Blues or Nooksack with your Quality Points?

[luvmystang67]

I'm getting to the point where I have a critical mass of quality points and actually have a chance of drawing some good hunts, but I'm really not in a hurry and am pretty indifferent to which side of the state I'm on.

So, is the Nooksack tag worth my precious years of waiting or should I be holding out for a blues tag?  Part of me thinks it is in the eye of the beholder and I do like the looks of those Nooksack bulls. 

Thoughts from the masses?

[elkinrutdrivemenuts]

If I got a tag to hunt anywhere in Washington, it would be the Blues.

[Woodchuck]

Nooksack 

[luvmystang67]

If I got a tag to hunt anywhere in Washington, it would be the Blues.

Nooksack 

These first two comments really sum up my internal dilemma.  I lean a little towards Nooksack because I'm a wet sider by birth and started hunting west side roosies in SW wa and like the dark look of the antlers.  However, I feel like there's probably better scoring opportunity in the blues.

I haven't actually looked up success rates, but I feel like they're both extremely high.

More thoughts from anyone?

[Woodchuck]

In all seriousness, if you draw Dayton, look me up. 
You won't be sorry if you have that permit in hand

[LabChamp]

Start applying for multi season and put in for both. A little late this year but always next year if you don't draw. I would go blues.

[luvmystang67]

Start applying for multi season and put in for both. A little late this year but always next year if you don't draw. I would go blues.

I've got nearly as many multiseason points as I do elk points (jk, not even close), but I've been applying since it became an option.  I've always done Nooksack or Blues depending on which side of the state I've been hunting that particular year.  Now I'm thinking about becoming a little more particular as my hope for luck is turning into an expectation within the next few years.

I'm planning to do my regular season in Idaho this year, so I don't really care about weapon type and state side, but I'm leaning towards muzzy (since I like guns and shooting through brush).  I was going to to west side this year, but I'm starting to think thats a bad idea.  If I draw Nooksack, blues is out of the question for a couple decades.

[igotbigbulls]

In all seriousness, if you draw Dayton, look me up. 
You won't be sorry if you have that permit in hand

Im in!!! 

[luvmystang67]

Lol, zero nooksack love here.  I think I get it now...

[180-GRAIN]

Probably better odds of drawing a blues tag then the nooksack with the tag numbers. I have always applied for nooksack but started applying for the blues last year. I always told myself I was going to hold out for that once in a lifetime tag, but I am getting impatient and would like to hunt a big bull in washington more then once in my lifetime so I have started applying for some what easier draws.... If there is such a thing 

[luvmystang67]

Probably better odds of drawing a blues tag then the nooksack with the tag numbers. I have always applied for nooksack but started applying for the blues last year. I always told myself I was going to hold out for that once in a lifetime tag, but I am getting impatient and would like to hunt a big bull in washington more then once in my lifetime so I have started applying for some what easier draws.... If there is such a thing 

So you'd PREFER the Nooksack tag over the Blues tag?

[xXLojackXx]

People say "the Blues" as if it's one unit. Each unit is drastically different in terms of terrain and land ownership.

I say out in for the Nook if you want a big Rosie, and a blues tag if a rocky. IF you put in for the Blues, be VERY honest with your physical ability. I'm tired of hearing people putting in for premier units and finding out that it can be like hunting the Grand Canyon, after they pull a tag. Only to result in a quality tag wasted because they can't handle the terrain.

Stang, this May or may not apply to you. Just a generalization for those permits.

This thread is my dilemma as well. Getting to the point where I have a VERY small chance at a Blues tag, or it could take another 10 years to draw. Do I hunt a "lesser" unit and kill a 300-340" bulls every 5-6 years or wait 12-18 years for a CHANCE at a 380+? Remember, a quality tag doesn't guarantee anything, let alone a monster bull. Most people with those tags end up eating them.

[luvmystang67]

People say "the Blues" as if it's one unit. Each unit is drastically different in terms of terrain and land ownership.

I say out in for the Nook if you want a big Rosie, and a blues tag if a rocky. IF you put in for the Blues, be VERY honest with your physical ability. I'm tired of hearing people putting in for premier units and finding out that it can be like hunting the Grand Canyon, after they pull a tag. Only to result in a quality tag wasted because they can't handle the terrain.

Stang, this May or may not apply to you. Just a generalization for those permits.

This thread is my dilemma as well. Getting to the point where I have a VERY small chance at a Blues tag, or it could take another 10 years to draw. Do I hunt a "lesser" unit and kill a 300-340" bulls every 5-6 years or wait 12-18 years for a CHANCE at a 380+? Remember, a quality tag doesn't guarantee anything, let alone a monster bull. Most people with those tags end up eating them.

Thats another consideration.  However, I'm 28 and in good health so I think I'm golden.  Since I might be 45+ the next time I draw I'd rather do the most physically demanding one now.

Aren't those Nooksack elk transplanted rocky's anyway, or is that just bad rumor?

[jackelope]

People say "the Blues" as if it's one unit. Each unit is drastically different in terms of terrain and land ownership.

I say out in for the Nook if you want a big Rosie, and a blues tag if a rocky. IF you put in for the Blues, be VERY honest with your physical ability. I'm tired of hearing people putting in for premier units and finding out that it can be like hunting the Grand Canyon, after they pull a tag. Only to result in a quality tag wasted because they can't handle the terrain.

Stang, this May or may not apply to you. Just a generalization for those permits.

This is a good post with several good points. What kind of hunt are you looking for? That's probably the most important question. Can you devote the time to learn new areas? It's a 5-6 hour drive to the Blues from here depending on where you want to go. Farm country? Wilderness? Really steep and nasty? Not really steep and nasty? It's more than just killing a big bull down there in the Blues. It's a lot of whether or not a guy can handle the country. There's about a thousand photos on here that willl give a guy a great idea of what they could be in for terrain wise on either hunt. Neither is easy, but they're both very different. Personally, I've got little to no interest in a Nooksack tag.

[jackelope]

How many points do you have and what weapon?