Glacier Peak Wilderness High Buck

[Everett]

Thank you guys for your responses.  I was pretty sure it would be a zoo up there.  Its getting to the point now that it is hard to find a spot not filled with people.  I guess I'll keep doing my research and get as far off the beaten path as possible.  Thanks Again.

[bornforhorns]

Salmo,

I don't know how old you are but you may rethink the way you feel about your partner someday.  Mine started with family too, families tend to have friends etc.  I've mended some fences over the deal. I just spoke to my hunting partner from back than and I wouldn't trade our experiences for anything, and let me tell you I had some tough ones...it's help make me who I am today, a better person instead of a self absorbed neanderthal more than likely.  Don't get me wrong, I love hunting and I worked hard to find all that I found back than but sometimes things just happen for a reason, I feel this is one of them. 

By the way, he reminded me that Mike Eastman asked him to write the arcticle and share our stories, seemed pretty cool when your're 25 and 22 years old and the founder of the most popular magazine at the time ask you to write a story.  Like I said, nobody was hunting that country except for the odd different guy each year.  For the record, a guy I hardly knew at the time said he knew some guys killing "decent" bucks in the general area, did some research, looked at maps, took a "shot in the dark" LITERALLY! (hiked the trail for the first time starting at 11pm) and the rest is history.  We spent the next decade learning how to kill animals and how to watch them get away.  Our guns shoot 300yds. at best (no range finding reticles shooting 700yds.)...I wouldn't have it any other way.  Who knows I may get back there someday!!

[HighCountry10]

"By the way, he reminded me that Mike Eastman asked him to write the arcticle and share our stories, seemed pretty cool when your're 25 and 22 years old and the founder of the most popular magazine at the time ask you to write a story".  (Bornforhorns)

I am bornforhorns longtime highcountry hunting partner who wrote the article that was published in Eastmans' back in the mid 90s'.  I agree with him that I and/or we would do things the same but have definately learned alot about how people want information on proven spots for trophy animals and will do some pretty weird things to get it.  I believe back when the article was written Mule Deer hunting was our passion and would not miss a Sportsman Show or a Mule Deer hunting seminar such as the one put on in Yakima by Mike Eastman.  We were simply trying to learn how to effectively hunt "MATURE" Mule Deer bucks in the highcountry and after showing pictures to Mike he asked if we could do an article.  This article captured some very fond memories and was the basis for meeting other fellow hunters as I received a few phone calls after it was published one of them being Ridgerunner who in turn helped me with a late tag in 06' that lead to me taking a buck that grossed in the mid 180"s.  So, positive things can come from these types of situations also?  Lastly, any guy who is driven enough to endure the challenges of the highcountry and take a respectable buck or put themselves in position for multiple stocks on great bucks has earned it no matter how they found the general area!

[UBA]

This has got me curious. Might have to lookup the articile. 

[bornforhorns]

Wow, stirs up some memories highcountry. 

Again, it wasn't my intention to defend any action of ours from 20 years ago...just curious when I started reading this thread if any of you had gained some interest of the area as result of our article...fully expected an answer of 1 or 2, that issue got lost in all this other stuff...oh well.

 

[high country]

right there is the reason I don't post any pics.

[MtnMuley]

I once had a hunting partner whom decided he needed to thump his chest and show pics of his kills which included basins, ridges, lake, etc...    Notice how I said "once had" a hunting partner.. 

That's right he no longer is a "partner" or friend of mine.  We spent years to master an area that was remote.   Internet predators are thriving and the lowlifes they are can't wait to find a spot and somehow think they did all the leg work.

If your stupid enough to show the masses your mountain muley hideouts,  then you deserve any and all scum that show up and or harass you.

Life's to short to have an idiot chest thumping wantabe partner.

Guys like that are not welcome in my camp... 

After my experience, I decided to keep it in my family.   

 

right there is the reason I don't post any pics.

 

[longrange7mm]

WOW I have never thought of trying to look at the back grounds of the picture to find out were people our hunting. That is pathetic! I will not be posting anymore scenic pics after succesful hunts.
I was actually thinking about spending a week up there next season. sounds like combat hunting 2000 people and 12 deer taken 

[Lowedog]

Kind of funny how the high country hunts are the big thing to do again.  When I was a kid (back in the 70's) all the trail heads would be full of horse trailers when the high hunt started.  Then it kind of died off it seemed for a lot of years.  I remember when I was in my late teens early twenty's that a lot of the trail heads would be empty or maybe just a rig or two but I didn't see all the horse trailers I did when I was a kid.  Still don't see the amount of horse trailers but the high hunts sure have regained their popularity.   

[bobcat]

It seems to me that 15 or 20 years ago most people didn't even KNOW there was a early rifle hunt.

Now, with the internet, I think everybody knows EVERYTHING.  

[MtnMuley]

Now, with the internet, I think everybody knows EVERYTHING.  

Quote of the year.

[Shed Stud]

Now, with the internet, I think everybody knows EVERYTHING. 

Quote of the year.

Do you mean...I think everybody THINKS they know everything?

[JackOfAllTrades]

It seems to me that 15 or 20 years ago most people didn't even KNOW there was a early rifle hunt.

For me, I knew about it. But I guess I always thought that with the kids and such, just like a lot of things, I never felt that I could get there or afford a guide. I still can't afford a guided trip, but packs, stoves, sleep systems, tents and such have gotten more efficient and lighter so a guy in relative good physical shape can make a go of it a little easier now. It is not easy by any stretch of the imagination though.

-Steve

[bobcat]

I first hunted the high hunt around 23 years ago. I was young and didn't bother with packing a camp into the wilderness- I just hiked in and out every day. I remember doing it three or four days in a row, and many times I'd do it alone. Didn't think anything of it. Started hiking in at about 3:30 in the morning, and hiked back out when it got dark in the evening. I tried doing the same thing about 5 years ago, with my cousin. I barely made it out of there. About halfway out, every step was painful. And out is all downhill. If I hunt that again it will have to be by paying an outfitter for a drop camp. Either that or I will need to win the lottery and retire so I have time to exercise.....

[Everett]

I haven't hunted in a few years, but I thought high buck would be kind of fun.  That's why I posted this thread.  I just wanted to check the traffic report up there.  I've always liked the backcountry, but if I'm going to spend a day hiking into a place, I don't really want to see a crowd of people when I get there.  I know it probably shouldn't bother me that there are a ton of people of there, but it does.  I've heard guys say that following the people is a good way to find out where the deer are, but I'd prefer to head in the opposite direction.  The post about people using hunting pictures to find places to hunt made me laugh.  If that it is how it is done now, I don't know what to think.  I've always tossed a pack on my back, grabbed a topo map, and wandered the forest aimlessly to find my spots, but what do I know about it.