high buck hunt olympic area

[Dbax129]

So I am having a hard time figuring out where it is legal to hi t the high buck hunt.  I am u Der the impression that any USFS land is open for that hunt? Please help me figure this out. Thanks!

[snowpack]

It has to be wildnerness in the USFS lands.  There are a few---Skokomish, Wonder Mountain, Col Bob, Brothers, Buckhorn North and Buckhorn South.

[billythekidrock]

Nope. Only Wilderness areas. Not all FS land is Wilderness.

Col Bob trail on the South Shore road will get you started.

[Dbax129]

So all wilderness areas, and these will all be on USFS land?  Where would I find maps showing these wilderness area boundaries and/or a description? I am hesitant to hunt without something in print clearly defining where I can / can't do that. Been a little tough finding that definition stating where it is open...

[billythekidrock]

Google is your friend.

http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/olympic/recreation/recarea/?recid=78488

http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/olympic/maps-pubs

[ouchfoss]

Nope. Only Wilderness areas. Not all FS land is Wilderness.

Col Bob trail on the South Shore road will get you started.

Last year someone told me that the trail is still blocked on the south shore Quinault side of the Colonel Bob trail. The blowdown of 07 has made a very large part of trail completely unwalkable and because its a "Wilderness", you cannot take chainsaws up there to clear the trail. I know the Humptulips side of the trail is walkable all the way to the mountain top though.
From what ive heard before, that is a tough hunt to say the least.

[deerhunter_98520]

There should be some big deer up there if you can find them

[Bob33]

The boundaries are not precisely defined. The maps on this site will get you close:

http://www.wilderness.net/NWPS/stateView?state=WA

There are several mapping products for GPS units that are very helpful in knowing where you are relative to boundaries.

[Bob33]

So all wilderness areas, and these will all be on USFS land?  Where would I find maps showing these wilderness area boundaries and/or a description? I am hesitant to hunt without something in print clearly defining where I can / can't do that. Been a little tough finding that definition stating where it is open...

What part of this is unclear is stating where it is open?

[pd]

DBax, I did the Crl Bob last year. Talk to me next Saturday.

[billythekidrock]

Nope. Only Wilderness areas. Not all FS land is Wilderness.

Col Bob trail on the South Shore road will get you started.

Last year someone told me that the trail is still blocked on the south shore Quinault side of the Colonel Bob trail. The blowdown of 07 has made a very large part of trail completely unwalkable and because its a "Wilderness", you cannot take chainsaws up there to clear the trail. I know the Humptulips side of the trail is walkable all the way to the mountain top though.
From what ive heard before, that is a tough hunt to say the least.

Heard that too.

Yes, even back in the 70's and 80's it was tough to find deer up that way. I remember one story my dad told of a whopper bt that acted as if he had never seen a human. Of course it was during modern elk so he couldn't shoot it.

[bowhunterty]

For Olympics custom correct maps probably one of your best map choice.

[Dbax129]

So all wilderness areas, and these will all be on USFS land?  Where would I find maps showing these wilderness area boundaries and/or a description? I am hesitant to hunt without something in print clearly defining where I can / can't do that. Been a little tough finding that definition stating where it is open...

What part of this is unclear is stating where it is open?

I guess I just didn't know that a wilderness area was a defined area by USFS.  I guess Alpine Lakes is a defined region as well. I everything else in that section is a GMU, but these areas are not a specific gmu. 
Anyways, thanks for all the help guys.  I will be looking at doing this hunt this year!  Is hunter orange still required? I would assume so, but just to be clear...

[HillSlick]

Check the regs

[bobcat]

Yes, orange is required.

I agree that the description of the areas open for the high hunt is lacking. The title for the column is "Game Management Unuts." The areas listed under that title are not all GMU's.

Alpine Lakes is GMU 249, so no issue there. Pasayten, same thing, it is GMU 203. But then they have "Mount Baker" and "Glacier Peak." Nowhere is there a description identifying the boundary of those two areas.

For the Olympic Peninsula they have "All wilderness areas on the Olympic Peninsula." And that seems fine, but still they should have a better description that says something about the official wilderness boundary as shown on a particular USFS map.


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