swakane

[jdb]

anyone hear how the hunting was in the sawkane this late season?

[jake]

the weather was a little late in the season in my oppinion

[dbllunger]

Totally sucked and will continue to until WDFW pulls their head out.  Weather is not the major issue!

[videoman]

 >:(That is the problem with the state the bow hunters have to wait for the deer to enter their winter grounds and then you have a chance.  I think that the swakane should be a permit tag.  The bow hunter are over hunting the eastside.

[Slider]

>:(That is the problem with the state the bow hunters have to wait for the deer to enter their winter grounds and then you have a chance.  I think that the swakane should be a permit tag.  The bow hunter are over hunting the eastside.

lol

[jake]

wait, the bow hunters are over hunting the eastside? what sense does that make? as slider said LOL.

[gasman]

>:(That is the problem with the state the bow hunters have to wait for the deer to enter their winter grounds and then you have a chance.  I think that the swakane should be a permit tag.  The bow hunter are over hunting the eastside.

The Uninformed..................

[DOUBLELUNG]

Totally sucked and will continue to until WDFW pulls their head out.  Weather is not the major issue!

Since WDFW won't do that, I suggest every one stay away - it will just continue to totally suck.  Just can't recommend anyone drive more than 10 mile one-way to hunt Swakane.  

[dbllunger]

Vid...now that is some funny snit there.

[Elkstuffer]

Videoman, What do you have against bow hunters? Did someone stick a blunt in your a$$? LOL. This is the 2nd thread that you have bashed them.

[fc2038]

Videoman, What do you have against bow hunters? Did someone stick a blunt in your a$$? LOL. This is the 2nd thread that you have bashed them.

 

[WArookie]

Allow me to be the first to say that I did NOT hunt the late Swakane archery season this year.  My buddies tell me that there were more trucks rollin' around up there than in normal seasons.

Snow and sketchy roads keep out the fairweather hunters.  With the lack of snow this year, my good friend said that it seemed like everyone with a truck and a bow was rollin' around the Swakane unit.

I did not hear of any exceptional bucks from the Swakane this year.

Brett

[jrebel]

Wow!!!!   I don't post a lot but I feel I have to give my  on this topic.  Yeah, there were a lot of people on the roads this year.  Only because there was no snow.  As usual 95% of those people never leave the roads, thus never see a lot of deer let alone harvest nice bucks.  I personally thought this year was the best year in the past 3-4 years.  I counted 13 nice shootable bucks in just 4-5 days.  I also hiked my butt off as usual.  After all that I harvested a DOE on the last day.  Still a great season and lots of dear.   

And to say that the bow hunters have ruined this area is silly.  What ruined this area is the massive kill off after the fires years ago and the fact that our community keeps taking away the game's winter feeding ground.  And to say ruined is not right either.  This is still a great place to hunt and a wonderful opportunity to get a trophy.  Maybe the complainers should get out of their trucks and walk over a hill.  They may find a few deer and not see so many people.    just a thought

[Gobble Gobble]

I hunted the area for the first time this year on the last Saturday of the late season. Yeah, there was no snow until the clouds blew in later in the day and dropped a little on the highest of hill tops (we got rain). My hunting partner has hunted the area a couple times in the past and said he has never seen so many cars as we did that day. Although, it was the first time he has hunted it without snow.

As for deer we spotted 3 does on a hullside and put the stock on as we headed up the draw we spotted a little 2X2 that I latter found a shed from. Between that draw and the draw next to it we spotted 30 does and 3 bucks. We came close to several but not close enough for a shot. They were just to skiddish from season long pressure and for us lack of cover to get really close.

[Bunkster]

I trolled through the area one day,  WOW.....never seen so many hunters due to the lack of snow...  Last year was a pretty good year, though I did not connect.  I know of one nice 4x5 killed in the late season.  It was unuasually warm this year over thanksgivin for there.  This year I didn't get to walk the area I normally do, but everyone was sitting next to the road.....so they were probably still there.