GMU 239/224/231 - Methow/Twisp

[Griz231]

Compared to 2015.

Deer Special Permits
Antlerless 365

Deer General
Anterless 273

Total of 638


So the question is did the 2014 numbers for special permits include the extra doe tags

[Griz231]

Also for Antlered in 2014 - 2553 and 2015- 3452 total
General and Permit combined so dang near a 1000 more antlered killed last year.

2013 was 1941 total antlered killed.

[Sakko300wsm]

Probably most likely gonna be a tough season! But I'm gonna hunt hard the whole 11 days as I have it all off! Maybe it'll just be 5-10 miles of hiking everyday without seeing much, but I'll be in beautiful country and not at work!

[Griz231]

Probably most likely gonna be a tough season! But I'm gonna hunt hard the whole 11 days as I have it all off! Maybe it'll just be 5-10 miles of hiking everyday without seeing much, but I'll be in beautiful country and not at work!

You got the right attitude. Hit multiple elevations till you find them. Looks like the extended forecast will help us out with some cold and snow. I'm headed up on Thursday to scope it out more.

[Sakko300wsm]

Yep that's the plan! Hopefully the weather does pull thru?
I hunt in the 5500'-7500' area most - last yr about wore out a pair of boots while the boys were stackin em up down low - then towards the end it lit up

[WAnoob]

Yep that's the plan! Hopefully the weather does pull thru?
I hunt in the 5500'-7500' area most - last yr about wore out a pair of boots while the boys were stackin em up down low - then towards the end it lit up

Might see you out there, I'm headed out with a new partner. The whole area is a first for me and I'm gonna be persistent for the 5 days I have.

[note2self]

This thread is disappointing to me. This is my first year hunting and I was really hoping to get into some animals in these areas. Looks like it will be a bit of a challenge.


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[Sakko300wsm]

Don't let it get you too down - use it as a tool and it will make you a better hunter in the future! In a way - it's better than just walking out and shooting one , that way you don't learn anything about the animal you're after.
Good luck

[note2self]

Good point!  I'm looking forward to the whole thing regardless. Lots to learn
 


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[Skyvalhunter]

Well it's certainly a good thing WDFW issued 1000 additional doe tags as well as increased rut tags in 2014 or else the ENTIRE herd would be gone do to bad weather and starvation, rather than just most of the herd!

 We dodged a bullet there!

Sarcasm will get you no where. It's pathetic what they have done to this herd.

[huntnphool]

Well it's certainly a good thing WDFW issued 1000 additional doe tags as well as increased rut tags in 2014 or else the ENTIRE herd would be gone do to bad weather and starvation, rather than just most of the herd!

 We dodged a bullet there!

Sarcasm will get you no where. It's pathetic what they have done to this herd.

 

[NOCK NOCK]

Welcome back! 

Some attitudes have changed since 2016.

[wilywin]

This thread is disappointing to me. This is my first year hunting and I was really hoping to get into some animals in these areas. Looks like it will be a bit of a challenge.


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Dont listen to it.  i have been hunting there for over 30 years and saw more deer this year then i ever have!  The trick is you have to get out of your truck!  most of the hunters in these areas just like to drive around in there fancy trucks with the heater on and then complain there are no deer as they drive back down to there 40foot RV and watch a movie!   lol.   plenty of deer!  you just have to know where they are and go after them!  or just cross your fingers and hope you get lucky like most do! 

[ghosthunter]

This thread is disappointing to me. This is my first year hunting and I was really hoping to get into some animals in these areas. Looks like it will be a bit of a challenge.


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Dont listen to it.  i have been hunting there for over 30 years and saw more deer this year then i ever have!  The trick is you have to get out of your truck!  most of the hunters in these areas just like to drive around in there fancy trucks with the heater on and then complain there are no deer as they drive back down to there 40foot RV and watch a movie!   lol.   plenty of deer!  you just have to know where they are and go after them!  or just cross your fingers and hope you get lucky like most do!

Sorry, but it’s not that easy.

I have been hunting one of those units over 35 years. And this year was dismal 7-10 hunters in my camp out everyday on the ridges and not one legal Buck was seen. Few doe, couple small bucks.
When the deer numbers were up you couldn’t drive that unit without seeing doe. Now you are lucky to see one in the woods.

I did not talk to one person who saw a shooter and one person who heard someone shot one. I lived in that unit in a tent the entire season.

So if you are getting it done  good for you. But the numbers are the lowest in years.

You use to drive over aroundTwin Lakes and see hundreds of deer feeding. Not one when I drove there in end of September.

My group don’t hunt private or close to border with private all NF.

While grouse hunting in years past I would see deer. Not this year not one on public lands.
September thru October in areas from Cub Creek to Carlton and few deer.

So a new guy to those areas has a lot to think about.

[bankwalker]

I spent a couple days in methow for earlier archery this year. Stayed between a couple canyons that we seem over 200 deer a couple seasons ago. This year we seen 1 deer.
I was shocked. I've never been in methow valley and not seen at least a couple dozen different groups of does/fawns