Eastern WA Raffle Deer Tag

[boneaddict]

Here is the thread that has most of the bucks I bumped into this fall.  At least those that paused for a looksie.
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,2583.0.html

[Wea300mag]

Bone, that's a nice buck but would pass on him until 3:30pm on Dec 31.

huntnphool, the hunt ended up being just one week and the results are shown here. http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,2849.0.html

[WAmuleyHunter]

please please dont wait till the last day, my heart cant take it again!!!! haha, just got dads Boone and Crooket offical letter and all that stuff in a frame, and dads mount up on the wall!! amazing sight to be seen.

[Muleyslyr]

Pics Garrett....Pics!!

[WAmuleyHunter]

i will try to take some of him on the wall alone and with our other big boys from the last couple of years.  just thinking, since 2002 between dad and i with our late tags, we have killed just under 600 inches of bone here in WA.  Then if i add on a couple of my last two general season deer, we would be close between 850 -900. not to bad in 5 years.

[Wea300mag]

That's good stuff!!! Post the pics, show us what WA has to offer.

[boneaddict]

What was your dads final score?   If you posted on here already, I'm sorry, I missed it.

[Craig]

There should be plenty of snow to push those big boys down now. Only down side is some roads into the good deer areas might be snowed out. Stay safe and find a good buck.

[Wea300mag]

I'm liking the snow. I had planned on being in the Entiat unit this weekend but the kids rearranged my schedule for me (it freed me up for the rest of the month though). With all the storms, it may have been best to wait it out this weekend anyway. My hunting partner (50CalJim) spent some time over there, he will have to chime in on what he saw. I don't think he has a camera with him though  .

I did find a pic of what I'm shooting for though, hey a man can dream can't he.

[50CalJim]

Yeah I hit the Entiat yesterday on my way home, It was pretty uneventful actually because all I saw were does & Archery guys road hunting. But before that I went up around Grouse Mtn area & there were deer running around everywhere. I saw about about 35 deer with about 8 of them being bucks nothing real big though. On the scary side of things I came damn close to losing my truck over the side of the hill.I ended up doing about a 30 pt turn on a slooped corner to save it, Not fun. You better hope your snowmobile buddy comes through for you because your Exploder ain't going to make it up the Entiat in the second half of December in my opinion.

[boneaddict]

tick tock...tick tock.....tick tock......

[wrangler]

those roads are no joke right now, thats for sure.

[Slider]

That Buck's a little weak in the back!!!....LOL

[Wea300mag]

I am all ears for an upper 180's or better buck. I'm leaving for the Entiat/Methow after work this Thurs.

To quote Idabooner "By the time you boys decide if you want him, I'll be pulling his hide off" Classic!!!

[WAmuleyHunter]

bottom of crum when i was checking on the orchard, there was still 7 or more inches of snow, and thats with it being rained on all day.  If was very slick.  Not much down low as to what your looking for.  Last year the big push of deer wasnt until the middle of December.  And even then there was only a hand ful of deer that would gross over 180, and thats a small handful.  Be careful out there, and my advice, dont wait till the last minute, if you see a 180 class buck it might be the year to shoot him instead of looking for a 190 net buck.  just my two cents from a guy that hunted up there 54 days straight, give or take a couple. 

Bone- offically he was 31 4/8 inches wide, and went 204 4/8 B&C