2025 Quality Chewuch Tag

[Schmalzfam]

This should be a great hunt. Reading threads, maybe not as good as it used to be. I'm excited though. We know the area pretty well and plan on putting in the work.
Anybody else draw this tag?
It's helpful to have others to reach out to in case anyone gets in a bind.

[Wingin it]

The deer numbers certainly are not what they used to be and nobody can argue that. However, there are still some stud bucks in the unit. Dedicate as much time as you can to the hunt and be patient. Hope for weather too. If you do get some weather and grind at it you should be able to turn up something good. I’m envious, I’ve spent many years hunting that area and hope to have that tag again before I’m done. Good luck!

[Schmalzfam]

The deer numbers certainly are not what they used to be and nobody can argue that. However, there are still some stud bucks in the unit. Dedicate as much time as you can to the hunt and be patient. Hope for weather too. If you do get some weather and grind at it you should be able to turn up something good. I’m envious, I’ve spent many years hunting that area and hope to have that tag again before I’m done. Good luck!

Thank you!
You'll get the tag. Best wishes, that you get drawn next year. 

[MADMAX]

Great fun tag
Good luck
Kill a toad 👍

[Schmalzfam]

Great fun tag
Good luck
Kill a toad 👍

Thank you!! I hope to get a toad, something with character.

[Tschaefer72]

Congrats on the tag. Stunning beautiful country. I had the tag a few years ago. It was blue skies and sunshine the whole season. Still a ton of fun and one of my favorite hunts.

Give it your best and enjoy it!

[Schmalzfam]

Congrats on the tag. Stunning beautiful country. I had the tag a few years ago. It was blue skies and sunshine the whole season. Still a ton of fun and one of my favorite hunts.

Give it your best and enjoy it!

Thank you! So much country to cover there. Hunting during the late season is fun. I'm excited.

[huntnphool]

 Congrats on the tag, the unit is still a top prospect for a quality buck!

[Schmalzfam]

Congrats on the tag, the unit is still a top prospect for a quality buck!

Thank you☺️

[blindluck]

Congrats, there are some real hammers there, good luck

[Schmalzfam]

Congrats, there are some real hammers there, good luck

I hope to find one! Thank you 😊

[Kingofthemountain83]

Good tag!!! Congrats!!!

[MADMAX]

This one was the biggest we saw when my buddy had it
He hunted hard and passed plenty of good bucks trying to find him again on public land

[teanawayslayer]

Congrats on the tag, the unit is still a top prospect for a quality buck!

didnt someone shoot a 200+ buck in there a couple years back?

[Schmalzfam]

This one was the biggest we saw when my buddy had it
He hunted hard and passed plenty of good bucks trying to find him again on public land

Thanks for sharing the picture.What year was it? What area did you guys stick to?
It will be a fun hunt!

[Schmalzfam]

Congrats on the tag, the unit is still a top prospect for a quality buck!

didnt someone shoot a 200+ buck in there a couple years back?

Thank you!! I am super excited. I love being in the woods during the late season.
I believe a guy got a big one, during the regular season a couple years back. The one that was pictured on a jeep?

[teanawayslayer]

Congrats on the tag, the unit is still a top prospect for a quality buck!

didnt someone shoot a 200+ buck in there a couple years back?

Thank you!! I am super excited. I love being in the woods during the late season.
I believe a guy got a big one, during the regular season a couple years back. The one that was pictured on a jeep?

I think that buck came out of the general area but not Chewuch

[elkaholic123]

Congrats on the tag, the unit is still a top prospect for a quality buck!

didnt someone shoot a 200+ buck in there a couple years back?

Thank you!! I am super excited. I love being in the woods during the late season.
I believe a guy got a big one, during the regular season a couple years back. The one that was pictured on a jeep?

I think that buck came out of the general area but not Chewuch

Pearrygin I believe!

[Schmalzfam]

Congrats on the tag, the unit is still a top prospect for a quality buck!

didnt someone shoot a 200+ buck in there a couple years back?

Thank you!! I am super excited. I love being in the woods during the late season.
I believe a guy got a big one, during the regular season a couple years back. The one that was pictured on a jeep?

I think that buck came out of the general area but not Chewuch

Pearrygin I believe!

So not the big buck you were speaking of. Yes, you're right. This one was on the opposite side of the road that separates the 2 GMU's.

[MADMAX]

This one was the biggest we saw when my buddy had it

He hunted hard and passed plenty of good bucks trying to find him again on public land

Thanks for sharing the picture.What year was it? What area did you guys stick to?
It will be a fun hunt!

We were there 2021
He wanted a big specific buck posted earlier

Saw the most bucks on Rendevous
Met about 4 or 5 tag holders showed them bucks we weren’t interested in.
Never fired a round and ate the tag

I had it myself I think 2013 or 2014, I shot a decent 4x4 on day 11 and a bear same day, really fun time to be up there

Use your optics, know your legal public boundaries especially Rendevous area
Find the does.

[Ridgerunner]

Here's my opinion on these late tags.  Throw score out the window, go in and plan on hunting hard, enjoy hunting muleys in the rut with minimal competition and when you find a buck you like kill it so you have a tangible reminder of the great time that you had on this tag that probably took decades to draw. 

Reality is most guys don't shoot high scoring deer on these WA Quality hunts, there are better states to do that in for sure.  These hunts can still be amazing and memorable even if you don't shoot the biggest one on the mountain.  I know the one I had over 20 years ago was, even though the buck only scored in the 140's. 

[2MANY]

Exactly.

That being said these Skagit folks kill some big deer over there.

[Schmalzfam]

Thank you for sharing, MADMAX. It looks like you have had some great success there.
I was hoping to avoid the Rendezvous area, well mainly the Gunn Road. I know a lot are taken there. There are some great areas around there, but yes property boundaries are huge there.
That's a beautiful bear, too.
I'm excited!
I was really hoping someone else held this tag too! Not yet, on here so far.

[Schmalzfam]

Here's my opinion on these late tags.  Throw score out the window, go in and plan on hunting hard, enjoy hunting muleys in the rut with minimal competition and when you find a buck you like kill it so you have a tangible reminder of the great time that you had on this tag that probably took decades to draw. 

Reality is most guys don't shoot high scoring deer on these WA Quality hunts, there are better states to do that in for sure.  These hunts can still be amazing and memorable even if you don't shoot the biggest one on the mountain.  I know the one I had over 20 years ago was, even though the buck only scored in the 140's.

Very well said!
I will not pass on one that I feel is right or worked my rear off to get to. If I have.a plan or feeling about a certain area, hike in and it all comes together, for me that is a huge accomplishment. I love a great story  to go with every animal.
We will be over during the general season, so my boyfriend can hunt . Reading your post helps take a bit of pressure off myself, when I can put it in that perspective. I appreciate that.
It will be a fun season for sure. Thank you again!

[Schmalzfam]

Exactly.

That being said these Skagit folks kill some big deer over there.

Yes!! yes, they have.

[huntnphool]

Congrats on the tag, the unit is still a top prospect for a quality buck!

didnt someone shoot a 200+ buck in there a couple years back?

Thank you!! I am super excited. I love being in the woods during the late season.
I believe a guy got a big one, during the regular season a couple years back. The one that was pictured on a jeep?

I think that buck came out of the general area but not Chewuch

 Correct

[huntnphool]

Congrats on the tag, the unit is still a top prospect for a quality buck!

didnt someone shoot a 200+ buck in there a couple years back?

 Correct

[mountainman]

Rendevous last year, Gunn road. They are there