2025 Quality Chewuch Tag

[Sakko300wsm]

My dad and I were also lucky enough to draw the Chewuch quality tag this year!  My fiancé had the buck tag last year, and my dad and I had the buck tag in 2016, so we are familiar with the area.  We saw a few nice muley bucks last year and weren't really looking very hard.  Snow seems to help push the deer down.

Just don’t pray for too much snow - I had the tag in 22 and got almost 3’ of snow in about 24hrs , pretty much destroyed the hunt at that point

[HikerHunter]

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[Schmalzfam]

Thank you!!

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My dad and I were also lucky enough to draw the Chewuch quality tag this year!  My fiancé had the buck tag last year, and my dad and I had the buck tag in 2016, so we are familiar with the area.  We saw a few nice muley bucks last year and weren't really looking very hard.  Snow seems to help push the deer down.

Just don’t pray for too much snow - I had the tag in 22 and got almost 3’ of snow in about 24hrs , pretty much destroyed the hunt at that point

Yea, that made it rough. I couldn't get to where I had been hunting and had to drop down to hunt little less familiar areas. The deer were down there too, I just couldn't find a big one. Nothing for me.

[Schmalzfam]

We have spent a lot of time over there this Summer learning more of the unit, in the event we get too much snow. The unit is BIG. Waiting on a migration route map, so we can focus a bit more on those areas specifically.
Seeing the posts and hearing other people's previous tag situations has been a great insight. I'm excited!
Praying for, just enough snow. 😁
I was hoping someone else on here drew the same tag, but no reply on that yet.
This Saturday we hiked in to check out some unfamiliar areas.
--if only cougar was open!!
Keep sharing the stories and insight, I appreciate it bunches!!!😊

[huntnphool]

My dad and I were also lucky enough to draw the Chewuch quality tag this year!  My fiancé had the buck tag last year, and my dad and I had the buck tag in 2016, so we are familiar with the area.  We saw a few nice muley bucks last year and weren't really looking very hard.  Snow seems to help push the deer down.

Just don’t pray for too much snow - I had the tag in 22 and got almost 3’ of snow in about 24hrs , pretty much destroyed the hunt at that point

 That was a once in 50+ year event, I’d not count on seeing another early November snow event like that anytime soon. I had a tag that year too, talked to several guys that gave up and went home.

[Mtnwalker]

My dad and I were also lucky enough to draw the Chewuch quality tag this year!  My fiancé had the buck tag last year, and my dad and I had the buck tag in 2016, so we are familiar with the area.  We saw a few nice muley bucks last year and weren't really looking very hard.  Snow seems to help push the deer down.

Just don’t pray for too much snow - I had the tag in 22 and got almost 3’ of snow in about 24hrs , pretty much destroyed the hunt at that point

 That was a once in 50+ year event, I’d not count on seeing another early November snow event like that anytime soon. I had a tag that year too, talked to several guys that gave up and went home.

  That snow made getting around tough for a few days and it moved some deer down but by no means was it a hunt killer, couldn't believe guys were calling it. 4 or 5 days later we were back up hunting close to 5000' again and still seeing deer. Killed my buck on a south facing slope around 4500' a week after the storm and it was ankle deep

[bigmacc]

My partner killed a monster in that unit back in the early 70,s. About 5000 ft and approximately 4 miles from the road in some thick, steep crap. We killed it about a half hour before dark, about 45 degrees out but had been dropping down into the 20,s at night so we gutted him, propped him open and figured we’d go in in the A.M with extra hands, cut him up and get him out, we’d done this many times over the years. Well, the wind changed and a front came in, snowed about 2-3 feet over night and couldn’t get up any roads, long story short, we let Mountjoy know, we ended up getting to the buck 3 days after the season closed and it warmed up enough making the road in a little less “hairy”😆. Froze solid and buried under about 2 ft of snow. One of my favorite hunts and tastiest deer I’ve ever eaten. The weather in that country can flip in a hurry, a lot of times the deer know it before hand and get out of Dodge. This buck was traveling with about 60-70 other deer, moving down from higher turf when we killed him and earlier in the day we had seen another couple groups of 40-50 each come through, all does, spikes and 2 points in those groups, the weather prior had been 50-60 degrees daytime temps and blue sky’s, we were a little perplexed to see a migration starting under the circumstances. In fact we were wearing t-shirts and tennis shoes when we got him😆 When it comes to weather in that country, sometimes you just never know but the deer do.

[HntnFsh]

Awesome story!

[Schmalzfam]

Thanks for sharing your story, those are the best!!
What a great memory to have. It can turn so fast. I am so excited!

[bigmacc]

Thanks for sharing your story, those are the best!!
What a great memory to have. It can turn so fast. I am so excited!

Thank you. I believe it was the first couple days in November or the last couple days of October  :dunno, general season at that time. Remember, that was 50 plus years ago also👍 It’s definitely changed, when the migration does hit nowadays those big groups/herds have been deminished to a trickle unfortunately. Yet there are still a few big fellas in there.

Good luck to you and keep us posted👍 Also, make sure you have a cougar tag in your pocket, there’s plenty.

[Schmalzfam]

Thanks for sharing your story, those are the best!!
What a great memory to have. It can turn so fast. I am so excited!

Thank you. I believe it was the first couple days in November or the last couple days of October  :dunno, general season at that time. Remember, that was 50 plus years ago also👍 It’s definitely changed, when the migration does hit nowadays those big groups/herds have been deminished to a trickle unfortunately. Yet there are still a few big fellas in there.

Good luck to you and keep us posted👍 Also, make sure you have a cougar tag in your pocket, there’s plenty.

I will definitely keep you posted! We have been scouting a lot this season. Well, more just hiking for glassing spots, seeing what roads are open vs closed, what roads are no longer passable due to washouts and getting reacquainted with the area. It's been a few years. Last weekend when we were there 2 cougars came up the draw. They were screaming back and forth. Of course it's not open, so we had to just watch them pass on through.
That was mid-day, too. I will make sure to carry all my available tags (bear and cougar)!
The numbers are less. I would've loved to have seen the area in the good ole days. Were the moose as plentiful then, as they are now? We have seen a lot in that area. That is pretty cool!
Thanks for the good luck wishes!! 😊