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High hunt
« on: March 10, 2009, 07:24:18 AM »
Got drawn for Miltie season deer  :IBCOOL: I archery hunt for deer but I've allways wanted to go on a high hunt but I have no idea were to go.I'm not asking for your honey holes just a point in the write direction would help.And maybe if you could let me no of any must haves  :dunno:I'm usually in a cozy wall tent and i will be bringing the rifle.

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Re: High hunt
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2009, 07:27:56 AM »
there are about 47 different threads on here if you want to try the search function. hopefully that doesn't come across wrong, but there is a world of info on here regarding the high hunts.
in most of the areas you can use your bow if you want...as long as you comply with the regs for the area...in other words you might have to wear orange or bow season might be open in a unit, and also there's no bow season in the pasayten.
what area of the state do you want to go? north/central/etc.
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Re: High hunt
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2009, 08:28:26 AM »
I think withthe multiseason, he sohould be able to hunt the Pasayten.  (aboutthe only thing I have to add what Jack has said)  Wall tent is fine if you have a packstring, other than that.......Need to be prepared for the worse case scenario in weather hot and cold.  It can EASILY go from 90 one day to 15 the next.

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Re: High hunt
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2009, 08:30:07 AM »
right...as long as he is modern firearm legal...like orange, etc. he can hunt with the bow.
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Re: High hunt
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2009, 09:25:54 AM »
Thanks guys IL check the other threads I'm not planing on bringing the wall tent probably going to be all by my self on this hunt just wondering what to expect when i get up there.

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Re: High hunt
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2009, 05:59:32 AM »
In a nutshell, a beautiful camping trip with the "slight chance" at a buck. 

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Re: High hunt
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2009, 08:27:04 PM »
Here is my advice,  First find the wilderness area that is open to hunt for your specific method.  Next find a trailhead with the shortest distance from trailhead to wilderness area.  A lot of areas require a 5+ mile hike into the wilderness area.  Unless you have horses or are extra ambitious these areas are out of reach.  I tried it last year and found several trails that have less then a .5 mile hike into the wilderness.

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Re: High hunt
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2009, 07:58:44 AM »
part of the draw of the high hunt should be the hiking.
i agree if you want to do some easy trips to wilderness and hunt you can, and i will, but for the true high hunt experience, you've got to lace your boots up and hit the trail with a load on your back.
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Re: High hunt
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2009, 10:54:36 AM »
part of the draw of the high hunt should be the hiking.
i agree if you want to do some easy trips to wilderness and hunt you can, and i will, but for the true high hunt experience, you've got to lace your boots up and hit the trail with a load on your back.


Very respectfully disagree, if God would have wanted us to carry backpacks he wouldn't have invented Decker Pack Saddles and Mules.   :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Re: High hunt
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2009, 02:09:35 PM »
 i got a packgoat i'll sell you SW. keep you warm at night also

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Re: High hunt
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2009, 02:27:56 PM »
Having gone 3 for 3 on early season deer hunts (none of the deer were monsters, though), I offer these observations:

If you hunt from the trail, any distance from a road-accessed trailhead, and expect to see a shooter buck, you cripple your odds of success.

If you can see your hunt area easily from a trail, you limit your odds of success.

If you have to bushwhack a bit every day to get into your hunt area, you enhance your odds of success.

If you backpack into somewhere that isn't normally accessible by a trail, and that spot happens to be good habitat, fun times await. 

These aren't hard and fast rules, but the simple fact is that you need to get off the beaten path to have a chance.  If you backpack in 5 miles from the trailhead and dayhike/hunt from there, rotsa ruck, you'll need it.  There are places in the wilderness that hold bucks year in/year out.  Go find one. 

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Re: High hunt
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2009, 02:30:21 PM »
part of the draw of the high hunt should be the hiking.
i agree if you want to do some easy trips to wilderness and hunt you can, and i will, but for the true high hunt experience, you've got to lace your boots up and hit the trail with a load on your back.


Very respectfully disagree, if God would have wanted us to carry backpacks he wouldn't have invented Decker Pack Saddles and Mules.   :chuckle: :chuckle:

i very respectfully agree....if i had a decker and a mule, i wouldn't be hemming and hawwing all the time about a new bigger better pack.
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Re: High hunt
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2009, 02:38:06 PM »
Drop camps are imho the best way to go... you save your legs for the hunting and what not... I'm still trying to figure a way to get horses in the first 7-8 miles and have someone take them out then agree to come back 5 days later... that way I only have to hike 2-3 miles once off the horses with my camp on my back... Don't have to worry about taking care of the horses, and the packout isn't nearly as bad...

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Re: High hunt
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2009, 08:07:24 PM »
Thanks guys IL check the other threads I'm not planing on bringing the wall tent probably going to be all by my self on this hunt just wondering what to expect when i get up there.

If I was you I would not go by myself.  As remote as those places are if you hurt yourself you are majorly screwed.  I would find someone to go with you.  Anyone at all. 
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Re: High hunt
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2009, 08:57:09 PM »
If you worry about getting hurt you probably will. I hunt solo and hike solo a lot and never even think about it. And don't overlook a spot just cause its close to a trail. The biggest bucks I have seen in the wilderness I glassed from a trail. Just bring good optics and have fun.

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Re: High hunt
« Reply #15 on: March 12, 2009, 09:00:51 PM »
If you are going to go solo you might invest in one of the SPOT devices. I got one for my Xmas wish list this year and will be using it.
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Re: High hunt
« Reply #16 on: March 20, 2009, 09:25:02 AM »
GOod point, i've been looking at those. YOu can signal that you're hurt, but I think they require a subscription don't they? Man i hate monthly payments.

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Re: High hunt
« Reply #17 on: March 20, 2009, 09:35:41 AM »
It's an annual fee.
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Re: High hunt
« Reply #18 on: March 22, 2009, 05:08:35 PM »
blue mountain

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Re: High hunt
« Reply #19 on: March 23, 2009, 07:08:12 PM »
I can also offer this advice...  Just because you find bucks in August, doesn't mean they're gonna be there in September...  Even if the basin you hunt is 2-4 miles from any trail and you're the only person there hunting and the bucks haven't been pushed out.... found that out the hard way this last year.  The reason the bucks weren't there is because the area dried out a LOT from the beginning of August to Middle of September.  Find an area that has water and will remain green (IE: North facing slopes/chutes/basins) through september that are remote and you should find bucks.

Looking back to last Sept's hunt I 'know' exactly where all the bucks went that I scouted in August, but it never occurred to me during the hunt that the area had dried out.  I was SURE the bucks were there when really they'd moved into a different section of the huge basin we were in.

Good luck!  I'm already scouting out new areas on maps and have spent the better part of 2 hours today researching which areas are likely possibilities...

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Re: High hunt
« Reply #20 on: April 11, 2009, 01:45:54 PM »
Done the high hunt the last two years, 5.5 miles 4500 vertical feet in. First year 24" four point, killed the knees on the way down. Second year no deer, bears everywhere, buddy killed a nice Cinnamon before we left.

 


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