High Hunt Permit Only?

[summit creek]

ive never been on a high buck hunt i can go every year if i want my friend has a good spot he and his dad and brother in law went in 2010 had 3 4x3 bucks down the first day good thing they had horses 12 miles from the truck they told me the only person they saw was an under cover warden at the trailhead

[hirshey]

what crowding....there are NO others where i've gone....

[MtnMuley]

Keep posting pics of your areas, and I will guarantee you'll see people.  Sad but true.

[colockumelk]

Keep posting pics of your areas, and I will guarantee you'll see people.  Sad but true.

Not saying its impossible but I doubt people will start showing up. Look at Cameron Hanes. He writes about, takes pictures and video, documents his shows on cable tv. Yet his area in Oregon isn't over run with hunters. In fact he hasn't seen an increase in the past 10 years. So I doubt a few pics on this website are gonna open the flood gates to his spot.

About 1% of people are willing to put in the effort to work that hard. And most of them are the type of people who want to hunt their own spot so they can be away from others. Hunting someone else's spot would defeat that. 

[Salmo]

Just curious as to what people think about this.  I really like being able to do this hunt on an annual basis but could see how it would be more enjoyable if the number of guys was limited so that crowding might be reduced.  Then it could be a real quality experience.

The best thing for the high hunt is to stop freekin talking about it online.  So if you like it. STFU.

[Elkaholic daWg]

 I really did not know that it is not STILL a "quality" ($13.00) experience still. Not paying enough yet eh?

[BrushChimp]

Keep posting pics of your areas, and I will guarantee you'll see people.  Sad but true.

Without a doubt.

[JLS]

Just curious as to what people think about this.  I really like being able to do this hunt on an annual basis but could see how it would be more enjoyable if the number of guys was limited so that crowding might be reduced.  Then it could be a real quality experience.

The best thing for the high hunt is to stop freekin talking about it online.  So if you like it. STFU.

Because it's top secret?  All you have to do is pull up any outfitter's web page and you can see pictures of deer that are taken on the high hunt. 

[JPhelps]

The HIGH HUNT always makes for an interesting online discussion.
I will give my  for what it is worth.

The reason I feel people get so worried or concerned over pictures is the relative ease in finding exactly where you are hunting within a matter of minutes on google earth.  In almost every high hunt picture that gets posted on here with a informative background I/we have been able to track it down to exact locations within minutes usually.

A lot of time guys may have camps or hunt somewhat close to the pictures that others are posting.  Most of the time there is a bunch of sweat and hard work involved before settling on a camping spot.  All to be given up for free in an internet picture (This is what probably upsets most people).  If you don't believe me, I can direct you to another forum where two groups of guys had a huge conflict with a picture that got posted and the next year the place was overloaded with hunters.  It didn't help that there was an eastmans article that showed a monster buck taken in the same general area.

I will never "carve" someone's hunting spot.  I take too much enjoyment in finding/researching my own areas and following through with them.  I would caution you though that there are people out there that will not hesitate to go to exactly where your picture was taken and set up hunting camp.

On the other side of the coin everyone is eager to "show off" their animals, camps, scenery for everyone else to enjoy.  Everyone has the right to show their pictures.  You would think this would be harmless, but I beg to differ.  Just trying to help protect a few peoples hunting spots.
 

[Miles]

Imagine if it had went to permit only?

[bowhuntersd]

The one thing I've learned is that if people are in the places I go they have put in just as much hard work as I have to get in there and are far less to just storm in and blow the area out. Hard work makes people a little more cautious.

[JustinC]

Just curious as to what people think about this.  I really like being able to do this hunt on an annual basis but could see how it would be more enjoyable if the number of guys was limited so that crowding might be reduced.  Then it could be a real quality experience.

I've been hoping for this for years. I would love to see guys have to either draw this, or at least choose between putting in for the other draws, and doing the high hunt. If you make everyone choose what's most important to them, the odds get better for the hunts you really want to do instead of having everyone putting in for everything. Hope that makes sense?

[bobcat]

I've been hoping for this for years. I would love to see guys have to either draw this, or at least choose between putting in for the other draws, and doing the high hunt. If you make everyone choose what's most important to them, the odds get better for the hunts you really want to do instead of having everyone putting in for everything. Hope that makes sense?

So, something similar to what Idaho does with some of their special permit hunts that are in wilderness areas. Instead of making these a general season hunt open to everyone with a deer tag, it's a permit hunt you have to draw but the number of permits is unlimited. Which of course means it's a guaranteed draw, but if you choose that hunt you cant draw anything else.

[JustinC]

Exactly

[MountainWalk]

No way. Limit your self, not me. Too many limit themselves,  then limit others in response to their results.     

    Plenty of room for everyone.