Kid drew Green river buck (youth) tag

[Dan-o]

Pretty excited.

He's not my son, but he's a kid I've known a long time.   He comes from a non hunting/fishing family, so I've been taking him the last 3 years. 

So.... I don't know the Green River unit.....   tough to get into unless you draw.

any insight on how to scout/hunt it would be appreciated.   feel free to PM me.

Yeehaw!!!!

[njc89]

took a couple bucks out of there when I was much younger.  I would suggest looking for any loggers that may be operating in the area (if there are any), or talk to the employees about where logging may be going on.  We looked for clearcuts, but anything I knew of back then would be well grown over today.  Take your camera for pics of all the elk.  Good luck

[Bigshooter]

My buddies dad drew a couple years ago.  He said it was a really easy hunt.  His dad shot a nice buck.

[Romulus]

He will have no problem seeing bucks. With the dates this year if it is raining just drive around and you will see lots of does with bucks in tow.

[bucklucky]

Awesome tag!! Congrats to the kid!

[kramer]

Tell him congrats. I will talk to my buddies who have had the tag in the last couple years. They killed some great bucks. If I'm not mistaking the name we seen a  huge buck on pages flats. I will try and get some more info and help as much as I can.

[KNOPHISH]

Pretty sure ya can't go scout it & no camping in there either during the hunt, have to go in in the morning & come out at night. Some nice bucks in there.

[jackmaster]

just make sure you know where the main gate is, that tag at that time of year is a good hunt, nock on wood you wont have to work real hard for a nice buck, just try to get the kid to hold out for the first couple days and wait till he sees a wallhanger, and then take it to bucklucky to have a shoulder mount done, good luck to you and the kid

[jason4429]

I drew this tag also .I'm really excited!!!

[highside74]

A 145" buck was killed in there last year. A friend of a friend had a doe tag in there and had seen a giant running some does but he didn't want to stop hunting so he moved on down the road and ran into security, so they were chatting when a guy pull's up and start's chatting also. Turn's out this guy has a buck tag and my buddies friend about came unglued with excitement. Told this guy he was gonna make him a very happy man follow me he say's. The buck was less than 100 yards from where he last saw him. The rest is history. I wish I saved the pic but since I didn't know the guy I showed it to a few peolple then got rid of it. 

Good luck and don't shoot a dink.

[Furee65]

Hey Dan I sent you an email with a snapshot on the spot I got my deer last year. Also make sure you guys have a bear tag as there is a decent amount of bear activity up there. I should have purchased a bear tag last year because the guard that helped me get my deer out of the hole said he spotted several bears on his patrol that day really close to the area where I took my deer at. If I remember anything else i will make sure to pass it on to you guys.

[Dan-o]

Hey Furee,

Thanks so much for the great E-Mail.

I am so pumped for this kid I can hardly wait.

I'd be so pleased to return the favor sometime.

Cheers!

Dan

[stihlpro]

High Side...... "were chatting when a guy pull's up and start's chatting also. Turn's out this guy has a buck tag and my buddies friend about came unglued with excitement. Told this guy he was gonna make him a very happy man follow me he say's. The buck was less than 100 yards from where he last saw him."

Sounds similar to a story I heard from one of my students who's Dad had drawn the same tag with a friend.  Here's the pic I got from him.   

[True Sportsman]

The company i used to work for had a bunch of property up there. I spent the last 5 years cruising timber up in there. PM me and I'll see if I can help you guys out. There are some large bucks up there.

[True Sportsman]

High Side...... "were chatting when a guy pull's up and start's chatting also. Turn's out this guy has a buck tag and my buddies friend about came unglued with excitement. Told this guy he was gonna make him a very happy man follow me he say's. The buck was less than 100 yards from where he last saw him."

Sounds similar to a story I heard from one of my students who's Dad had drawn the same tag with a friend.  Here's the pic I got from him.

That is ridiculous.

[jess]

talk to the shed heads they will point ya'll in the right direction

[True Sportsman]

I found a few old buck pics I took when I was in this area. These were taken in 2007. I wish I had all my pics from here, but I lost a bunch.

One of the bucks in the pics was going to be a hog.

[link]

truesportsman, just curious, but were you working in there?

[trophyhunt]

My daughter shot her first deer in there last year, it was the first buck we saw.  Even though it was the first buck we saw it was worth shooting.  It probably scores around 110 or so, we were very happy with the hunt.  Didn't find any deer in the elk meadows, we had to head up to the higher clear cuts.  Some of the guards will help, some keep to themselves.  It is a fun hunt but it was very short for us, if you have the time after you kill your deer take advantage of the fact that you can still enter the watershed and continue to hunt bear and cougar or just say you are and drive around.  Take a good camera and get us lots of pic's.  She has her deer pic on the youth board, the title "My daughters first deer".

[True Sportsman]

truesportsman, just curious, but were you working in there?

Yeah, cruising timber in there. It's a neat area.

[link]

I remember when I was a little kid riding in my dads log truck in there ( I know, I wasn't supposed to). I'd get down on the floor going through the gate.  It was like going to NW trek to a little kid who just started hunting. We would see a lot of deer, big bucks and even more elk. The number of elk, and big bulls in there back then was amazing.

[Alan K]

That hunt has tempted me for a few years now, just can't get myself to pass up areas that I already know. 

Some real hogs in there, dandy bucks in those pictures!

[True Sportsman]

A cool story of when I was in there a couple years ago.

I was driving into work and was on the mainline. I hit the brakes hard and along side the road about 20 yards off the mainline is a huge 3 X 4 blacktail with eyeguards. He was kinda alarmed at how quick I stopped but still let me look at him for 30 seconds or so. I caught movement out of the corner of my eye, and in my rearview mirror I see a deer moving behind my truck. I turned around in my seat and saw one of the biggest bucks I have ever seen, a huge, long tined 4pt with eye guards. He just calmly walked behind my truck and up the hill. Pretty awesome and they were in velvet. It was neat seeing him in my rearview, though. 

[trophyhunt]

I've always put in for the same old late mule deer hunts like most everyone else, but after being in there last year with my daughter and seeing the area a little bit I started putting my 7 points towards a big blackie.  It's not a slam dunk but I think if a guy hunts his butt off he could end up with a dream of a blacktail. I think for the youths it is one of the best hunts, they really need to put more youths hunt options up for them.