Hunting Lake Chelan

[MtnMuley]

Travel in the morning before the evening winds rip through the Narrows.

   Also, a lot of other good info has been mentioned.  Being in shape is a must.  There will be others in the general areas, but if you are willing to work (hike) beyond most, you should have some decent hunting for yourself.  Temps can and will vary drastically up there, so be prepared for the worst.  As for the cougars, I wouldn't expect to see any.  Actually, I'd bet you'd see a wolf before a cougar up there these days.  Good luck.

[Viszla]

Don't expect to find many, if any, deer up that way.  The chelan deer herd is just about non-existant, at least on the Manson side.

[ICEMAN]

Plan on scary unsafe water.

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[jstone]

Whats up with the deer herd on the Manson side. Why they slim pickins?? Used to see some nice deer up there. Remote area. Big Canyons lots of places for them to hide.

[muleracks]

Tracker,  It would be an adventure to hunt the upper lake but if you go up early in the morning you can usually get there on calm water with a little tail wind.  Be careful coming back down lake in the afternoon and stay close to shore incase you need to beach.  For a General Season hunt Moore Point offers some easy country to hunt but probably no big bucks.  Riddle Creek will get you into the High Hunt and some good country.  Good Luck

[Co]

I think you should pick another spot for your less challenging hunt... The places we find them.. you need some serious climbing gear and a emergency beckon in case of emergency, sometimes very likely up there...  for injury and dangerous predicaments ..

[Kent Hunter]

We hunted the "Fish Creek" drainage for quite a few years. We did drop camps with a packer. It's on the Manson side. If you get in a few miles and head uphill you will get into big deer and plenty of bears. I shot the left antler off of a buck one year that would have gone right at 30". Here is a picture of one of the guys I used to hunt with with his buck from two years later.
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[wsucowboy]

Better be in good shape. Steep is an under statement.

 

[tjgerm]

I wouldn't worry about the water I was out 32 miles off Lapush (Pacific Ocean), 20 ft seas in a 18 ft Silverstreak and your reading this. One boat met the bottom that day one guy dead but we made it so I think Chelan would be a walk in the park on the roughest of days.

[PolarBear]

Got my widest mulie buck by hunting from Horsehead Pass, down to Cub lake, down Prince Creek and out from there by boat.  And yep, you had better be in shape!

[bowhunterforever]

Got my widest mulie buck by hunting from Horsehead Pass, down to Cub lake, down Prince Creek and out from there by boat.  And yep, you had better be in shape!

Sounds like it was an awsome hunt! Any pics?

[PolarBear]

Somewhere in a box at my folks house.  That was well over 20 years ago.  It was a hell of a hunt, great country and some really nice bucks in the area.   Shot that buck above Cub Lake and had to drag the damn thing all the way down to Lake Chelan.  I didn't have a pack and wasn't going back up once I got to the lake.  I've always wanted to hunt it again but got hooked on whitetails and just haven't been back.  

[link]

I wouldn't worry about the water I was out 32 miles off Lapush (Pacific Ocean), 20 ft seas in a 18 ft Silverstreak and your reading this. One boat met the bottom that day one guy dead but we made it so I think Chelan would be a walk in the park on the roughest of days.

Yea, don't worry about the water. Great advice there bud.  

[ICEMAN]

I wouldn't worry about the water I was out 32 miles off Lapush (Pacific Ocean), 20 ft seas in a 18 ft Silverstreak and your reading this. One boat met the bottom that day one guy dead but we made it so I think Chelan would be a walk in the park on the roughest of days.

Don't kid yourself. Lose power on the lake during a wind event and you are toast. Vertical rocky shore, no harbors or safe calm water...  Chelan can generate 8 foot rogue waves on a previsouly calm day. Down lake winds are something to be concerned with. I would never recommend that anyone consider Chelan a "walk in the park". 

[PolarBear]