Yakima Training Center Buck

[buckmaster_wa]

Has anyone heard of any big bucks killed on the Training Center this year?

[woodywsu]

I've seen a couple pictures of bucks taken this year. Nice bucks. I'll see if I can get a member to post some pics.

[bobcat]

Probably not many- they only had 10 permits total. Five for rifle, one muzzleloader, and four archery.

[buckmaster_wa]

Yeah thats why I figured there should have been some real studs killed out there this year.

[KwackWacker]

I think we killed all the big ones last year 

[jdb]

I think we killed all the big ones last year 

I think your right.

[bobcat]

I think we killed all the big ones last year 

If "we" is the Yakama indians, then I can believe that.

[270Shooter]

lol Kwack killed a nice one last year bobcat

[bobcat]

OK, so he killed one big one? Certainly not all the big ones. But I wouldn't doubt it if the indians killed off most of them. That's why the tag numbers dropped so drastically. There must have been somewhere around 100 permits for that unit before, now there's 10?      Yeah I know, hair loss apparently did have some impact there, so maybe that's the reason for it. But the indians going in there and killing unlimited numbers doesn't help either.

[270Shooter]

Well yes I do think the indians shoot a lot of deer in there, but I think there used to be like 50 some rifle permits in there every year which seems way to high to me.

[Gobble Gobble]

There have been no BIG bucks taken this year if compaired to Marks #2 archery taken last year. There was one nice one with heavy mass that was taken last Wednesday. I was down range working and missed it getting checked in. There was another nice buck taken by a firing squad of Yakima's earlier in the season after word got out of his size.

The deer have been hit hard by the cougar over the last year. I have seen a couple kills myself with several others found. There is thought to be 12 to 14 known cougar here on base (where I work we know where 4 are living and cant wait for the first inch of snow to fall). This year I have only seen may be a dozen bucks one of which I would have had mounted the rest were small.

I have seen some nice elk taken and I have seen a 380+ 6X6 (100 yrds away) while working in the central impact area. The Master Hunters have been really pushing them around since it opened 1 Aug.

[Whitefoot]

I think this site should be called Yakama-Washington.com.  Talk about Indians waaaayyy more than Hunting... Same chit different thread. 

[bobcat]

I think this site should be called Yakama-Washington.com.  Talk about Indians waaaayyy more than Hunting... Same chit different thread. 

Yep, I do like to bring it up every chance I get, as it's one of the biggest reasons for the poor quality deer and elk hunting and lack of opportunity in certain parts of this state.

[Whitefoot]

Cry, Cry that's all you do!! 

[fishingnut71]

VERY well put bobcat. You hit the nail on the head. They dont hunt the rez anymore because they killed everything on it so have to move on to greener ground. I wish theres something to be done about it BUT. If it was vice versa holy hell would break out if you know what I mean.