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wrangler:
i'll be goin up for the high hunt in the alpine friday night through monday and saturday sunday of the following weekend if need be. iv never hunted the high country, iv been up there a few times on overnight hiking trips in july and august, i never saw much game, other than people that i sometimes wish were open season..... anyways i have all the gear and maps and i was just lookin for some GENERAL info on the hunting the alpine lakes in sept. if i don't shoot a big buck its ok, i have a good spot for the general season just lookin' to see some deer (hopefully a bear!!!) and see the country.  i plan on hiking in from the east side of blewett pass. like is said iv never hunted this area and by doin some research and basically throwing a dart at the map this is where i ended up. im assuming the deer will be feeding in the early hours untill the sun gets up then bed down in the shade for most of the day? is there a particular slope that tends to hold more deer? i would guess there's more feed on the southern slopes? also, how far above the treeline are we talkin... are the deer usually WAY up there or just on the fringe? how about glassing, do you like to be up high and glass the medows and slide shoots or be lower and glass up on the hills? so pretty much your basic dumb newb high hunter questions..... also, if anyone has ever hiked in from the blewett area and has some direction id appreciate it! thanks guys!

Branden:
I would rather glass from above the animals but sometimes that is hard to do.
Also it seems to me that the deer are moving until around 8-9:00 in the morning before bedding down. I spot deer on all the slopes so I have not noticed a trend on which face they are usually on. I was told by a successful ALW hunter to hunt north of Cle Elum around the 7000' level.

I would try to get in a little farther then most boot hunters and a little shy of the horse hunters. Good luck and bring a camera. Branden

Bobm:
Branden is on to something there,  I've noticed  that on several occasions that
those bucks like the 7,000 ft level. 

Hope you guys don't mind if I post this pic again,  I took this one at 7,000 last September.
He was also moving at 8:00 a.m. as well.  Good observations.

Good luck all on this upcoming high buck hunt!!!  I look forward to seeing some pics.

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Ridgerunner:
Get as high as you can, is good advice. 

boneaddict:
I would love to look at pics of bucks like that all day.

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