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| Jeremyfromjtown:
I am starting to research hunting public land in Washington for a trip I am planning to make in September. I am from Arkansas and only hunt whitetails in the Ozarks and the Mississippi delta region. Requesting info and insight about this. Thanks. Also I have never been on any type of "forum" |
| addicted1:
I’d recommend hunting in Modern Season using a trad bow if you are targeting a buck, target closer to Halloween if you can. Set the bar low, really low and if you see a deer any deer then consider that success. Blacktail are pretty similar to WT, thick cover and edge habitat. Old spur roads are a good start. Good luck. I know everyone thinks they hunt the hardest animal, but trad hunting out of state BT will be a challenge for any hunter. Hunt by sign, not by animals seen. They are crafty. |
| Kingofthemountain83:
Do a lot of research on the WDFW site to see which gmu is best for you for access, success rates, and deer numbers/densities... And cross reference on OnX... Huntstand isn't very good here, I got a free trial with some game cams and was frustrated using it and went back to OnX... WDFW mostly bases blacktail numbers off of harvest statistics... There are more gmu's that have any deer legal vs any buck and one 3 point min gmu for archery... There is a lot of private timberland that is pay to play with some having better blackie hunting than others... You have to purchase access earlier in the year via a website to the timberlands... There's also some public land with good/ok/bad blackie hunting... Hunting in a gmu with low deer numbers can still be very productive if you find the area where most the deer are and want to be... I've shot 6 blackie I can recall 40 yards or under with a rifle or muzzy... Again looking up potential gmu's on the WDFW page will give you a great starting point to see if they interest you... |
| raydog:
--- Quote from: addicted1 on January 08, 2026, 08:55:20 AM ---I’d recommend hunting in Modern Season using a trad bow if you are targeting a buck, target closer to Halloween if you can. Set the bar low, really low and if you see a deer any deer then consider that success. Blacktail are pretty similar to WT, thick cover and edge habitat. Old spur roads are a good start. Good luck. I know everyone thinks they hunt the hardest animal, but trad hunting out of state BT will be a challenge for any hunter. Hunt by sign, not by animals seen. They are crafty. --- End quote --- :yeah: I hunted archery seasons only, for the first 5 years I began hunting. Killed a few does as a teenager. Never did get a buck with my bow. Then switched to rifle and proceeded to kill bucks almost every year. The kicker is that most of these bucks were within bow range :bash: :chuckle: |
| kodiak06:
Go big, Jason Bunch on Kodiak Island. It would be way more fun guaranteed. https://www.facebook.com/huntkodiak |
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