Archery Entiat tag

[sirsnap]

 

I finally drew a tag after years of trying.  I'm looking forward to a great hunt with my dad and daughter.  Hopefully we will see a lot of deer and maybe even get a chance at a big buck.  I would like to beat my biggest which is 169 gross.  Not sure what to expect that time of year some early snow would be nice.  Nov. 21-30 hopefully they will still be in the rut.  If anyone has any tips I would love to hear them.  Most of all I'm just looking forward to a great hunt with my family.

Rich

[gasman]

I would not expect them to be rutting. I drew that tag some years back and there was no rut activity at all. All the bucks were in bachler groups milling around.

Expect snow and cold. The high for the week we were there was about 33* down to single didgets. The snow gets crunchy and the deer get skiddish.

It is possible to fill that tag with a nice buck but just hope that it's not as cold as when I was up there, it made it a bit harder to hunt. I can not tell you how many blown stalks we had that week due to crunchy snow 

Walk the ridges, looking down on the ravines and each sage brush. There is always a buck behind the sage brush watching you just walk by 

[MtnMuley]

I would not expect them to be rutting. I drew that tag some years back and there was no rut activity at all. All the bucks were in bachler groups milling around.

Expect snow and cold. The high for the week we were there was about 33* down to single didgets. The snow gets crunchy and the deer get skiddish.

It is possible to fill that tag with a nice buck but just hope that it's not as cold as when I was up there, it made it a bit harder to hunt. I can not tell you how many blown stalks we had that week due to crunchy snow 

Walk the ridges, looking down on the ravines and each sage brush. There is always a buck behind the sage brush watching you just walk by 

Are you kidding me?  I spent a day there taking pics during the bow hunt last year and saw lots of rutting bucks, as did all of the other tag holders I spoke with.

[sirsnap]

So how did you do? Did you end up getting a buck?

[Whitenuckles]

Yep.... Im jealous! Congrats

[benhuntin]

5 years ago I had the tag, bucks runnin stupid had to watch the does killed a 152 in 4 hours and saw much bigger, fog was a problem and snow can limit access.  Good luck

[GOcougsHunter]

I drew the tag in 2006.  Tons of rut activity in my year there.  Saw bucks actively breeding their harems.  Snow level will help you.  Anything over 18" for more than a couple of days will move the deer down.  Follow the snow line.  Saw 100+ deer in 3 days.  Tagged out on a doe.  I echo Gasman's statements of it gets really cold; the snow is really crunchy and loud.  I was well above the burned lower sections of the unit as that was where the snow was the best and the majority of the numbers of deer were.  Saw some nice bucks lower down, but the stalk over the fallen burned timber was really difficult with a bow.  Be flexible and don't focus on one exact area.

[gasman]

I would not expect them to be rutting. I drew that tag some years back and there was no rut activity at all. All the bucks were in bachler groups milling around.

Expect snow and cold. The high for the week we were there was about 33* down to single didgets. The snow gets crunchy and the deer get skiddish.

It is possible to fill that tag with a nice buck but just hope that it's not as cold as when I was up there, it made it a bit harder to hunt. I can not tell you how many blown stalks we had that week due to crunchy snow 

Walk the ridges, looking down on the ravines and each sage brush. There is always a buck behind the sage brush watching you just walk by 

Are you kidding me?  I spent a day there taking pics during the bow hunt last year and saw lots of rutting bucks, as did all of the other tag holders I spoke with.

Not the year we (dougedoug) drew tags 

So how did you do? Did you end up getting a buck?

Nope. Stalked a monster from 400 yards to 45 and had a 2x1 bedded by the tree next to him I did not see. When I drew back for the shot, he jumped from his bed and the big daddy took off heading for Cananda 
And I mean "belly dragging", "coat rack", BIG DADDY    Biggest buck I have ever seen 

I had to treck through snow drifts that were nutt-sack deep (and I am not short at all) to get to him 

[MtnMuley]

Sorry gasman, I thought you were referring to last year.

[coldsteel3d]

I drew that tag also this year and I've already spent several hours using the search function. There is a lot of info on here and it looks like it will prove to be a great hunt. I'm stoked!  

[Elkstuffer]

I've drawn that tag twice since it went to special permit. Both times I had no snow what so ever. Both years I ate my tag. I could have filled it on numerous smaller 3x3's and 4x4's but I was holding out for a 150's + type buck and didn't see one. Pray for snow to move the animals into the area. Congrats! It will be a fun hunt no matter how it turns out. I can't wait to draw it again.

[coldsteel3d]

So the more research I do, the more excited I get! One thing that caught my eye though is that there is only 5 tags given out. I thought there was a lot more than this but i guess I was wrong.  Either way I got the hard part out of the way by drawing the tag, now it's time for the fun part!

[MtnMuley]

So the more research I do, the more excited I get! One thing that caught my eye though is that there is only 5 tags given out. I thought there was a lot more than this but i guess I was wrong.  Either way I got the hard part out of the way by drawing the tag, now it's time for the fun part!

48 tags given out.

[finnman]

Do not shoot one of these!!! Maybe some of you remember this guy!!

[Elkrunner]

That is one sweet buck!!!!