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Offline HuntinFool

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Re: GPW and the Entiat...
« Reply #15 on: January 04, 2008, 09:51:24 AM »
a big buck didn't get big by being stupid

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Re: GPW and the Entiat...
« Reply #16 on: January 04, 2008, 05:33:30 PM »
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There are good bucks in the entiat every year.  A guy i know watches 5 to 6 bucks every year and he thinks they are all 170 and up deer.  My uncle has also seen the sheds the guy has gathered from the bucks.  My dad went up the entiat one day this year and saw a buck that would go in the 170's, my uncle was up the entiat cutting wood and saw a few bucks that would go from the 160-170 range.  My taxidermist also told me yesterday that he was taking a guy up the entiat with an archery tag and saw a couple handfuls of 160-180 deer.  The deer are there most people just aren't looking in the right spots. 

First of all, I would like to see some pics of all these 170+ deer, yes I know none of these people have a camera but they "think" they are all 170+. Most people see a four pt that is even with the ears and immediately that is a 180, I call BS, what they are looking at is a normal 140-160 buck. I'm sure there are a few bucks in the Entiat that are 180+ but finding them on any given day (on public land) is not easy. Then the number of bigger bucks has declined substantially in the last 5 years.
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Re: GPW and the Entiat...
« Reply #17 on: January 04, 2008, 05:53:18 PM »
I agree with you Dan. We know you put in that extra effort!! judging a buck is not as easy as some people think. You will get him next time..
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Re: GPW and the Entiat...
« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2008, 11:57:43 AM »
a big buck didn't get big by being stupid

Ya ur right, but the number of big bucks has gone WAY down the last couple of years... yes there's still some mature bucks in there, but not nearly the amount as has been in the past...  Go down to Ardenvoir and check out the hunting "albums"...  Not nearly the amount of BIG bucks taken in the last few years compared to pre '03 years...

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Re: GPW and the Entiat...
« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2008, 04:35:50 PM »
Is it possible that the Chelan County herd is just suffering from too much harvest by us?  The fires of 1988 and 1994 pretty well whipped out escape cover but created great browse.  It is easy to fill a tag during the General Season and then it gets even easier to kill a buck in November and December for permit holders.

My vote is to cut way back on the winter range kills by restricting special permits and add a permit system for archery hunters in the Swakane unit.  Bet you would see a recovery with more age on the bucks and more quality between their ears.

 


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