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Anyone ever raft down the Grande Ronde for bear and dear?
« on: August 18, 2015, 12:30:23 PM »
I was talking to a guy from OR , he made a comment about " float down the Grande Ronde and you should find them". Anyone ever done that. Maybe even for Deer?

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Re: Anyone ever raft down the Grande Ronde for bear and dear?
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2015, 12:33:53 PM »
i was told this weekend its too low this year
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Re: Anyone ever raft down the Grande Ronde for bear and dear?
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2015, 12:37:22 PM »
i was told this weekend its too low this year

 :yeah: We were down that way this weekend and you might as well walk the river with how low it is.
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Re: Anyone ever raft down the Grande Ronde for bear and dear?
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2015, 04:33:59 PM »
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Re: Anyone ever raft down the Grande Ronde for bear and dear?
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2015, 04:54:17 PM »
Biggest problem is the river is the unit boundary between sled springs and wenaha.  Fall bear you'd be good to go but not spring. You could draw out one tag and your buddy the other tag.
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Re: Anyone ever raft down the Grande Ronde for bear and dear?
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2015, 05:02:45 PM »
My buddy did it. Loved it. Shot a 28" er
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Re: Anyone ever raft down the Grande Ronde for bear and dear?
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2015, 10:10:22 PM »
I was thinkn fall bear
So how's it work, just float down till you find a spot or a bear?

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Re: Anyone ever raft down the Grande Ronde for bear and dear?
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2015, 10:28:08 PM »
I was thinkn fall bear
So how's it work, just float down till you find a spot or a bear?

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Re: Anyone ever raft down the Grande Ronde for bear and dear?
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2015, 11:00:24 AM »
A float hunting trip, somewhere, for something, some day, is my bucket list

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Re: Anyone ever raft down the Grande Ronde for bear and dear?
« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2015, 08:03:42 PM »
Biggest problem is the river is the unit boundary between sled springs and wenaha.  Fall bear you'd be good to go but not spring. You could draw out one tag and your buddy the other tag.

What,  Sled springs? Brogan so to Idaho looks like couse and grande round. :dunno:
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Re: Anyone ever raft down the Grande Ronde for bear and dear?
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2015, 09:07:32 AM »
There is very little public ground that is huntable from the river. 4-0 owns quite a bit above Bogans, not to mention most everything between Bogans and Troy you could drive along the road. From Bogan's to Heller is mostly owned by one large landowner who flys around the entire piece every day in a helecopter looking for blaze orange and calling people in. It doesn't seem to stop people as I have witnessed many a drift boats pull in right next to posted signs and take shots at deer, but if he gets a hold of you I hear he will see to it you are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. It is beautiful and rugged country, and a float for steelhead and smalleys is a great time, but I wouldn't recommend a hunting float trip unless you know the exact pieces you can legally hunt.

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Re: Anyone ever raft down the Grande Ronde for bear and dear?
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2015, 11:32:23 AM »
I have spent a tremendous amount of time on the Ronde, absolutely love that river.  However once you hit the land around it chances are you would be trespassing.  Take a gps with the landowner chip and you will see what I am talking about. 
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Re: Anyone ever raft down the Grande Ronde for bear and dear?
« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2015, 12:53:37 PM »
Idk what these guys are talking about. There's more army corp ground and blm than 4-0 cld shake a stick at. They have sold most of there ground.

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Re: Anyone ever raft down the Grande Ronde for bear and dear?
« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2015, 11:15:52 PM »
Not between OR line and Bogans...Bogans to the mouth has some public huntable land. We saw quite a few bucks when i hunted that once and no hunters if you hike to the top.

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Re: Anyone ever raft down the Grande Ronde for bear and dear?
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2015, 07:45:24 AM »
Some of the fish and game is still draw tag.

 


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