hancock land

[high voltage]

hello all. band new to the forum and looking very forward to connecting with all the other washington hunting finatics. my first topic of discussion i would like to bring up is hancock land. i bought my first permit for motorized access a couple days ago. ive never been up there, and while i know the chances of drawing that bull permit are slim, i am very excited to deer hunt up there. i bought the kapowsin permit and anything anybody has learned about deer hunting that area would be valuable information to me.
                                                                      stay safe and hunt hard

[woodman]

Your chance on that elk draw is the same as everyone else. I know someone that drew the elk permit when he bought his first year access permit.

Your comment of "anything anybody has learned about deer hunting that area would be valuable information to me" made me chuckle pretty hard, good luck on that one.

[trophyhunt]

Lots of land, and even more road hunters. Spend some time up there this summer in areas off the beaten path and you should do ok.  If your looking for a big blacktail it's not that easy, any deer, then you'll do just fine.  The deer hunting has gone down hill a bit the past couple years, don't know why, prob too many permits given out.  I pretty much buy the pass for the chance at getting drawn for the elk tag, 375.00 raffle to me! Good luck in the draw, plenty here to give you help. Welcome aboard.

[high voltage]

I appreciate the in put.  Ill be spending a lot of time up there pre season. It is odd the the deer huntings gone down hill. I agree with you on the permit theory. Especially since the past few winters have been pretty mild. Got to be at least a few bruisers up there though with that much land

[Hawgdawg]

You can always go cut some 375.00 fire wood in two feet of snow .....sorry, shut down for fire danger.

[woodman]

I appreciate the in put.  Ill be spending a lot of time up there pre season. It is odd the the deer huntings gone down hill. I agree with you on the permit theory. Especially since the past few winters have been pretty mild. Got to be at least a few bruisers up there though with that much land

high voltage,

If you put in the time I am sure that you will do well up there. There are some very nice animals in there. The larger ones are pretty darn smart. I put a ton of time in there and get some very nice animals on camera. I just put a decent 4 point buck in the trail cam section yesterday.

My take on why the deer hunting has gone downhill so much is the predator count. I have seen 14 bears in there this year not counting the ones on my trail cameras. As of yesterday, I have seen 6 bobcats not counting the ones on my trail cameras. I also have seen more coyotes this year than I have seen in many many years put together. I have seen fawn kills that get cleaned up pretty darn fast by scavengers also.

I hope that you do well and if you spend very much time in there, we probably will bump into each other.

[rasbo]

I appreciate the in put.  Ill be spending a lot of time up there pre season. It is odd the the deer huntings gone down hill. I agree with you on the permit theory. Especially since the past few winters have been pretty mild. Got to be at least a few bruisers up there though with that much land

t deer hunting is great in there...get out and spend time you will find them...If they arent standing in front of your cameras wating for you move where its uncomfortable for you,thats where I find the best hunting in there is....dark and thick,I miss it up there

[woodman]

As far as success rates go in there ask Clyde the guard what it is. When I talked to him during late buck, he read off the kill success for each side there to me from his sheets and it was very dismal.

[Crunchy]

Not sure what the success rates are but I am 100% for the last three years.  You got to have a lot of bad luck or just didn't hunt to not harvest a deer every year. That goes for bear was well.

[trophyhunt]

I passed 3 legal deer last day of late muzzy last year, I haven't killed a deer in there in years.  But I'm looking for only big deer, last day of early rifle last year I passed up a 4x4 with out eye guards.  I'm not saying the deer hunting sucks, it doesn't.  But the quality has gone down a bit, but a legal deer should be fairly easy.

[woodman]

Not sure what the success rates are but I am 100% for the last three years.  You got to have a lot of bad luck or just didn't hunt to not harvest a deer every year. That goes for bear was well.

Crunchy, sounds like you have it dialed in, that's great. I would guess that you have pulled plenty of deer and bears out of there. Congrats!

[Crunchy]

Not sure what the success rates are but I am 100% for the last three years.  You got to have a lot of bad luck or just didn't hunt to not harvest a deer every year. That goes for bear was well.

Crunchy, sounds like you have it dialed in, that's great. I would guess that you have pulled plenty of deer and bears out of there. Congrats!

I am lucky to have a good guide lol.  My hunting buddy has been hunting it for the last 15 or more years.  He showed me most of his good spots for deer and bear.  I killed a bear my first year up there and could probably kill one every year if I tried very hard.

[high voltage]

thanks for the info woodman. i just got back from the woods be hind my house and found my trail cam stolen.  REALLY !!!!!!!!!!!!! i hope the person that took my camera realizes that being a lowlife thief is only one step below a being a maggot,. i know clyde the guard quite well too so i will tap that well

[Skyvalhunter]

Security box and python cable on it?

[high voltage]

just discovered my trail cam gone (stolen) up patterson road in orting > what has happened to the hunting community? if you here of one for sale cheap in the orting area let me know please. i can describe it. realize i risked my money by puttin a cam out butn thought maybe i would get lucky. damn thiefs