Chewuch Quailty Buck

[First timer]

By mid-November, the bucks will be everywhere.  If you're not familiar with the area, you shouldn't have applied.  Sorry.

How do you get to know the area? Maybe by good people's help and drawing and learning the area for yourself. I'm sure no one puts in for and gets drawn in other states that they never hunted before and I'm sure if they did they'd ask for help too?

[bobcat]

No need for negative comments here. One of the purposes of the forum is so hunters can help other hunters.

If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all.

[First timer]

I don't need to beg for help at all either way I'll kill a big buck. Again not trying to make any one mad. It's crazy ones success makes another so jealous and angry. This will be my last response and I won't feed the negativity.  Good luck to all this hunting season. General and late hunters

[ghosthunter]

There is plenty of time to learn that area. Lots of folks on here who have drawn it and will never draw it again to help a little. Every  year is different.
It is a chance at a better than average buck not a sure thing.

I have 19 quality points  benn taking the point option. Plan to try drawing starting next year.

When I draw it ,I will be in my wall tent the entire hunt.

[rtspring]

First Timer,

Take the good with the bad!!!  Its a great tag, put boots on the ground and never give up!!!  Good Luck!!!  Buddy killed a stud up there last year and knew nothing about the unit!!

[tgray]

I had the tag in 2016, never even been in the unit before. Pretty easy to learn with a good map. I’m sure you will do fine. Don’t expect to see much scouting and definitely plan on hunting the last 10 days, unless there is a big freak snow storm.

[bigboy]

Boss , thanks for your opinion. That young man seems to have it figured out . After almost two decades of putting in for this unit and knowing it like the back of your hand its tough to realize I have another year to wait .

[mkcj]

We've had a place there for 51 years I drew the tag in 09, The deer you shoot in November if he's a good buck will not be shot where he lives during the summer. I go up every weekend in November just to look for rutting bucks 2 of the biggest I've ever seen one was literally within the towns city limits and the other was 3 miles out of town. Every year is different!

[mkcj]

My youngest son drew the late whitetail tag for the Chewuch this year (not a very good tag) so we'll be up there, keep in touch I'll help you guys as much as possible. The deer in my Avatar is my 09 buck

[bigmacc]

I don't need to beg for help at all either way I'll kill a big buck. Again not trying to make any one mad. It's crazy ones success makes another so jealous and angry. This will be my last response and I won't feed the negativity.  Good luck to all this hunting season. General and late hunters

I,m not mad or jealous because I don't put in for late tags in the Methow in fact I wish they would do away with them(in the Methow) but thats a whole other conversation. Be positive, be confident but don't be cocky(just some advice) this herd and these Methow units have taken a real beating over the last 10 years, fires, a bad winter here and there and exploding predator numbers(lots of cats in 218!!! and I mean lots) so big bucks or even nice bucks are not behind every tree, its not the tag it once was, it will take a lot of work, weather and some luck. The local deer population in 218 and 224 are mere shadows of what they once were and the migrating herd is less than half of what it once was. Now get out there and learn the unit, plenty of time to do some scouting, its a huge unit and like some have said deer could be anywhere in there. Hope for nasty weather the end of October to push in whats left of the migrators, you will need to hunt hard, its not the "automatic" it once was for a decent to above average buck, in fact far from it. Not trying to be negative, just being realistic since you don't know the area and have probably heard stories from past "good old days" I,m just preparing you to not go in cocky or over confident, its gonna take work and time. good luck.

[tgray]

And be able to lay off the trigger, go 3-5 days with out seeing anything great them 130-140 little 4 points start looking damn good

[Dan-o]

Good luck on your hunt.

Ignore the negative folks and be polite and you'll be amazed at how people will share.

I put in for units I've never hunted every year.   I've been lucky enough to draw several over the years and had GREAT hunts.   

If someone gets all butthurt because you drew a tag without knowing the area, that's their problem.    PLENTY of good people on the site that will help discretely.

(Bugs me every year when people think you shouldn't draw a unit you're not intimately familiar with.   It's AWESOME to go hunt new territory.)   

[grundy53]

Good luck on your hunt.

Ignore the negative folks and be polite and you'll be amazed at how people will share.

I put in for units I've never hunted every year.   I've been lucky enough to draw several over the years and had GREAT hunts.   

If someone gets all butthurt because you drew a tag without knowing the area, that's their problem.    PLENTY of good people on the site that will help discretely.

(Bugs me every year when people think you shouldn't draw a unit you're not intimately familiar with.   It's AWESOME to go hunt new territory.)   

Couldn't agree more! Congratulations

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[Tschaefer72]

Congrats on the draw. Was super surprised to see that I was able to draw this tag as well. First quality tag I have been able to draw. Super cool you get to do it with your dad. I am definitely open to having communication and helping out as much as I can as we approach the hunt and throughout the hunt. Excited to hunt mule deer in November.

[Skyvalhunter]

Going to be a tough year if the fires keep starting like this early in the year