Nooksak Unit ?

[Webfoot]

Thanks everyone for the replies.
Jake there are two tags you can have one. lol.
I take it the unit must have been closed for sometime and then opened for permit.
When did this happen?

John

[jackelope]

The secret of the Nooksack herd has been out since last year.

the secrets of the nooksack herd were out before last year.

Also, some research from the hunters who had the tag last year will reveal pictures with proof that the Nooksack is an awesome unit (arguably the best in the state).

i don't think it's anywhere near the best unit in the state...thats my opinion i guess, take it for what it's worth.

[jackelope]

the first year it reopened to hunting was '07.

[WDFW-SUX]

I hear there are a ton of 400" bulls up there.....I know I'd apply 



 

[jackelope]

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,1577.0.html

[WDFW-SUX]

I guess the real question is how many of the really big ones are dead...I know the Indians have gotten a few and almost every tag holder has gotten one thats 300"+.....So what's left

[jackelope]

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,15337.0.html

[jackelope]

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,2283.0.html

[jackelope]

we could keep this up all night.

[WASHBCBOOK]

what coveted tag for western wa the margaret dont think sooo

[Buckrub]

NWWABOWHUNTER brings up a concern here on these type of posts. I've noticed that when someone asks questions about a hunting unit 99.9 % of the time guys try and help. But there almost always is someone who seemingly tries to steer them away from said unit. Why ? We're all in this together. Anyway, I hope that this isn't the case. I haven't been a member for very long and I can't tell you how much I enjoy this site and how much I've learned about other parts of our state. Keep it coming all.

I used to have a fairly good deer area...used too being the key word. Someone posted it on a website such as this and the next year there were forty new hunters in a 100 acre area. Nine small bucks were killed on opening day and the pressure has increased since then. I had hunted this area for 10 years and harvested 5 good buck, some years passing up twenty+ smaller bucks per year.

Any hunter can get as much information needed from the web without asking hunters to share hunting areas publically. Notellum creek should be the standard answer on a public forum, the fishing and hunting news does a good enough job destroying hunts as it is.

The chase is the hunt and the chase lasts all year, I spend mega hours researching hunting grounds and will not post in public the fruit of my labor...sorry.

Guess I would be the .01%

No ill will intended just my 

[rackattack]

I spend mega hours researching hunting grounds and will not post in public the fruit of my labor...sorry.

While I respect your opinion and will agree with public hunting grounds, I feel differently about special permit units like the Nooksack.  If someone is lucky enough to get drawn in a special unit, I would wish them the best and offer any advice that I could.  These are units that a lot of people (most of us) would love to hunt, but will never be lucky enough to draw, so it really is not inviting others into your private year-in-year-out hunting grounds.  I would feel proud and honored to help someone tag out in an area I have extra knowledge of. 

[Buckrub]

I spend mega hours researching hunting grounds and will not post in public the fruit of my labor...sorry.

While I respect your opinion and will agree with public hunting grounds, I feel differently about special permit units like the Nooksack.  If someone is lucky enough to get drawn in a special unit, I would wish them the best and offer any advice that I could.  These are units that a lot of people (most of us) would love to hunt, but will never be lucky enough to draw, so it really is not inviting others into your private year-in-year-out hunting grounds.  I would feel proud and honored to help someone tag out in an area I have extra knowledge of. 

I have a bad habit of thread jacking....I would help with a draw unit as well.....If I could ever draw a good tag maybe I would know some details.
I have seen many public area requests on the forum and his post was generalized.

[furbearer365]

What is so wrong with steering someone away from putting in for a certain tag.  I think that putting in for a tag has a slight form of competition to it and personally i want the best chances i can get to get one.  I have now put in for elk for 10 years of my life and waited patiently, why the hell would i post something on how awesome the units i put for are and possible turn more people on to them.  But i think that after the draw is done and someone draws a tag then by all means help the guy (or gal) out.  I personally would help anyone out AFTER they have drawn a tag but why on earth would anyone tell and brag about which tags are the best to put in for.

[RC3]

Heck man there isn't a lot of secrets out there, this isn't 1965.  Sure some are better than others (limited tags,etc...) it could all be good if you just do some of your own research (besides just posting....where are the elk in ???Unit???) and get off away from the road.


Just my opinion.