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High Elevation Buck Hunt - Mt. Baker Question
« on: August 16, 2020, 09:00:38 PM »
Hello!

I'm planning to hit Mt. Baker next month for the early season High Elevation Buck Hunt & wanted to ensure I was in the legal boundary of Mt. Baker. The regulations just call out "Mount Baker", but it doesn't stipulate whether that is the Mt. Baker Wilderness Area or Mt. Baker National Forest.

Does anyone know which area is legal?

Thank you in advance,

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Re: High Elevation Buck Hunt - Mt. Baker Question
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2020, 09:14:41 PM »
It's the wilderness area.

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Re: High Elevation Buck Hunt - Mt. Baker Question
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2020, 01:50:45 PM »
I had that problem too but then i found this planning tool, just put the info in for the hunt you're doing(start/end date, gmu and the 3pt min) should show you a light blue outline of the area. 
 https://geodataservices.wdfw.wa.gov/huntregs/

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Re: High Elevation Buck Hunt - Mt. Baker Question
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2020, 01:57:16 PM »
Should look something like this.

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Re: High Elevation Buck Hunt - Mt. Baker Question
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2020, 02:33:10 PM »
After "Henry Jackson" it says "wilderness areas", meaning everything before and including Henry Jackson is a wilderness area and is part of the High buck hunt

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Re: High Elevation Buck Hunt - Mt. Baker Question
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2020, 07:59:21 AM »
Thanks for the help guys. Yeah I pulled up the hunt planner but it only lists general or permit deer seasons. I scouted last year (unsuccessful hunt) within the wilderness area, so I'll likely camp out in the same region.


Thank you again,

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Re: High Elevation Buck Hunt - Mt. Baker Question
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2020, 08:26:08 AM »
Hello!

I'm planning to hit Mt. Baker next month for the early season High Elevation Buck Hunt & wanted to ensure I was in the legal boundary of Mt. Baker. The regulations just call out "Mount Baker", but it doesn't stipulate whether that is the Mt. Baker Wilderness Area or Mt. Baker National Forest.

Does anyone know which area is legal?

Thank you in advance,

I've hit this area before. Get your topo map out to cross reference with where you want to go. 
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Re: High Elevation Buck Hunt - Mt. Baker Question
« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2020, 10:53:03 AM »
Hijacking this thread for a similar question. “Olympic Peninsula”. Is that unit 621 (Olympic), Olympic National Forest, or the entire Olympic Peninsula (determined by what boundary)?


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Re: High Elevation Buck Hunt - Mt. Baker Question
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2020, 11:24:47 AM »
High buck hunts are  only open in the wilderness areas

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Re: High Elevation Buck Hunt - Mt. Baker Question
« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2020, 11:51:10 AM »
So is that all wilderness areas on the Peninsula?


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Re: High Elevation Buck Hunt - Mt. Baker Question
« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2020, 12:14:42 PM »
High buck hunts are  only open in the wilderness areas
not all wilderness areas
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The further one goes into the wilderness, the greater the attraction of its lonely freedom.

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Re: High Elevation Buck Hunt - Mt. Baker Question
« Reply #12 on: September 08, 2020, 01:23:54 PM »
So is that all wilderness areas on the Peninsula?


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The first link that pops up if you google OP Wilderness: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/olympic/specialplaces/?cid=fsbdev3_049514
You can't hunt in National Parks so ignore anything in park boundaries. Those are all in the National Forest.
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Re: High Elevation Buck Hunt - Mt. Baker Question
« Reply #13 on: September 08, 2020, 07:50:06 PM »
So is that all wilderness areas on the Peninsula?


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Yes, all designated Wilderness areas on the Olympic Peninsula are open for the high buck hunt. As well as the other Wilderness areas listed in the regs.

I am pretty confident to say that all federally designated Wilderness areas in Washington State are on Forest Service Land, Typically located inside of National Forests and by definition have no roads in them.

 


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