One Deer Hunt

[wackmaster]

I go back to wyoming and hunt with my dad.

[wannahunt]

I would like to try a south of the border hunt for desert mulies and coues deer sometime.
Otherwise just give me that washington deset unit draw. please please please.

[GoldTip]

I'd go back to hunt the mountains of NW Montana in 1964-74.  I grew up there and saw a few of those huge bucks, killed one right at 30" inside in '86.  But GAWD some of the pics of the heavy horned 28"-34" even maybe 36" bucks that my Dad and uncles killed on a regular basis from those mountains are just amazing.  Asked my Dad one time what happened to all them horns, he said they didn't mean much back then, you'd get another one the next year.  Just threw them away.

[boneaddict]

OH man that hurts.

[Bigshooter]

I know this is an old post but thought since deer season was here and more people are thinking about deer I would post and see if it took off again.

If I could hunt deer anywhere it would be one of 3 places AZ stripe, Paunsgaunt, or about 3 units in CO Unit 54, 66, or 67 3rd rifle season not the 4th.  I would have to really think about those three units in CO before I made a choice.

[Wea300mag]

Goldtip,

It's funny how horns are priceless now but not so important back then. My grandpa and great uncle hunted Thompson Ridge (near Twisp) back in the 50's, 60's and 70's and shot monsters but never even thought mounts or B & C.

[Hunting Cowboy]

I agree with ya Wea300mag, Here's some bucks taken by my grandpa, great uncle, and a doctor friend of theirs from the 1930's in the Winthrop/Twist area.

[50CalJim]

Can't say that I have seen to many deer hunters wearing a tie before.

[WAcoueshunter]

I'd say the Strip, but only because I know more about it than the other premier western units.  Very isolated, nobody there, rough terrain.  Glass & stalk.  Sounds like fun.  The downside of the Strip is that there just aren't many deer there...you might go several days without seeing a deer, let alone a gagger.  But then all of a sudden some 220" monster rolls out.  Funny thing though is that I apply for AZ every year but never for the Strip.  The NR tags all go to guys with Max bonus points under the AZ system, which was something like 15 points this year.  I'd much rather have a late coues tag every five years than wait 15 years for that tag.   And frankly, at this point, I'll never catch up with all the guys from across the country who only put in for that tag on their AZ application.

I'd also like to chase them in BC.  They have a 4-point min up there, which has kept the average size way up.  The outfitter I hunted moose with in BC regularly takes huge bucks.  The last two years he personally has taken a gross 204 and 206...both with his bow on September 2nd.  How about that for getting your season started?  He's also got a mounted non-typical shed set that grosses in the 250 range, so the opportunity for a ridiculous deer is there.  And for those of you that troll the MM site, how about those bucks that BCBoy has taken?  Unfortunately I don't have an extra $5,000 laying around, which is roughly what it costs for a NR.  Maybe if the Canuck dollar goes back down to US$0.60. 

[Palmer]

Colorado for Elk.  I know of a guide boasting of a 94% success rate.  Elk is in the deer family but if that doesn't count.  I'll stick with the giant whitetail we have in Northeastern Washington.  Two years ago we harvested a 2 1/2 year old at about 265 lb on the hoof and exactly 160 lbs dressed out.  (160/60% of body mass=265).

[Intruder]

Prolly 1 of the 4th season units in CO for muleys.  Have to do some research to determine exactly which 1.

[dbllunger]

Winter range in Utah!

[Kent Hunter]

If I had my health back I would hunt the Sawtooths at the north end of Lake Chelan hands down. Best mule deer hunting IMO in this state. I hunted it for many years and dream more than a few times a year about it.

[Fesup]

Ive been looking into this area I wanna take the boy over east to mule deer hunt. wasnt realy sure where to get into this area from looked at going from hwy 95 I believe it was near the south end of chelan and heading north tords Alta lake and tords Winthrop figured might be able to jump off someplace there but Ive aslo been told the only real way is to go in by boat uplake Chelan.

[Skyvalhunter]

Like to try to take one of those Sodona mulies. If we are dreaming why not dream big