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Offline croix

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Re: NE slow for us...
« Reply #30 on: November 21, 2008, 07:51:44 AM »
Got word from the guys who returned from camp yesterday. We had a total of 10 hunters in camp this year (for varying lengths of time) and we tagged one three point.

We did see 13 elk - including a nice 6x6 - 1 moose, and 1 grizzly but none of them taste very good on the hoof.

Hope next year is better.
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Re: NE slow for us...
« Reply #31 on: November 25, 2008, 02:25:48 AM »
This has been one of the worst hunting season we have had in awhile over here for whitetails, just from reading everyones posts and the people I have talked too.The late archery season started and it has by far been the worst opening 4 days I have ever had since I began bowhunting 17 yrs ago.Talked to quite a few locals in the archery store and all have had similiar complaints, just a lack of deer.Mica is much better my dad is hunting it and seeing quite a few bucks,but nothing over the 110 mark, but 1. I have seen a spike, fork horn and a handfull of does, did pass on a 130 5x5 on the first evening, might be kicking myself at the end of the year ,but oh well, cant tag a hawg by shooting a lesser deer. ;)

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Re: NE slow for us...
« Reply #32 on: November 25, 2008, 04:22:16 AM »
I have the same to report. I've hunted the same ridge on private property in the Huckleberry unit every year since 1977. This was the worst year I can ever remember.

I hunted every legal minute of four days and was at my stands each morning well before dawn. My daughter, a skilled and patient hunter hunted the same way for two days.

Between us we saw ZERO whitetails, not one. Not a flag, not a snort, not a thump-thump-thump of a spooked deer. Usually, we see multiple deer each day.

The landowner believes that coyote depredation has been a big factor in addition to the harsh winter last year.

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Re: NE slow for us...
« Reply #33 on: November 25, 2008, 06:36:10 AM »
I wouldnt blame coyotes, always coyotes around, dont have winters like that every year, well not since 1949 had we had a winter snow accumulation of that amount. I would venture to say 40%-60% of the deer were lost in most areas and some reports in extreme NE Wa and pend orielle county lost up to 80% of the deer.

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Re: NE slow for us...
« Reply #34 on: November 25, 2008, 12:59:59 PM »
Yes there is always yotes, but they mostly only have us as predators to them.  When the snow becomes deep and if it crust they become a big problem!  I have seen them run together like wolves and they become a killing machine.  You can point your finger at the bad winter but that only helps the predators, when they got allot of food they are only going to multiply, kinda a snowball affect.  So do your part get out and smoke you some yotes this year! :twocents:

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Re: NE slow for us...
« Reply #35 on: November 26, 2008, 12:41:53 AM »
I shoot them year round around the house, usually end up smoking about 10 a year

 


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