Hancock Kapowsin Deer?

[cowboycraig]

My Brother and dad this week got it done up there.  I've passed up a spike and have seen too many does to count. Hopefully the big deer loosen up a little more for late season.


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GRATS! So Great!

[cowboycraig]

My Brother and dad this week got it done up there.  I've passed up a spike and have seen too many does to count. Hopefully the big deer loosen up a little more for late season.


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Not exactly where of course, but what was the location? Edge of cut, 50 yards into woods? Again, big grats. Going to hit it Friday and Saturday.

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[cowboycraig]

Hunted hard today, walked/hiked 8.2 miles. Walked lots of new ground had never been on before. No luck, but felt good to get out there. Going to pass on it last day of season/Saturday. Took today off to be out of the crowed. Found some new areas to hunt and will be scouting those getting ready for late season.
Was more fun scouting before season. It is like all the deer have vanished. Was almost running over and falling over them a few weeks ago.
Lots of nice elk including bulls on my trail cams, but deer vanished start of elk archery season.
Hoping late season the deer a running around again.

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[2labs]

Halloween is the magic blacktail day and the weather is primo. GO!

[Crunchy]

I went in on Thursday from 1pm til dark.  Glassed two cuts.  One had  6 does in it.  Watched them for a couple of hours hoping a buck would show himself but didn't happen.  Was nasty out (raining sideways and fog) which prevented a lot of good glassing time.

[cowboycraig]

Halloween is the magic blacktail day and the weather is primo. GO!

Feel like a candy-ass but waiting until late season. Hit it hard Friday but didn't even bump anything walking just inside the forest next to cuts.

Where do the deer go this time of year? Not seeing on trail cams either. But do see lots of Elk.

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[Bullkllr]

Halloween is the magic blacktail day and the weather is primo. GO!

Feel like a candy-ass but waiting until late season. Hit it hard Friday but didn't even bump anything walking just inside the forest next to cuts.

Where do the deer go this time of year? Not seeing on trail cams either. But do see lots of Elk.

Into thicker cover than a human can hunt easily. They seem to move less too unless at night.

Story of my life when it comes to blacktail hunting. I bust my hump all season and draw a blank. My neighbor goes out 1 day and shoots a 3pt in a clearcut at 10:00am. The things are frustrating.

[fish vacuum]

It is like all the deer have vanished. Was almost running over and falling over them a few weeks ago.

Where do the deer go this time of year?

Welcome to blacktail hunting.

[jackmaster]

I read all the posts and replys to hunting blacktail and I just gotta say I love it... and ease don't take this wrong, but I love peoples frustration when it comes to blacktail  they done call them the grey ghosts for nothin.. ... my daughter and i seen 11 yesterday, 4 were bucks, two spikes a two point and a 2x3 , she didn't want to shoot any of the spikes and the branched bucks we seen at different times but they were walking through the timber and she just couldn't get them lined up good enough to crack one.. one huge thing about huntn blackies, is that its alot different than hunting muleys or whitetail. Keep after it fellas..good luck all..

[Old Man Yager]

We saw a bunch of deer yesterday, when the rain finally let up. My son shot at a spike, twice, and missed him. I thought it was odd, since unlike his dad, he is a pretty good shot. A little latter, he says deer, bails out of the truck, and disapears. Comes back a few min later, and is pissed cause he had a 2 point and his scope was fogged, so he didn't get a shot at him. I start cleaning his scope up for him, and notice his front mount is loose. Hmmmm, maybe that's why you missed the first deer!! So we get that fixed up, and later right before dark, we are driving out and come around a corner, and I spot a small 2 point in a Christmas tree patch. He gets out, the deer takes off, straight away, no shot. No tags filled yet, on to late buck.

[MLhunter1]

Worked hard all day yesterday.  Ended up finding a 2pt at 10yds in the reprod after the rain let up around 5pm.  Heard a lot of shots throughout the day, but took me all day to find mine.  10yds with my 300 win mag and he took off just fine and didn't bleed a drop.  Finally went back for a flashlight and found him 50 yds away.  Not one of the big boys I've had on trail cams last few months but after holding out last year for a big one and coming up short I decided I wasn't gonna pass on any branched buck.

[BigCutty3]

Early season losers lounge for me.  Missed an easy opportunity at a nice forkhorn on Wednesday.  Stuck and stayed with the does I found the first week, but it never really payed off.  The big bucks seemed to be pretty locked up still.  Onto late season, hope they are still rutting.

[Old Man Yager]

Not to worried, I've shot a few bigger deer late season that were still in rut mode!!

[cowboycraig]

Remind that Kapowsin is closed November 7-18th for Elk Season.

It does kind of suck, because that is exactly when I want to be scouting hard.

At least the trail cams can be working November 7-18th. But that does leave only the first day of late season rifle to gather that data.

Oh Well.

[jackmaster]

I am really curious, maybe I should start a poll, but I doubt to many would answer truthfully, but i am curious who here hunts just to hunt! Or who hunts for the " so called putting meat in the freezer" or who hunts to just enjoy the thrill of what might be hiding behind the next Bush or over the next bump? I see from alot of posts and responses that some , actually alot get all worked up if they don't get " THEIR" deer or "THEIR" elk. Everyone has their reasons for huntn, mine is I luckily was raised that way and its my favorite time of year and there is no better sport or quarry than a mature blacktail buck!! I really don't care if I notch a tag or not, I could have notched it a total of 6 times this season so far but didn't squeeze the trigger. My daughter gave a good go at crackn one but just couldn't get things lined up, I think it was buck fever, but she wont admit to that... I am curious as to why some people hunt though