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I know of one nice 4x3 and a small 3 pt out of Buckley gate.. This morning I went into bridge gate. Saw 2 does, handful of elk and 1 grouse and 8 other vehicles out hunting. I can’t hike due to an accident I was in back in June at work requiring surgery on both feet so I’m hoping to catch one just off the road never less it’s nice to just get out and take my mind off of things. Good luck hunting!!
I was in the bridge gate side before first light. Got to the cut I wanted to glass and nothing for three hours. Saw a few does a couple of days ago in the same general area but that's been it for the last two trips. Didn't hear no shooting either.
Quote from: scottfrick on October 27, 2021, 09:40:47 PMI know of one nice 4x3 and a small 3 pt out of Buckley gate.. This morning I went into bridge gate. Saw 2 does, handful of elk and 1 grouse and 8 other vehicles out hunting. I can’t hike due to an accident I was in back in June at work requiring surgery on both feet so I’m hoping to catch one just off the road never less it’s nice to just get out and take my mind off of things. Good luck hunting!!There was a ton of guys coming out tonight. I wonder if I saw you this morning deep back in the bridge gate. I saw some elk spook out from beneath a truck right at first light
Quote from: Duckslayer89 on October 27, 2021, 10:09:22 PMQuote from: scottfrick on October 27, 2021, 09:40:47 PMI know of one nice 4x3 and a small 3 pt out of Buckley gate.. This morning I went into bridge gate. Saw 2 does, handful of elk and 1 grouse and 8 other vehicles out hunting. I can’t hike due to an accident I was in back in June at work requiring surgery on both feet so I’m hoping to catch one just off the road never less it’s nice to just get out and take my mind off of things. Good luck hunting!!There was a ton of guys coming out tonight. I wonder if I saw you this morning deep back in the bridge gate. I saw some elk spook out from beneath a truck right at first lightI drive a black ram 1500. Crazyelk stickers on the back window and I have volunteer fire fighter license plates! Wave me down if you ever see me. I’m more than happy to b.s for a few minutes.
I hunted the Kapowsin side this evening. Didn't see a deer and neither did the two other hunters I ran into.
Quote from: DishBogget on October 27, 2021, 04:34:22 PMWife’s deer from a couple days agoSent from my iPhone using TapatalkAwesome good job! Was he rutting at all? I’m in Kapowsin I should have specified. I’ve been putting miles in hard glassing and walking through cuts, didn’t see a deer till after dark tonight. 11.3 miles I walked and not a doe but a TON of cat sign so I told my wife I was cougar hunting today instead. Anyone else notice severe lack of deer where there typically is deer up there?
Duck slayer did I talk to you at the gate today? I was in a white Tacoma!
Seen 1 doe this morning in bridge gate. Tonight we went into Kapowsin and saw 1 doe and 1 cow elk. Still very slow in there. This weekend will probably be a pumpkin patch. Good luck to everyone going in.
JBar, That was me if you were at kapowsin gate this morning about 1030, there’s at least three of us with red Tacoma’s. It was good talking with you.It’s been a grind for me this year up there, 19 deer this week hunting every day both bridge and kapowsin, only 2 spike bucks and a glimpse of a branched buck. Most days were daylight to dark, and two days I saw zero deer. I know it’s blacktail hunting, but I’ve been going up there almost 20 years, had some good years and it just seems to go down for deer numbers every year. Thankful for the access but in my opinion the forestry practices benefit the elk and the deer suffer. The thinning also seems to have increased, very little huntable timber that you actually see deer in. Not to mention 1200 permits packs a lotta folks into an area that continues to shrink with some of the land sales and gates on roads that used to be loops. Good luck everyone this weekend, hopefully things pick up for the late hunt.
I hunted the Kapowsin side. Made my way up at first light. I didn't see a deer and left around 10. No shooting either. Deer must have started moving after I left
I did a six mile hike, enjoyed the gorgeous morning, saw 1 doe 4 elk and found a bonus elk shed. It was an eerily quiet morning for the number of guys that I know were out and about. A handful of buck rubs but overall not much deer sign.
Did anyone get out this morning
I did the big old loop tonight on the bridge gate side from 330 til last light. Traveled probably 20 miles doing the loop and never saw a deer. Plenty of elk out feeding in the last hour but didn't even road jump a deer.
First year in kapowsin/Hancock. I hunted all weekend in the kapowsin side. I heard 3 shots all weekend and didn’t see a single deer. Tons of bear sign and I saw my fair share of old bones. I think the predators are doing a number in there. Which brings me to my next point. Anyone interested in predator/bear hunting between now and late buck and then this winter? I have a nice E call and decoys but kinda lack in the experience side but YouTube helps a bit there. Also have well outfitted 4 door rubicon so when snow comes can get around fairly easily. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk