Quality Huckleberry Buck

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

My 14 year old son drew this permit. I have friends that have property south west of chewelah, and one of my best friends lives in chatteroy, that i will be staying with.

I see that there is a regular season in the unit pretty much at the same time.

What do you think the best time to have my boy up there?

And any ideas on the best area to get my boy on a masher buck. He is really excited.

[benhuntin]

There is a huge difference in a couple of days. Thanksgiving is a shooting gallery on ruttin bucks. Knock some horns together and wait about ten minutes. Plus you will basically have the whole unit to yourself. I was raised in chewelah and now live down in elk. Pm me and I'll give you a great place to start. I think it's awesome when kids get chances at good horns.


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[Pathfinder101]

Pray for good(bad) weather.  I had the tag last year and ate it.  Moon/weather were terrible.  We hunted hard for four days and only saw a couple of small bucks.  I was hunting in the unit north of yours.  I would plan to hunt the last 4 days if I were you.  Can't be crappy 2 years in a row.   

[bobcat]

Is it the mule deer permit or the whitetail permit?

[benhuntin]

Is there a mulie tag for huckleberry?


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[Pathfinder101]

Is there a mulie tag for huckleberry?


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There is this year.  I guess I answered his question assuming that he was hunting whitetails...

[benhuntin]

Me to


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[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

Whitetail.

Looks like i wasn't paying attention to the permits. We could have just hunted this during late buck. And i used his quality points on an any buck tag.

He is excited so that is all i care about. Gotta hunt hard and find him a masher.

5 hour drives to shoot a whitetail will be an awesome time with my boy.

[benhuntin]

I live there and put mine in for the same tag. You will have fun.   


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[Pathfinder101]

No, you didn't screw up.  This hunt is all about the last 4 days (after the general late season ends).  Most years, that's when the rut gets crazy. 
When I was a kid in the 80s once the general late season dipped into the "crazy time" for the last two days (weather, moon, rut, etc..).  It was nuts.  My dad killed a 154" buck that was ramming (not rubbing or scraping, actually ramming, like a bighorn sheep) his head against a pine tree the diameter of my forearm.  I saw a buck that was so swelled up that his eyes were almost swollen shut.   

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

Looks like i am taking the last week of the season off.

[bobcat]

Looks like a nice long season. He even gets to hunt for several days between the end of the early general season and the beginning of the late general season. And best of all, he doesn't have to count points. In the general season you have to take the time to be sure a buck has 4 points on a side.

[Bango skank]

Looks like a nice long season. He even gets to hunt for several days between the end of the early general season and the beginning of the late general season. And best of all, he doesn't have to count points. In the general season you have to take the time to be sure a buck has 4 points on a side.

It is a quality tag that gives him a 45 day modern whitetail season.  Not to mention it is a 350 mile or so drive for him.  Shooting a year old buck would be a giant waste of that tag.

[Jburke]

Looks like a nice long season. He even gets to hunt for several days between the end of the early general season and the beginning of the late general season. And best of all, he doesn't have to count points. In the general season you have to take the time to be sure a buck has 4 points on a side.

It is a quality tag that gives him a 45 day modern whitetail season.  Not to mention it is a 350 mile or so drive for him.  Shooting a year old buck would be a giant waste of that tag.

I disagree that it would be a waste of a tag.  It's all a matter of perspective.  If a kid decides to shoot a young buck on a quality tag then more power to them.  Whatever keeps them coming back for more.   

[Bango skank]

Looks like a nice long season. He even gets to hunt for several days between the end of the early general season and the beginning of the late general season. And best of all, he doesn't have to count points. In the general season you have to take the time to be sure a buck has 4 points on a side.

It is a quality tag that gives him a 45 day modern whitetail season.  Not to mention it is a 350 mile or so drive for him.  Shooting a year old buck would be a giant waste of that tag.

I disagree that it would be a waste of a tag.  It's all a matter of perspective.  If a kid decides to shoot a young buck on a quality tag then more power to them.  Whatever keeps them coming back for more.   

There are plenty of youth antler less tags, etc out there.  If the kid is going 6 hours away with a quality tag in his pocket to a good unit I think holding out for a good buck will pay off.  A 3.5 year or older buck will get him more pumped than a dink he could get near home on a general tag.  I'm not just being a dick.  If the kid in question isn't having good luck his dad can message me and I would be happy to help.

[Skyvalhunter]

Atleast you should be able to show him some moose.

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

My boy has not shot a buck yet. He has an elk under his belt.  He gets to shoot what he wants.

If he shoots a fork that's his choice. I believe in educating to the point of good decision making.

He wants to shoot a big buck. So that is what we will shoot for.

[Skyvalhunter]

Good luck in your endeavour

[bobcat]

When I said it was good that the permit was for any buck because he wouldn't have to take the time to count points, I wasn't saying that he should shoot a small buck.

Often a deer is moving and you can't count points but you still know it's a big buck. But you can't shoot if you can't verify that it has 4 points on a side. Or it could be standing in the brush looking at you, and you see massive antlers but just cannot tell for sure that it has the number of points needed to make it legal.

With the any buck tag he can shoot any buck that looks good to him . That's a big advantage, especially for an inexperienced hunter. And if the buck he shoots turns out to be a 3 point, so what? Even if it's a two point, if he's happy then what does it matter?

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

Exactly Bobcat.

As long as he is happy I will be good with it

[Jburke]

Exactly Bobcat.

As long as he is happy I will be good with it

That's all that matters.   

[lewy]

Keep an eye on the weather, imo the first cold snap with snow in mid Nov. can be as important as anything. Yeah the last four days are probably best but there is some great pre-rut movement just before if the weather is right

[Old Man Yager]

Good luck to your son, whack em and stack em kid!!

[PA BEN]

If you know how to hunt, he should have no problem filling an any buck tag in 121.