This is a last minute change of plans for us and our deer hunting plans. Looking for some intel to help guide us to a new location. It will be my 2 brothers, My dad and my uncle flying out from new hampshire
Our original plan was to hike in about 7-10 miles and spike camp in unit 17. after deer hunting in washington my brothers and i decided our dad is not in good enough shape to do our original hunt and for it still to be fun. So thats where we are right now. We leave next weekend for about a week of hunting.
Ideally we would like to hunt mule deer but are 100% good with a full on whitetail hunt. The options we see now are;
Unit 19/20
Come in from dixie and camp somewhere in the unit and hunt the tops for whitetail and mule deer and skirt the edges of the drop offs down to the salmon river for mule deer. my question here is snow and accessibility. looks like the roads up top are 5000' to 6500'. i know there was a big snow last week so is there even a viable option? plus it looks like another cold snap next weekend, would a big snow make this unhuntable? are the animals even on top at that elevation with snow? how much deer are there?
Panhandle units for whitetail;
Units 1 or unit 6 kinda look good to us. but we are open to anything. we feel more confident in finding an area up here and getting on deer but we still have not done it before so would be open to any general pointers. We like to hike and get in behind gates but still would like some areas for some easier hunts.
I would gladly trade a puget sound salmon fishing trip for any info helping us get dialed! Thank you guys!
Kyle
