Archery or muzzleloader??

[buglebrush]

It seems the rut should be better in Muzzie season, but I have actually had better luck in archery.  More hunters crammed into the same weekend on Muzzie too.  I know there may be more archers, but it just seems the two weekends spreads them out a little better.  Never seen half as many hunters in archery.  My 

[Little Fish]

I would put in for muzzle loader. I am in complete agreement regarding timing for archery seasons. If I compare the last 2-3 years of archery with the prior 4 or 5 the number of opportunities and/or times we have heard bugling elk is something like 3 to 1. Maybe worse. Depending on where you hunt the possibility of fire closures is greater early in September as well.

[buglebuster]

The cost is the same no matter what. You always will have to pay for a "license" and then pay for the multi season tag in addition to that.


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Wrong. Myself and multiple buddies have purchased multi season deer and not the original deer tag. The 1st time the dealer called olympia to verify and we were right. You have to tell them at checkout or you will get gouged.

[buglebuster]

To answer your question, I would choose archery! Much better odds of drawing a tag and phenomenal hunting with far less pressure! My buddy and I have hunted Westside for the past 5 years except last year I bought Eastside since he drew multi. He then turned around and drew a goose prairie bull tag. We hardly saw another hunter and called in multiple bulls per day, all season long and they were on fire. This year's season is only a day difference from last year. This whole to early for rut thing really gets me, these Eastside bulls act a lot different then Westside ones!

[bobcat]

The cost is the same no matter what. You always will have to pay for a "license" and then pay for the multi season tag in addition to that.


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Wrong. Myself and multiple buddies have purchased multi season deer and not the original deer tag. The 1st time the dealer called olympia to verify and we were right. You have to tell them at checkout or you will get gouged.

That's impossible. Everyone has to buy a deer "license." The tag is free.

[buglebuster]

Well I've done it 3 times buddy explain that...

[bobcat]

Well I've done it 3 times buddy explain that...

You have done what? If you mean you have bought your deer license and not opted to take the free tag at that time, so have I. I do it that way every year.

[buglebuster]

No, I bought elk and my multiseason deer at the same time. It cost me $232, instead of paying for deer+elk+multiseason deer for $266

[bobcat]

Well if it's true that you're not having to pay for a deer license, it's a glitch in the system and the other people aren't getting "gouged," they're paying the correct amount for what they're getting.

I've never heard of this before. It seems odd that you're the only one getting away without paying for a deer license. You might be in trouble if a game warden looks closely at your hunting license and sees that you're not actually licensed to hunt deer.

[buglebuster]

It's not just me, it's a few of my buddies as well. Like I said, bimart called olympia the 1st time because they were confused. Olympia confirmed that we were correct and we didn't need to purchase deer if we were buying multiseason deer. Same went for elk last year with a different buddy when he drew multiseason.

[coachcw]

Food for thought . Once a herd bull rounds up his cows he can be pretty tough to kill . so if your looking to kill a stud you may want a crack at him early before he getting a harem . those old wise bulls will take there cows and leave in areas where they get called a bunch. once the rut kicks in satellite bulls are very easy to kill so it just depends what your looking for.

[mtman]

 I agree with coachcw. From my experience the big bulls are easyer to get close to and trick before the rut. Buy the time muzzy comes around it gets harder to get them to do what you want. I would say that the rut is closer to muzzy season though. I just think the big bulls move in with the cows closer to the rut. so its hunt the big ones early when the young ones are with the cows or vise versa.