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| boneaddict:
May 1st :tup: |
| boneaddict:
I would be seriously concerned about drawing the tag in the Methow this year. I was shootin the breeze with Ridge, and my thoughts are pretty gloom about that herd this year. I have never seen the numbers so low. They also wintered really hard which might be detrimental to antler size unless its another wet year. We are also coming into the effect of the late hunt that happened year before last. Getting a big deer in the Methow is going to be a tough thing to do this year. I have max points as well, and really thinking hard on what I want to do. I always pick the Methow units first because I know it WELL. I don't know the Entiat at all, but the reports are better on its herd. |
| WDFW-SUX:
My family has a place out there and I have talked to Scott Fitkins a couple of times this year and he told me that "the big bucks never showed up this year....." I guess hunting them until the end of October was a bad thing........ :boxin: I have very little faith in whats going on up there >:( |
| kirkl:
ya its tough decisions, make a guy go crazy. Ive also heard they didnt see many big bucks in the entiat last year either so im hopin for the desert tag. Im hopin they open the gates saturday right before the turkey opener so i can get to my spot. Theyve opened them early the last two years before turkey season so im hopin they do the same this year. |
| WAmuleyHunter:
Be careful of the entiat units also, i hunted 54 days just in teh entiat unit last december and nov. and also being a local with lots of property up there where those big migrators like to come thru, there was definitly less big bucks as the years before, a toll of lots of rifle late permits, and 310 archery hunters in the entiat unit till dec. 8th has taken its toll on our big bucks. still lots of deer, and small bucks, but those big entiat bucks are a lot fewer than normal. |
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