2025 Quality Chewuch Tag

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[no.cen.wa]

Good for you on your Chewuck tag. Our group has hunted that area since 2007, mostly the northern portion. We moved form Perrygin to Chewuck after the Tripod fire. It was a great move, many times tagging out for our group. Just like you said though, not as good as it used to be. But, should be a great late tag area. We hunted mostly from Thirty mile area to Corral Butte, Longswamp, Hikey Hump, and a few times to Windy Peak. Of course many more areas up there.
Sadly with the the Department.of Wildlife favorites, wolves, cougars and anything that can screw up deer hunting has  changed it all.
I would caution you that weather can really change fast. We camped at 5600 feet and were  run out a few times with snow, 2 feet of snow can change everything. as I said we were in the northern end of Chewuck.
One thing that surprised us was the amount of moose we saw in the first 10 years up there. They were everywhere. That changed over time and see very few now. Mostly none.
Good luck on your hunt, best time to be there for sure!

[Schmalzfam]

Good for you on your Chewuck tag. Our group has hunted that area since 2007, mostly the northern portion. We moved form Perrygin to Chewuck after the Tripod fire. It was a great move, many times tagging out for our group. Just like you said though, not as good as it used to be. But, should be a great late tag area. We hunted mostly from Thirty mile area to Corral Butte, Longswamp, Hikey Hump, and a few times to Windy Peak. Of course many more areas up there.
Sadly with the the Department.of Wildlife favorites, wolves, cougars and anything that can screw up deer hunting has  changed it all.
I would caution you that weather can really change fast. We camped at 5600 feet and were  run out a few times with snow, 2 feet of snow can change everything. as I said we were in the northern end of Chewuck.
One thing that surprised us was the amount of moose we saw in the first 10 years up there. They were everywhere. That changed over time and see very few now. Mostly none.
Good luck on your hunt, best time to be there for sure!

Thank you! I love that area. It is a place the weather does turn quick. I had the queer creek area in mind. I haven't been to that exact location, but near there up wild horse creek. I have a feeling though, that those places will be hard to reach in November. The deer in that location aren't as plentiful, in our experience. The ones you do find are usually nice bucks though. The country there is beautiful!
I am hoping to put my hands on a map with the four migration routes, for the Chewuch. If anyone has one, I would appreciate it.

I'm very surprised nobody else on here has spoke up about drawing too.
I agree about the wolves and cougar numbers. I haven't seen a wolf yet there, but I have seen sign. I saw a lot of sign in an area we were in a few weeks back. It's not a good feeling.

I am excited to have the opportunity and I know regardless of the outcome, I will have an amazing time.
Thank you again.

[no.cen.wa]

Ok yes, Queer Creek! We took some real big bucks out of there a few years back. My Brother-in-law got one, on the west side of Queer Creek, 35 inches wide that scored 206, best part was it was all down hill to the road, he got his truck, came back down the road, backed up to the bank where I pulled it down into the back of the truck and we got outa there before anyone saw it.(my son got a 30" one up behind Coral Butte the year before and people saw us bring up out of a hell hole to the truck. for the rest of the season it looked like a Seattle freeway with all the rigs and hunters in that area. I got one on the east side of Queer Creek toward Hicky Hump. It had huge thick horns, but only 4x3,,, with some stickers, 25". it weighed in at just over 300 lbs,
I went up Queer Creek last year,(east side) trying to get where I shot the 300 pounder. I couldn't get there. all the trees that where left after the Tri Pod fire where on the ground. It was impossible to get though it. I don't know how you could get a deer out. I was walking on downed trees 3-4 deep and 3-4 feet off the ground.
Hope you can find a way in there. The late hunt may be the ticket! Good luck!

[Schmalzfam]

Ok yes, Queer Creek! We took some real big bucks out of there a few years back. My Brother-in-law got one, on the west side of Queer Creek, 35 inches wide that scored 206, best part was it was all down hill to the road, he got his truck, came back down the road, backed up to the bank where I pulled it down into the back of the truck and we got outa there before anyone saw it.(my son got a 30" one up behind Coral Butte the year before and people saw us bring up out of a hell hole to the truck. for the rest of the season it looked like a Seattle freeway with all the rigs and hunters in that area. I got one on the east side of Queer Creek toward Hicky Hump. It had huge thick horns, but only 4x3,,, with some stickers, 25". it weighed in at just over 300 lbs,
I went up Queer Creek last year,(east side) trying to get where I shot the 300 pounder. I couldn't get there. all the trees that where left after the Tri Pod fire where on the ground. It was impossible to get though it. I don't know how you could get a deer out. I was walking on downed trees 3-4 deep and 3-4 feet off the ground.
Hope you can find a way in there. The late hunt may be the ticket! Good luck!

Sounds like you guys have had some good seasons up there. Those deer were hogs. Fallen trees make things very hard for sure. That has happened to us a lot! We have found it to be very beneficial to use our backpacks and quarter deer up. Stinks, because you can't hang it whole or get every scrap, like if you were to process it at home/camp.
Even, backcountry camping with our packs on can be a challenge with the downed trees. I will admit, I have found myself in the turtle position a couple times. Help, I've fallen moments. 😁
But, makes for some good stories, just like you have. Have a great season. Maybe, we will see you up there!

[doubledroptinedreamer]

Good for you on your Chewuck tag. Our group has hunted that area since 2007, mostly the northern portion. We moved form Perrygin to Chewuck after the Tripod fire. It was a great move, many times tagging out for our group. Just like you said though, not as good as it used to be. But, should be a great late tag area. We hunted mostly from Thirty mile area to Corral Butte, Longswamp, Hikey Hump, and a few times to Windy Peak. Of course many more areas up there.
Sadly with the the Department.of Wildlife favorites, wolves, cougars and anything that can screw up deer hunting has  changed it all.
I would caution you that weather can really change fast. We camped at 5600 feet and were  run out a few times with snow, 2 feet of snow can change everything. as I said we were in the northern end of Chewuck.
One thing that surprised us was the amount of moose we saw in the first 10 years up there. They were everywhere. That changed over time and see very few now. Mostly none.
Good luck on your hunt, best time to be there for sure!

Thank you! I love that area. It is a place the weather does turn quick. I had the queer creek area in mind. I haven't been to that exact location, but near there up wild horse creek. I have a feeling though, that those places will be hard to reach in November. The deer in that location aren't as plentiful, in our experience. The ones you do find are usually nice bucks though. The country there is beautiful!
I am hoping to put my hands on a map with the four migration routes, for the Chewuch. If anyone has one, I would appreciate it.

I'm very surprised nobody else on here has spoke up about drawing too.
I agree about the wolves and cougar numbers. I haven't seen a wolf yet there, but I have seen sign. I saw a lot of sign in an area we were in a few weeks back. It's not a good feeling.

I am excited to have the opportunity and I know regardless of the outcome, I will have an amazing time.
Thank you again.

I guess you didn't see my response from August 14th, but I did say that my dad and I also drew the 2025 Chewuch Quality Tag. 
Sounds like you're getting lots of good scouting in.