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Response to PacificNWhunter's request for more info about the High Hunt buck photo:Okay, You get drop camped into almost any spot that has great bucks. Hunt your but off; glass, hike and climb. The big boys don't often walk into camp soooo out climb everybody and check the spots that no one in their right mind would go. Pack your self in and you spend most of your time dealing with horses and you probably wouldn't have enough stock to pack in a comfortable camp. The Hunt: Get to camp and start glassing, hiking and climbing. Oh Yea, pass up bucks until you see the one you want. The buck in the photo above is 28" wide and probably scores in the 180s; tall and good mass.Most hunters we see just "sit in camp" and have a great time They really don't affect our hunt.
Quote from: muleracks on October 02, 2010, 02:22:43 PMResponse to PacificNWhunter's request for more info about the High Hunt buck photo:Okay, You get drop camped into almost any spot that has great bucks. Hunt your but off; glass, hike and climb. The big boys don't often walk into camp soooo out climb everybody and check the spots that no one in their right mind would go. Pack your self in and you spend most of your time dealing with horses and you probably wouldn't have enough stock to pack in a comfortable camp. The Hunt: Get to camp and start glassing, hiking and climbing. Oh Yea, pass up bucks until you see the one you want. The buck in the photo above is 28" wide and probably scores in the 180s; tall and good mass.Most hunters we see just "sit in camp" and have a great time They really don't affect our hunt.Muleracks,I see your email is icicle outfitters. Are you the face behind the rack or the packer?
Nate, The photo is from one of the drop camp hunters. Packed 8 bucks out of drop camps this year; this is the best one. The photo was sent to us by the hunter. There are still some great bucks in Chelan County.
WASHINGTON'S NORTH CENTRAL CASCADES Stay close to home and hunt the big boys.
Alberta, they can grow some big bucks up there.
western North Dakota. I have seen 3 deer from ND, 2mule and 1 white. They were straight fat ass pigs!!!
Hey Gutpile, here is my line of thinking...To get a chance at a really good muley, you have to either:1. Know someone with good land (I don't)2. Get lucky (not much of a track record there)3. Draw a "good" tagThat pretty much leaves me with the "drawing a good tag" option.ID doesn't do "points", so it's a straight up lottery every year and their prices went waaay up the year before last (that puts me back in the "lucky" category, which I mentioned before, is not my strong suit)OR does points, but their prices also went waaaay up this year (I put in this year, and didn't get drawn. Was expensive. Don't know if I can swing it again next year)MT only allows you to build points AFTER you draw the deer tag (which statistically only happens every 4-5 years), and for their best big muley units, the odds for Non-resdients are atrocious (2 to 3%)CO wants the $ up front, and it's a looooong drive, and there are a lot of guys with max points in the poolNM also started wanting their $$ for the tag up front, which made for better draw odds this year, but I hadn't budgeted for itHavent looked into AZ or UTWY however allows you to buy "points" ($40 for deer), meaning that if you don't want your name to go into the draw for this year, you can just buy the "point" that you would have gained by putting in and not being drawn. Plus, WY's point system is only 4 years old, so if I start buying now, in a few years I will have enough points to draw a "good" hunt.So, for now, I am going to hunt Washington, Montana, maybe Idaho next year and cross my fingers and hope to get lucky, but I am banking on having a real good hunt in WY in a few years....
Quote from: Pathfinder101 on October 04, 2010, 03:47:39 PMHey Gutpile, here is my line of thinking...To get a chance at a really good muley, you have to either:1. Know someone with good land (I don't)2. Get lucky (not much of a track record there)3. Draw a "good" tagThat pretty much leaves me with the "drawing a good tag" option.ID doesn't do "points", so it's a straight up lottery every year and their prices went waaay up the year before last (that puts me back in the "lucky" category, which I mentioned before, is not my strong suit)OR does points, but their prices also went waaaay up this year (I put in this year, and didn't get drawn. Was expensive. Don't know if I can swing it again next year)MT only allows you to build points AFTER you draw the deer tag (which statistically only happens every 4-5 years), and for their best big muley units, the odds for Non-resdients are atrocious (2 to 3%)CO wants the $ up front, and it's a looooong drive, and there are a lot of guys with max points in the poolNM also started wanting their $$ for the tag up front, which made for better draw odds this year, but I hadn't budgeted for itHavent looked into AZ or UTWY however allows you to buy "points" ($40 for deer), meaning that if you don't want your name to go into the draw for this year, you can just buy the "point" that you would have gained by putting in and not being drawn. Plus, WY's point system is only 4 years old, so if I start buying now, in a few years I will have enough points to draw a "good" hunt.So, for now, I am going to hunt Washington, Montana, maybe Idaho next year and cross my fingers and hope to get lucky, but I am banking on having a real good hunt in WY in a few years....Geeeeez, sobering points there Pathfinder...Makes Iowa/Kentucky look even better
Quote from: BlackRidge on October 04, 2010, 03:52:43 PMQuote from: Pathfinder101 on October 04, 2010, 03:47:39 PMHey Gutpile, here is my line of thinking...To get a chance at a really good muley, you have to either:1. Know someone with good land (I don't)2. Get lucky (not much of a track record there)3. Draw a "good" tagThat pretty much leaves me with the "drawing a good tag" option.ID doesn't do "points", so it's a straight up lottery every year and their prices went waaay up the year before last (that puts me back in the "lucky" category, which I mentioned before, is not my strong suit)OR does points, but their prices also went waaaay up this year (I put in this year, and didn't get drawn. Was expensive. Don't know if I can swing it again next year)MT only allows you to build points AFTER you draw the deer tag (which statistically only happens every 4-5 years), and for their best big muley units, the odds for Non-resdients are atrocious (2 to 3%)CO wants the $ up front, and it's a looooong drive, and there are a lot of guys with max points in the poolNM also started wanting their $$ for the tag up front, which made for better draw odds this year, but I hadn't budgeted for itHavent looked into AZ or UTWY however allows you to buy "points" ($40 for deer), meaning that if you don't want your name to go into the draw for this year, you can just buy the "point" that you would have gained by putting in and not being drawn. Plus, WY's point system is only 4 years old, so if I start buying now, in a few years I will have enough points to draw a "good" hunt.So, for now, I am going to hunt Washington, Montana, maybe Idaho next year and cross my fingers and hope to get lucky, but I am banking on having a real good hunt in WY in a few years....Geeeeez, sobering points there Pathfinder...Makes Iowa/Kentucky look even betterNot for mule deer..
