Bowhunting success percentages.

[Dmanmastertracker]

Those units dont hold that many deer and are getting pounded by late elk hunters

Have you ever been to Marengo or Mayview?  I don't archery hunt but these 2 units would be a great chance at a late season mule deer and they do hold a lot of deer.  Some of the biggest mule deer I have ever seen were in Marengo.

 Are they not also mostly private land?

[Red Dawg]

you have to know them well. But in the late season they funnel down like crazy. I did a hike in one of these units the day after thankgiving and saw about 6 bucks and 20 does and saw three different bow hunters that hadn't seen a deer in days. I dont know but I could have killed several of them that day without a problem. If I didn't love my guns so much I would trade in a heartbeat. Even with the proposed changes. And one of them gave me a ton of *censored* for being in there with a rifle. He really pissed me off.

[bobcat]

Where the hell is marengo?

North and East of Dayton.

[rougheye]

I guess i will have to look into those areas . Thanks for the heads up , I imagine those will be gone before to long too . 

[Dmanmastertracker]

 That was a serious question, I don't know anything about Marengo and Mayview, but I can't recall any Public lands in that general area, except perhaps a wildlife area.

[bobcat]

Yes, you're right, they are mostly all private land, but there are some private lands open to hunting and posted as such.

[dbllunger]

I will have to look that up, but hunted birds down around Dayton and Walla Walla back in the 80's.  A huge amount of private land compared to public in the mid to lower elevations around Dayton.

[HardCorpsHuntr]

Where the hell is marengo?

North and East of Dayton.

Come on!  Haven't you hear of the Big Muley Migration to Marengo?  We call it BMMM.  They come out of the Blues, the Selkirks, and the Cascades and they're thick as fleas!

[dbllunger]

Sorry bobcat...but 90% private (some sarcasm some truth) compared to 90% public is not even close to the same.  Just emphasizes the point that what they are proposing is really biased against bow hunters.

[Dmanmastertracker]

Yes, you're right, they are mostly all private land, but there are some private lands open to hunting and posted as such.

 Thanks.

[ThePascoKid]

I wasn't suggesting that they were as good as the gmu's the bowhunters lost, only that they weren't as bad as some people were making them out to be.  Most of the acces isn't public it is FFTH.  I don't know why I'm trying to convince you all that they are great gmu's I hunt Mayview for ML I should probably keep my mouth shut.

[Elkstuffer]

Come on!  Haven't you hear of the Big Muley Migration to Marengo?  We call it BMMM.  They come out of the Blues, the Selkirks, and the Cascades and they're thick as fleas!

That's funny *censored*!!!

[bowhuntin]

Can somebody please explain to me why all the comments suggesting that there will no longer be any late mule deer opportunity?  I looked at the proposed seasons for late archery mule deer, and there appear to be several GMU's open, including Little Naches, Cowiche, Nile, Rimrock, Mayview, Marengo, and Grayback. There are a couple others that I can't remember off the top of my head, but it sure seems that there are some good mule deer hunts for those willing to try new areas.

I don't think you can call any of the yakima units that you listed as good mule deer hunting at the moment. They are still rebounding from the louse infestation to the deer herd and IMO aren't even worth hunting for deer right now. Maybe in another five plus years. I just can't see comparing those units to deer hunting in the okanogan or chelan areas. Plus these areas are already hammered because they are open for elk concurrently with deer.

[MIKEXRAY]

Most of you guys missed the main point of the topic. I did not want to start arguing about the new regulations, I simply wanted to point out that the archers success rates are not solely because of the areas hunted & timing of hunts. I wanted to recognize your hard work & dedication to our chosen sport, arguing about our loses is on multiple different threads. I think our successes & percents over the next three years will be close to the last years no matter what areas hunted. Good luck this year & if you have to learn a new area try and have fun doing it.  Mike.

[spin05]

I have hunted Mayview and Grayback.Good luck in Mayview.We could not find anything but privite ground.Saw some deer did find one feel free to hunt but it was wide open no trees.As far as Grayback it is very weather dependent.You need snow.....Lots of deer,not many bucks.And of course the wdfw has taken away the doe's for that unit now.So it went from 2point or better 2 years ago.To 3point or better last year.To now 3pt only. Maybe they should worry more about hacking there overhead then hacking our seasons......