Sinlahekin Bucks

[Schmalzfam]

Of course I was kidding But, I will say that you would generally be hunting the late draw or not in the valley to get a buck like that. I mean the GMU is pretty wide spread and there are nice bucks I have seen them in late archery. However, that's not the common Mule deer during general season you would have to put some work in.
And they aren't there anymore anyway..lol. Right Coasties???

[huntnphool]

I would have gone into town and reported it.

[NWBREW]

Just one more reason I don't hunt on opening day,......only the late buck in NE corner.

[Scottystyle]

Some people suck ass..... sorry to hear about that, reminds me of elk hunting.... it s one thing to see one, another to shoot one, a different thing to get your tag on it first, and lucky as hell if you get it back to your truck.  Karma my friend, they'll get theirs someday

[MtnMuley]

buckreaper, that's a f#@*d up story right there!  That's the kind of shiz that happenes in the Colockum during the elk madness.  Sorry to hear about your loss.  Do you have any info about the guys?  License plates?  What kind of rig?  It sure as hell doesn't sound like a local!  I pray to the Good Lord that I'm never in that situation!

[KimberRich]

Coasties Rule!

 

That's hilarious.  I've heard a ton of people over there call the West siders "coasties"..

[Chopaka81]

The Mt Lions have taken a toll on the area - kinda like the rest of our state. There are known migration routes that do produce.

This is my 2008 4x2 Sinlahekin buck


This is my 2007 4x4 Sinlahekin buck


Nothing to brag about, there are nicer bucks taken during the late bow hunt, maybe that is why it is a zoo... 

[Schmalzfam]

I can't help but laugh about the "coastie" label. I do know one thing, in the town of Conconully, if it wasn't for us "coasties"they would probably habe a hard time making ends me and filling up their resorts. I love it over there and am sure one day, I won't be a coastie anymore. But, unti that happens...I will wear the label proudly!!

[passing-thru]

Hunted Sinlahekin last year and never will again.  Beautiful country but way too many people as everyone knows.  Shot a 4X4 muley on opening day.  It ran into a patch of timber and out the other side. Out of sight from me.  Died in a little clearing.  By the time I hiked up and across and tracked it to it's final resting place two guys had beat me to him.  Don't know where they came from but they already had a tag on him and were beginning to gut him.  About fifteen minutes max.  I hadn't heard any other shots.  One continued to gut him while the other stood there with his rifle in hand.  Not pointing it at me but clearly trying to intimidate.  There was no doubt it was the same deer cause I had watched him for about five minutes before pulling the trigger.

I asked what they thought they were doing with my deer and thanked him for gutting him for me.  Well, the rifle got raised a little higher and I was informed in no uncertain terms to get the hell out of there.  After I told them what I thought they were, where they came from, and where they could go, I walked away.  Didn't figure it was worth it to continue the "conversation" any further cause it was going downhill rapidly and I'm not willing to get shot or to shoot someone over a deer.

Went back to camp, loaded up, and went home.  Kind of took the fun out of it for me.  Waited until the late rifle season, went up in the NE and shot my buck there.

That's a messed up deal. The same kinda thing happens in the Paluose area where I used to hunt near Lyons Ferry. Lots of guys with just tag and a knife waiting to come outta bushes and steal your deer. Several years ago when I was about 19 or 20, I was hunting with my Granddad and Uncle near Little Natchez area on Yakima side. My Grand father shot a nice bull and it ran over a hill. When we got to the bull 2 "gentlemen" were in process of gutting him. My grandfather explained to them that it was his bull and even told them where he had placed bullet. They told him he was full of sh*t and to "Go find your own bull old man" Me being a young man and full of piss and vinegar wanted to fight them for bull. My grand father would have noon of this and told me to calm myself and that it was not worth anyone getting hurt over. by this time the conversation had moved several yrs from the bull. My grand father apologized for my harsh words and told them to have a nice day and congratulated them on there harvest. He then turned and emptied the tube magazine of his Lever action Marlin 30-40 kraig into the belly of the bull and we walked away. I believe the "gentlemen" soiled there britches. That year my grandfather hung up his gun and never hunted again..I know this was not the best action to take but I do believe they got the point

[TheHunt]

My son's first buck (12 years old) was taken from him by two jack asses.  One just watched and said nothing but the other was a purebred *censored*.  My son cried a lot and that was his last hunt for that year, but learned a valuable lesson.  The two *censored*es got what was coming to them when they came out of the locked gate.  Few of my classmates met up with them when they heard my son's story and were at the gate when they came out.  They have never been back...   I have only heard bits and pieces of the details of what happened. 
 
But he is now 17 and is a typical teenager and still loves to hunt. 

[30.06]

Yeah, those Loomis Bucks run for the border if they can. I agree about the lions hurting the population. About a deer a week for most of them. I plan on shooting one if I get a chance at one this year. Too bad about the sad stories, I had a similar experience when I was younger, didn't let it turn me off of hunting, definately opened my eyes to human nature and made me wonder what the guys that took home my buck told their wives and kids. 400+ yard shot in the wind, etc.

[72k5blzr]

ya they call you "f-ing coasties" until you give them a frozen bag of westside blackberries for jam and a smoked silver than your just "coastie" My first year deer hunting i hunted the naneum and id been warned to make sure if i shot a buck it went down cuz you never know what a-hole is over the ridge. Needless to say i shot up a perfectly good deer being determined not to lose it to the ya-whos id seen going in. The Sinlahekin is a ghost town compared to the naneum or vail tree farm and lots of other places ive been around the state.

[yelp]

Hunted Sinlahekin last year and never will again.  Beautiful country but way too many people as everyone knows.  Shot a 4X4 muley on opening day.  It ran into a patch of timber and out the other side. Out of sight from me.  Died in a little clearing.  By the time I hiked up and across and tracked it to it's final resting place two guys had beat me to him.  Don't know where they came from but they already had a tag on him and were beginning to gut him.  About fifteen minutes max.  I hadn't heard any other shots.  One continued to gut him while the other stood there with his rifle in hand.  Not pointing it at me but clearly trying to intimidate.  There was no doubt it was the same deer cause I had watched him for about five minutes before pulling the trigger.

I asked what they thought they were doing with my deer and thanked him for gutting him for me.  Well, the rifle got raised a little higher and I was informed in no uncertain terms to get the hell out of there.  After I told them what I thought they were, where they came from, and where they could go, I walked away.  Didn't figure it was worth it to continue the "conversation" any further cause it was going downhill rapidly and I'm not willing to get shot or to shoot someone over a deer.

Went back to camp, loaded up, and went home.  Kind of took the fun out of it for me.  Waited until the late rifle season, went up in the NE and shot my buck there.

Reminds of back when I was a kid me and my brothers and Dad were deer hunting up the Sinlahekin.  We hunted two different trails..I heard dad shoot and I went over to him.He said he just shot a two point..since Dad is color blind his reds and greens so we usually track blood for Dad.  We started following a blood trail and it went up over a mountain pass or a basin and then down the other side of the mountain..Dad knew that he made a lung shot...when we get to the deer it was shot in the liver and back..but it was a two point just like dad remembered.  We get to the cooler in Conconally and the game wardens are there checking hunters...etc.. I see a guy pull in behind us with a nice two point....I ask him about where he got him..he names the same place we just came from..his deer was hit in the lungs...I go back the next day and I run the blood trail again and at some point both trails crossed and we ended up with eachothers deer...Ours (his was bigger...LOL.  Go DAD!

[mossback91]

I say you all hunt the sinlahekin......seems like a good idea to me.....kill a 30 incher or two please maybe 6?

[caseyv21]

i hunted the late archery last year and saw 3 nice bucks but 2 were whitetails, but i did shoot a cougar though. so that should help things out a bit