Alta Mule Deer, drawn with 20 points

[Griz231]

Wow.
Did you or your Dad post that buck on here when he got him ? Looks familiar.
Absolutelyawesome buck

Yeah I did. Posted him as the Methow Beast.

[blindluck]

I remember this buck, 2015 was the year of big bucks and taxidermists being overloaded, that was the year for sure.

[trophyhunt]

Congrats to your dad Dave, I didn’t realize Alta was such a good draw!  I don’t know the unit at all, but if I have time and you guys need help packing, I’m in!

Thanks man, but I think this will be shortest pack I've done in years so we should be okay.
Also, just in case it wasn't clear, we both drew the tag.

Dang, I missed that part, congrats!!!  Looking forward to your hunts!

[bigmacc]

I remember this buck, 2015 was the year of big bucks and taxidermists being overloaded, that was the year for sure.

2015 was one of those years we will probably never see again in the Methow, last time I seen anything close was 1971. 2015 was a combination of a few things with the biggest being the food/water situation on the summer range, especially water, a lot of water sources had all but dried up. 1971 was a series of early storms and also a feed/water issue up high. We had killed 9 bucks by noon the 2nd weekend of the season a few days after the storms hit, deer were pouring in to the point where my dad said he had never seen anything like it and up until his death a few years ago never did since, we seen waves of deer in herds numbering in the hundreds coming down a few select routes that went on for days and days. We had old 8mm film of one migration coming through a route in unit 218 that numbered over 800 head in one herd. I personally seen over 3000 deer in 8 days during that 1971 season.

[chukar hunter]

Wow.
Did you or your Dad post that buck on here when he got him ? Looks familiar.
Absolutelyawesome buck

  https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,184591.0.html

in my top 20 most favorite bucks!

I'd like to see the rest of your top 20 bucks!

[jeffitz]

Any shots fired yet Alta guys ? We are headed up there tmrw morning for a week or 2

[Alchase]

Wow.
Did you or your Dad post that buck on here when he got him ? Looks familiar.
Absolutelyawesome buck

  https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,184591.0.html

in my top 20 most favorite bucks!

I'd like to see the rest of your top 20 bucks!

Yes sir, that is definitely a stud of a buck!

[antlerman]

I'll be there today with the same tag. I was hunting Sunday & Monday. Did alot of glassing. Temperatures were warm & seen a fairly decent amount of deer in morning.  50-60 1st day & about 30 the next day but I was in just one area that day & hiked out a ridge. Only a Deer were heading to shaded north slopes to bed. Maybe 10 confirmed bucks spotted due to distance & no big bucks. Bucks were not pestering does much those days. Sounds like activity may be picking up & bucks are moving from what I've heard on the Entiat from a friend.  It's been a fun hunt so far. If you get up in elevation on shaded roads there is compact snow/ice. Bring chains if you are planning to go up in elevation. Goodluck & maybe I'll bump into you. 

[jstone]

Good luck

[Gentrys]

My daughter and I drew the any whitetail tags for Alta Nov 1-20 and are heading over this coming weekend.  Any whitetail buck sightings worth mentioning in Alta?

[Gonehuntin01]

Good luck guys.  Can't wait to see your results.  Great pics of some of the bucks that have came out of here.

[huntnnw]

My daughter and I drew the any whitetail tags for Alta Nov 1-20 and are heading over this coming weekend.  Any whitetail buck sightings worth mentioning in Alta?

heard from several people last year about whitetails in this unit during my mule deer tag and never laid eyes on a single one. I saw tons of muleys in fields and no whitetails

[Skyvalhunter]

Lots of white tail in the valley off the rivers i.e. old Carlton /Twisp rd. But then there are a lot of mule deer does there too fed by the locals in their yards

[antlerman]

Still the same as I mentioned earlier. Seeing many bucks bit nothing very big. Seeing a number of bucks 18 to 22 inches moving across hillsides, checking small groups of does, & some  casing or staying with the does.  Had one 3x4 walk in front of my truck & couldn't care that I was even there. Hiked into a few secluded basins with only a few deer. Located a few deer up high along gmu boundary mainly in the timber. Warm days deer not out in open very much except morning & end of day. Hoping mountain snow that is coming in brings a few more out.

[7mmfan]

Keep at it. The weather is coming, the deer will move.