lab last night. I've been up most the night helping her,( kc the lab), low rider car so I had to get a jack and lift the car to get kc out!  X rays said no broken bones but she's not using her back legs and looks horrible. Love those big vet bills before Christmas, the people at the sumner vet hospital were very nice though.   Back to your topic, hopefully we here some good reports.  I plan to be going for the afternoon hunt I hope! Good luck hunters!!

x2 for the sumner emergency vet. A year or so ago I had to take my bloodhound down there in the middle of the night. The people working were very helpful when I told them that I couldn't afford the massive amount of money they wanted to keep her over night. The gave her a couple IV's to get her threw the night until I could take her to my vet in yelm

[BigCutty3]

There is at least one less 4x4 roaming the woods!  They are rutting hard, lots of road hunters but I walked mine up, good luck to the rest of you, should be perfect weather!

[Crunchy]

I got mine yesterday.  I know of four others that were taken yesterday also.  the biggest a 4 pt.  bucks are on the move. 

[scottfrick]

I got mine yesterday.  I know of four others that were taken yesterday also.  the biggest a 4 pt.  bucks are on the move.

Good to hear! We saw 2 does today. Not what I was really hoping for but seeing deer is better than not. Hopefully in the morning we have better luck.

[Natures Way]

I got a couple in so far good luck to all!

[THE GUN 67]

Two Hancock bucks one at noon other at four  great year! Opening late buck!

[trophyhunt]

Nice deer guy, congrats!

[bwhntr350]

No deer here. Saw a dandy 3x4 opening morning at 6:34 a.m., exactly 6 minutes before legal shooting hours. It was 20 yards away in the road acting all goofy like we were not even there. Watched it for 45 seconds or longer.

 Other than that, no bucks and unlike last year, hard to even find a deer. My wife and I, together, have seen 17 in the two days and that is a lot of hard hunting and some driving.

 Today, after a short hike through a clearcut, I attempted to sling my rifle up on my shoulder and, wouldn't you know it, the little brass screw deal that holds the sling together had fallen out. My rifle fell to the ground and lit directly on the scope breaking the rear eye piece and reticle completely off. That pretty much left just my wife to hunt from 10:00 on.

 49 years old and probably nearly 40 years of handling guns and that is the first gun that has been in my direct possession that I have dropped

[MLhunter1]

Dad got a 2x3 up there today.  My turn tomorrow.  He said it was snowin pretty good when he left.

[bwhntr350]

I spent my last two hours ever in Hancock today. That place is crazy. I cannot believe that I spent, again, that kind of money to hunt a place that has almost no huntable timber and is overrun by hunters. Public land has less hunters than that and it is free to hunt.

 Wife and I left there early. I came home and watched football then of to Riffe Lake area tomorrow where I can hunt the way that hunting was meant to be, quiet, wholesome, and away from people and roads.

 Seriously, they should put in stop lights at the major intersections up there.

 Asta

[buckster]

how many permits do they give out to get in there now?

[bwhntr350]

how many permits do they give out to get in there now?

1,200

  I do not not mean to sound like sour grapes, not that at all. Last year my wife killed a dandy buck in there.

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,110169.msg1444923.html#msg1444923

There are deer and some good bucks, just not my cup of tea. There are other places to hunt that compare with that and do not cost other than the fact that I would have to drive further.

 Good luck to those who continue searching for a vacant landing.

[Crunchy]

I like to hunt the wildlife escapement areas that are gated, although I got my deer this year off one of the mainlines.  I do admit that this year seemed like  a lot more hunters than years past.