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Pretty sure you cant shoot the cats in the wilderness.
How many people do you think say "hey jim the high hunt is next weekend lets go kill a huge buck"? Or, they take off hiking up a certain trail get a few miles in, stay the night and then realize its way to hard to get anywhere and head back to the truck?I would say alot of guys do that
Nwalpineguide, In this photo, http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=64888.0;attach=132486;image , do you have a source for those pants? I have two pair that I've abused for many years that I'm also growing out of. (I thought I stopped growing when I was younger!)Anyway.. I'd love to get a couple more pair of those 100% wool pants from WWII. What do you suggest as a base layer? To be honest, I've done well with a loose fit pair of cotton sweats, (yes, I said cotton -because they breath really well, are more comfortable than long johns -as long as I stay dry), but I'd like your input. -Steve
Forgot how cool this thread was. Yes Miles, my Brother and I both tagged out in the GPW this year during the general season, not the high hunt. It's amazing how few people there are that hunt it in October vs September. Same beautiful country, same amount of deer, and the crowds aren't as bad. I did hunt it for 8 days in September and passed up 23 legal bucks in shooting range and ended up taking a decent buck opening day of the general. On the high hunt I never saw another hunter (while hunting) and almost had to shoot a cougar at approx. 20ft in self defense. -I am totally pissed that WDFW waited to open cougar back up in October. Our camp could have had two on the meat pole! Total BS if you ask me.
Bottom of page 7 in "2011 Bucks" is a pic of my deer. My brother never takes the time for pics when he's hunting solo.
I don't feel like this website does the crowd numbers very much justice. I understand and am not apposed to helping guys out and doing what we can to get more and more people kick-started on hunting. The fact is the most memorable and satisfying hunts are the ones you get out and figure out yourself. This website has become less of a wealth of information and more of a bragging board. Be proud of your successes without telling people where the hell your hunting and or where the game is. This isn't directed toward anybody's post just adding to the fact that the Glacier Peak Wilderness Area was packed full this year and will continue to be until the entire state is Draw Only.
Quote from: whackemandstackem on February 08, 2012, 11:11:15 AMI don't feel like this website does the crowd numbers very much justice. I understand and am not apposed to helping guys out and doing what we can to get more and more people kick-started on hunting. The fact is the most memorable and satisfying hunts are the ones you get out and figure out yourself. This website has become less of a wealth of information and more of a bragging board. Be proud of your successes without telling people where the hell your hunting and or where the game is. This isn't directed toward anybody's post just adding to the fact that the Glacier Peak Wilderness Area was packed full this year and will continue to be until the entire state is Draw Only.Agreed... I saw a post on a thread that said something like "based on the high success rate I see on this site I want to give the high hunt a try"This is laughable... the reality is that the success rate is very low. It is more about the experience and having a chance get out in some remote country and hopefully away from people. For my first high hunt experience we were on our way up after a 30" + wide buck. On our way up we immediately knew we were not going to see this buck again. There was a ridiculous number of hunters headed up on horseback with whiskey, lawn chairs, ect and they all knew about the buck. Since then our scouting trips have been oriented around the question of "How do we get away from all of these people?"If you look at the dialog in the other recent high hunt thread between miles and I you will find that he is fishing, and he is being sneaky about it. I have not been contributing to this site for very long and these situations show me that I should limit my contributions. As I said before, it only takes one person in the high country to blow your hunt (especially if they do not know what they are doing up there). The only thing that keeps me positive is that I know how hard it is to go on a successful hunt in the high country so I keep telling myself that most of these people are not cut out for this kind of hunt and will likely only go on one unsuccessful hunt. We put in our time to figure this stuff out, and it is very satisfying. We have come a long ways in the last 6 years and are still getting a lot better. I can not even imagine looking on here to find out where to go or how to do it. Do you really want to join a crowd? Do you really think that the people that know what they are doing are going to say much to lessen their chances? If you are interested then just try it out and see if you are cut out for it.
