Stehekin

[Night goat]

Thinking about going up to Stehekin for next years muzzleloader season...

Never been up there, might go up there in the spring and poke around and scout it out, wouldnt mind hearing skme stories about that area

[mburrows]

Steeeeeeep, rough country but beautiful.

[grade-creek-rd]

be sure to stay out of the National Park and private lands in the valley...but everywhere is is super...super steep that is!

Grade

PS. be sure to check with NPS on restrictions if you plan on using their shuttle as well as the Lady of the Lake if planning on using them to get up lake...if you're taking your own boat then be sure it can handle remote rough waters. Plan accordingly for each trip up there! Oh, and for the muzzy season, watch for rattlesnakes! But there are lots of bears to chase if you don't find a buck. 

[Night goat]

Bears and snakes....the two things i hate dealing with the most...

[boneaddict]

There are snakes there where you’d never imagine there being rattlers.  It’s crazy

[heavyhorned]

stehekin has a lot of people who frown at hunters. you will also have a lot of hikers there traveling the pct or any of the other trails there too. you can be let off along the lake at stops like moore point, prince creek and the lake shore trail.  if you have your own boat you can also stay along the lake at the designated boat and camp spots like big creek, domkey falls, and many more.

[Night goat]

stehekin has a lot of people who frown at hunters. you will also have a lot of hikers there traveling the pct or any of the other trails there too. you can be let off along the lake at stops like moore point, prince creek and the lake shore trail.  if you have your own boat you can also stay along the lake at the designated boat and camp spots like big creek, domkey falls, and many more.

I have a boat, but, I dont think my ford ranger would tow a 30 foot sailboat over north cascades or fit thru the tunnels on stevens pass 

Yeah theres a reason why I was considering making it a muzzleloader hunt, the spiteful looks tend to ease the more traditional the weapon looks... Seriously noticed even duck hunting, the looks are different with my side by side 20 gauge vs my big black benelli nova

[heavyhorned]

i have a friend who bow hunts up there every year. his family cabin has been there for 65 years. he tells me every year that at least one of the locals gives him a ear full about hunting deer in the valley. don't get me wrong though. he gets really nice bucks every year just about and hunts on public land doing so. if you go into the store i believe they still have some photos on the wall of deer and other animals they named as pets in years past. there was a doe that would walk on the deck of the resturant and look for hand outs. anyways yes you ranger might have a issue towing that big of a boat over the pass. you could come over I=90 to Blewett then up 97 to avoid tunnels. muzzy season will be hard too. its usually warm and the deer even up there either hang in yards or buckner orchard or live way up high and don't move around much. last week of sept and first week of oct temps are still mid 60's  during the day and 40's at night.i always thought boating into refrigerator harbor and hiking up would be a great hunt but that burned pretty intensely a few years back. we do still see mnt goats in that area coming down for water or going over to mineral rock. i have heard of some people even taking there boats up along the shore glassing for deer and then when spotted hiking up after them. i have seen lots of deer along the lake at all times of the year. but thats when i worked the the lady of the lake and it was more for the tourist to look at than for us dropping off hunters.

[Night goat]

Sounds challenging. Was thinking of getting up I to the high country w a muzzy but... Sounds like a workout

[Boss .300 winmag]

Here’s a good read.👍

[Night goat]

Here’s a good read.👍

Where what who?

[Boss .300 winmag]

Here’s a good read.👍

Where what who?

Sorry, thought I added the link.

https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,178074.270.html

It’s a sheep hunt but we saw deer ever day, you could squeak out a buck I bet.

[grade-creek-rd]

Loki's sheep hunt is nowhere near Stehekin (you can drive the south shore road and look at the hillside across the lake where he killed the ram)...and you think there are a few snakes in Stehekin in Sept, go where Loki's got his ram (Mitchell Creek from the lake)...you honestly can't go more than 50 yards and step on a rattlesnake in Sept. Its a south facing slope with lots of rocks.

Grade

[Night goat]

So..... As a synopsis, stehekin is hot, steep, snakey, and has bunny huggin locals with limited areas, unless you get back on the trails and is more of a hiking and tourist hole...

Spot on or?

[gasman]

Good thread, I myself have thought about hunting the Lake from a boat during MF season but wondered how crowded it would be