Snake River Breaks Deer Hunting

[canyelk48]

LOL!  I lived in Tennessee for 7 years and that's all I ever heard from the "locals"!  Seriously though, my hunting partner has maps on his GPS that shows who owns the lands or if it's public, so we'll be knocking on some doors this Summer, although I'm not too optimistic about our chances for getting permission to hunt the breaks that are on private land.  Maybe our firefighter t-shirts and hats will help sway them, lol!

[TMortensen]

There is an easy solution to hunting this area. Get on the county assesors site find out who owns the land along the river. After doing this make a phone call, write a letter or go knock on some doors and let them know what you'd like to do and obtain permission to hunt some of the canyons your interested in. If you don't get permission don't hunt there. really easy to do.

You ain't from around these parts, are ya? 

Nope but I've gone on hunts with some friends that hunt that area and every year they make a phone call or go knocking on doors. They've done this for years so they probably have an in with the land owners. But my point was to go ask, it never hurts and the worst they're going to say is no! but if you don't try you'll never know!

[fly4fish]

I grew up hunting that area from the top. Usually by the mid morning we were near the river after chasing the deer down that were chased to us by the people coming in from the bottom. There are more people than what has been mentioned so far. The south side is almost completely private. There are a ton of signs that let you know where the Army Corp land ends and the private begins.  The line is not very far from the rivers. Above this line is private land. I would never encourage going wherever you want or say that the landowners don't care. Some will let people hunt, but few want people on their land without permission. 

There are good deer numbers, but the buck/doe ratio is poor. I have glassed it during the rut and don't see how the does all get bred. Seems as though the rifle hunters do a good number on the bucks before the archery season rolls around.  I am sure there are a few decent ones in there though; its great habitat           

Good luck

[denali]

 hunted the area over the years.  Please, know where you are and that you have permission to hunt the ground you are on, it is serious business in that region. 

[Firetwin3]

My family hunts the north side of the Snake on private land and every year we have problems with the land owners on top coming down off the top and shooting deer on the land we hunt  They often shoot ridges across and "illegally" kill the animal, and illegally trespass and say they shot it on their land and it ran into our land. Even last year i was about to pull the trigger on a 3x3 with eyeguards when one of the hunters took a shot from the top and put down the deer. You have to be careful when hunting to make sure you're not crossing any property boundaries, luckily our hunting party isn't looking for a fight so we just kindly remind them to get off our land and to have fun dragging the buck back up to the top.

[Chesapeake]

LOL!  I lived in Tennessee for 7 years and that's all I ever heard from the "locals"!  Seriously though, my hunting partner has maps on his GPS that shows who owns the lands or if it's public, so we'll be knocking on some doors this Summer, although I'm not too optimistic about our chances for getting permission to hunt the breaks that are on private land.  Maybe our firefighter t-shirts and hats will help sway them, lol!

Your GPS hunting Maps card likely doesn't show land ownership out there. That card only seems to have land ownership for counties that have the information free on the net. Counties that you have to send a written request in for tax lot info don't seem to have data on the card.
My card just has a very large field of white (private) for Adams, Whitman, ect.... counties. It shows the state and Fed lands though. Just doesn't list owner names.

Something to look into.

There is some decent ACOE land along the river as well as some small state parcels, ect... It hunt able, but you wont be alone. If your used to the area around Central ferry, than you know what to expect. Its very much the same further east.

[trophyelk6x6]

 

[T-Dozzer]

Always big mulies taken down there. Lots of unethical shenanigans and paying WDFW customers too. Seems like it's been a lot of huge 3x3's over the years. Needs some new gene pool contributors.
I stay away from the river breaks. It's like the Wild West down there.
Put one down out there in my younger years and it wasn't a fun hike/drag out.

[Sandberm]

Does anybody try the HMU's from Big Flat on up the river during archery season? Or is it a waste of time with dove hunters constantly walking through? I never have time to hunt in September but have often wondered whether anybody gives it a go.