Blue Mountain Foothills West

[Ridgerunner]

Not to mention seeing  nice bucks that are completely off limits, that's no fun either. 

[Rainier10]

This hunt worked out well for us. I’m guessing success odds aren’t that high on this hunt any most probably get discouraged with how tough this hunt can be if you don’t really do your homework. Land is constantly changes hands in these units. My number one spot was posted when I got there. Two different private land options dried up and weren’t options. Because I had multiple options it still worked out. I hope people don’t read this thread and see two of the three people on this thread have already tagged out. There are a bunch of these tags and I wonder how many actually get filled. I also wonder how many people tag out before this hunt. I know my daughter drew this one and a doe tag that was good during the general season.

Great post Rick.  People may read this and think this was a slam dunk hunt. But all three tag holders in this thread have worked their butts off on research and scouting.  I’ve sat in landowner kitchens, researched land, made multiple scouting trips, and rarely saw camp in the daylight.

I commented to FillTheFreezer the other day that I forgot how much work front country hunts can be.  My legs are just as smoked as they are from a Backcountry hunt.  It took multiple days of hard hunting.  Not to mention plan D thanks to the fog. 

They certainly didn’t have them tied up somewhere 😆


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You just made two more great points.  Weather, uhg!  Yes the fog rolling in just screws you up.  And you aren't lying about the hiking.  We hunted all day everyday, no stopping and taking a cat nap, we were on the move constantly.  We were hiking 8-10 miles a day and some of those canyons are no joke.  Heck some of the wheat fields were no joke.  My daughter and I were both amazed at some of the slopes that they drive those tractors on.

This is a great hunt and we enjoyed it to the fullest but I would not call it a slam dunk, show up and shoot a buck hunt.  There is a ton of work that goes into it before and during the hunt.  It worked out for my daughter but we were literally minutes from eating the tag and just like that on the drive out the fog cleared a little and we saw a buck in a huntable spot.  At that point she had given up and my wife had to talk her into trying one more time.  Boy am I glad we did.

[cedarriver]

Long weekend and didn't get home until late last night.  Tons to do but here is a pic.  I will start a new thread with the whole story and it's a great one when I get some more time.

Good luck to the rest of the tag holders.  It is starting to happen.  Saw three bucks cruising yesterday all day looking for does.  It should get better as the season moves on.

Don't give up.

 Great job young lady!!

[Rainier10]

Long weekend and didn't get home until late last night.  Tons to do but here is a pic.  I will start a new thread with the whole story and it's a great one when I get some more time.

Good luck to the rest of the tag holders.  It is starting to happen.  Saw three bucks cruising yesterday all day looking for does.  It should get better as the season moves on.

Don't give up.

 Great job young lady!!

Thanks Rick, I will let her know her taxidermist congratulated her.  Sorry we couldn't make it out last night to drop it off ourselves.  Busy time of year.  Hopefully we will swing by after Katelynn's muzzy hunt coming up in the blues with another buck.

[Rainier10]

One more thing I should add to this thread for anyone hunting does or second deer tag does, I saw a ton of spike bucks and they were really hard to tell the difference between them and does.  Be careful if you are doe hunting this year.

[teanawayslayer]

Long weekend and didn't get home until late last night.  Tons to do but here is a pic.  I will start a new thread with the whole story and it's a great one when I get some more time.

Good luck to the rest of the tag holders.  It is starting to happen.  Saw three bucks cruising yesterday all day looking for does.  It should get better as the season moves on.

Don't give up.

 Great job young lady!!

Thanks Rick, I will let her know her taxidermist congratulated her.  Sorry we couldn't make it out last night to drop it off ourselves.  Busy time of year.  Hopefully we will swing by after Katelynn's muzzy hunt coming up in the blues with another buck.

i see we’re getting greedy now.

[Rainier10]

Long weekend and didn't get home until late last night.  Tons to do but here is a pic.  I will start a new thread with the whole story and it's a great one when I get some more time.

Good luck to the rest of the tag holders.  It is starting to happen.  Saw three bucks cruising yesterday all day looking for does.  It should get better as the season moves on.

Don't give up.

 Great job young lady!!

Thanks Rick, I will let her know her taxidermist congratulated her.  Sorry we couldn't make it out last night to drop it off ourselves.  Busy time of year.  Hopefully we will swing by after Katelynn's muzzy hunt coming up in the blues with another buck.

i see we’re getting greedy now.

Just a little sisterly rivalry going on.