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Offline Chesapeake

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Re: How to find a place to hunt the High Buck wilderness season.
« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2011, 09:09:04 AM »
Glacier Peaks and Henry Jackson fall in part or most in unit 245 Chiwawa.

My regs have that as open during General Archery sept. 1-23.

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Credit goes to Jimmy, he told you first, but in a manner more directed at making you look for yourself.

« Last Edit: May 25, 2011, 09:16:38 AM by Chesapeake »

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Re: How to find a place to hunt the High Buck wilderness season.
« Reply #16 on: May 25, 2011, 01:20:35 PM »
I don't think he cares so much about just hunting with a bow, but wants the archery seasons, the option to shoot a doe over the counter, and not being limited to only wilderness in september.  There is no reason I see that archery tags can't hunt the high buck hunt in most areas it is open.

Ah.  I'm not sure how they choose what units get archery and which ones get muzzy.  I would really like for GMU 615 to be open for muzzy elk like it is for archery, but don't know who decided or why it shouldn't be.  I don't know who you/he would need to talk to about getting your units expanded.  I personally think all the units should be available for all the weapons--but I'll save most of those thought for other threads.

My understanding about the high hunt is that the dates are because of the weather.  If you wait until mid-October to try to send a bunch of hunters and outfitters up over 5,000 feet you will have people that go in unprepared and possibly be dealing with a bunch of SAR.  Last year during the regular season, I was able to make it to the high country the first weekend before the snows drove me to lower ground.  I can't imagine a bunch of guys on horse trying to move large camps out in early blizzards.  I had heard that the Forest Service requested to WDFW to move the seasons earlier or open a special season, because the Forest Service would've been responsible for the rescues.  From what I can tell, archery season (early) is complete
before the weather is likely to be a factor, and that would be why the areas it is allowed in don't get a special set of dates.
 

 


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