Boulder Creek Rd. Deer hunting

[NavyChief08]

Has anyone hear if the road on the north or south side of Boulder/Deer Creek will be open and how bad is the area burned. Then will have to go west of Curlew.

[TeacherMan]

Burned all the way over, both south almost parallel with Malo and north to Canada of the highway. Still looks like a nuke zone.

[NavyChief08]

Well that sucks. I was hoping to hunt that area before going back to Afghanistan. Looks like I will be hunting west of Curlew then with the 50 million other hunters.

[Gary2013]

I hunted out of the Deer Creek Summit FS camp at the summit for a couple of years. There was a navy chief hunting there too. Was that you Navy Chief08? If so, my partner was through there a week ago. The picnic tables have about an inch of "char" on them, all the roads east of hiway 21 and north of Sherman pass are going to closed the rest of the year and the area South of the hiway (Long Alec} to Malo is Burnt! I was thinking of hunting the area around Sullivan Lake (Ione, Metalline Falls), but I'm reading it's pretty rugged. Maybe west and south of Curlew isn't too bad of an idea, lots of country between Curlew and Republic!

[boneaddict]

A bunch of the area is closed....the roads in the area are, not the area itself.  Even the tribe is blocked out.   

[NavyChief08]

Gary how's it going. Yepp it's me. How did your mount turn out. Man that was a big deer last year. Yeah looking at a few areas to camp west of Curlew.no camp grounds so going to find an opening off a dirt road. That sucks that the summit is closed and that it burned so bad. I can't remember your partners name and his wife. They going to be up that way again this year? Well hope to run into you out in the woods. Good luck and hope you nail another huge buck this year.

[Ridgeratt]

Here's from 2 weeks ago. All the side roads have signage stating the area is Closed.

[NavyChief08]

Holy crap!! It will take a few years for it to get back to normal.

[Gary2013]

That's depressing as hell! I was so looking forward to hunting the area this year. Maybe I'll go back west of Curlew. I was thinking of the Sullivan Lake area but most of the posts I've read here say that it's pretty rugged and not anymore deer there than other areas. Comments, ideas?

[TeacherMan]

Head toward Bonaparte, find an open area and just sit. Half the state will be there this year pushing the deer all over the place lol...

[Gary2013]

Head toward Bonaparte, find an open area and just sit. Half the state will be there this year pushing the deer all over the place lol...

Ain't that the truth! The very reason I go so far east. Still, a guy's gotta hunt! I'm familiar with the Curlew area, both east and west of hiway 21 so maybe I'll just poke around there. I'm retired and I can go early, look around and if I don't like what I see, I'll move!

[NavyChief08]

This year in the woods is going to be interesting. Once you get a mile or two from the roads the deer population should increase due to the burns. Find vegetation and a water source and they shouldn't be far.

[Ridgeratt]

This year in the woods is going to be interesting. Once you get a mile or two from the roads the deer population should increase due to the burns. Find vegetation and a water source and they shouldn't be far.

You also have to take into consideration that the fire doubled in size sometimes over night. So when it crowned and jumped any of the animals that were ahead of it are then trapped and the fire back burned to them and they perished in the fire. 

[Ridgeratt]

Fire fighter's

[jnevs23]

Any pics of last years deer Gary?

[CAMPMEAT]

couple more.....

[TeacherMan]

Just found this map that was updated 9/24. File attached below:

[TeacherMan]

Looking at this map and reading the closure description online I cant figure out if South Fork of Sherman Creek is open? Anyone in the general area know?

thanks

What I found online:

To go into or be upon any area which is closed for the protection of public health or safety. For the purpose of this order, it is prohibited to occupy or be upon National Forest System lands north of 6110000-2030000 South Fork of Boulder Creek roads to the Canadian border, west of highway 395 and East of State Route 2l(Curlew Highway) and the Southern section North of State Route 20 (Sherman Pass Highway, west of 2000220 (Lane Creek road) east of the 2000450 (Graves Mountain Road and South of the 9565000 (Deadman Creek Road) except in the area between Bailey Creek and High Bridge Road [36 CFR 261.53(e)].

 



     


 
       
 

2. Being on the road. For the purpose of this order, all methods of travel and use are prohibited on National Forest System Roads 6110000-2030000 South Fork of Boulder Creek road and allroads north to the Canadian border, west of highway 395 and East of State Route 21(Curlew Highway) and the Southern section North of State Route 20 (Sherman Pass Highway, west of 2000220 (Lane Creek road) east of

the 2000450 (Graves Mountain Road and South of the 9565000 (Deadman Creek

Road) except in the area between Bailey Creek and High Bridge Road [36 CFR

261.54(e)]. The 9565000 Deadman road and the C602 Boulder Highway are open even though they pass through the closed areas.



3. Being on the trail. For the purpose of this order, all methods of travel and use are prohibited on all trails north of 6110000-2030000 South Fork of Boulder Creek roads west to the Canadian border, west of highway 395 and East of State Route 21(Curlew Highway) and the Southern section North of State Route 20 (Sherman Pass Highway, west of 2000220 (Lane Creek road) east of the 2000450 (Graves Mountain Road and South of the 9565000 (Deadman Creek Road) except in the area between Bailey Creek and High Bridge Road [36 CFR 261.55(a)].

 

This closure is effective beginning September 24th, 2015, and will remain in effect until terminated.

 

 

 

 


 
 
Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50(e), the following persons are exempt from this order:

 

1. Persons with a permit specifically authorizing the otherwise prohibited act or omission.

 

2. Any Federal, State or local officer, or member of any organized rescue or firefighting force in the performance of an official duty.

 

3. Contractors, their agents and employees when in performance of official business are exempt from this prohibition.

 

This prohibition is in addition to the general prohibitions in 36 CFR Part 261, Subpart A.

Done at Colville, Washington this 24th day of September, 2015.

 

 

Rodney Smoldon

Forest Supervisor

Colville National Forest

 

 

 

Violation of these prohibitions is punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 for an individual or $10,000 for an organization, imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both. (16 U.S.C.

551 and 18 U.S.C. 3559 and 3571).

[Buckmark]

Head toward Bonaparte, find an open area and just sit. Half the state will be there this year pushing the deer all over the place lol...

No deer around Bonaparte but yes it will be a zoo, go further east, colville is a nice area.....

[CAMPMEAT]

When I went over Sherman during the fire, the entire south side of highway 20 from the top of Sherman east bound was open.

[dscubame]

Holy crap!! It will take a few years for it to get back to normal.

Fires are normal, nature's cleanser.  What is not normal is putting them out and having forestry management practices that allow such huge fire load build up.

[Gary2013]

Any pics of last years deer Gary?
Yes, but for some#$#%% reason I can't get it in reply. I did post a pic in pm to NavyCheif08 the other day and it worked! Blasted computers! Look in 2014 bucks I had pics in there. I'll try and figure out what's going later. I'm off to the range to check zero. Getting antsy!!