No deer in 113

[packerfan66]

Hunted late muzzle with a buddy from opening day until yesterday in the Selkirk unit.  Saw 2 does, 3 sets of wolf tracks, and a few moose tracks in the total amount of time.  With fresh snow, there was little sign of deer low and high. Tried rattling, grunting etc. with no luck. Talked with one guy who had only seen 1 deer during the week and he believed that they are done rutting.  Anyone else have any ideas of what's going on up there?

[CAMPMEAT]

Wolves = no deer.

[Heredoggydoggy]

Wolves = no deer.

Exactly....I didn't hunt 113 this year, but where I coyote hunted last year and saw lots of deer, coyote, and elk tracks, this year after the wolves moved in, NOTHING!  All I saw was a pile of elk droppings that looked 4 months old.  A friend of mine and his daughter went a bit higher earlier to look for mushrooms, and he said behind every elk track he saw there was a wolf track.  Even on the road 5 to 6 miles in, I always saw tracks where game crossed the road.  This year, after a 3-day old snow, NADA!

Wolves = no nothing! 

[10thmountainarcher]

113 is a rather large unit.  I was up at the north end and we saw a 2x2, possibly 3x3 on Tuesday that was stinking real bad.  I haven't seen a lot of deer, but they are there.  The wolves have not wiped out the whole herd though.  I'll be back up next thurs-saturday to try again.

[boneaddict]

The unit is down a lot.  I saw way fewer whitetails.  On a good note I found a few more muleys.  I think even the moose might be taking some hits.

[CAMPMEAT]

I was up in Nordman for 4 days this year and saw nothing. We rode our ATV's all over and in Washington and didn't see anything, except 1 moose in Nordman when we were leaving to go home.

[Selkirk]

113 is a big unit. When I fail to see much sign, I will break camp and try another area.  It's a pain in the butt, but I hate wasting my time in unproductive areas.  We saw more bucks than does this year during our hunt in 113. 

[packerfan66]

Walked probably a combined 15 miles and sat for a combined 12 hours. Weren't even seeing deer in the fields.

[buckfvr]

peak rut activity here is over.......wolves = everything they cant catch, packin up and movin on...........not all dead, just no longer where they were.  Wolves will push the animals all over the place.....as the wolf moves about, so does everything else.......

[10thmountainarcher]

Packerfan, sent you a PM

[CAMPMEAT]

My friend just sent this to me. He was shot across the 113 line in Priest Lake...........

[huntnnw]

 

[mdbuck5x5]

Just talked to a buddy that is up in 113 hunting with a friend. He said yesterday he saw 2 does and no bucks and then today saw 7 does and 1 spike that he passed up on. They are hunting the timber! He told me the activity was a little slow. He did talk to another guy that said his party shot a 5x4 yesterday. I think with this cold weather front coming in things will pick up a little again!

[huntnnw]

my buddy spent considerable time in the unit chasing moose this year...nothing good to say about the unit..very few deer...moose wasnt very good

[mdbuck5x5]

my buddy spent considerable time in the unit chasing moose this year...nothing good to say about the unit..very few deer...moose wasnt very good

Not knocking your buddy at all and maybe its just me but I'm not sure he was looking in the right places for moose then. I saw more moose this year than any I can remember in recent memory.