Lucky tag holder

[lunchbox]

My buddies dad puts in for draws the last day and just checked yesterday to see if he drew anything and drew a late rifle chiwawa deer tag 

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So isn't that good news? Why the  ?

[h20hunter]

Dont' think it matters which day you put in..first or last. I'd say good for him, must have had some points built up. Maybe he should join the site and tell us about his upcoming hunt.

[cem3434]

You mean you dont get bonus points for putting in early??? Well there goes my hopes of ever being drawn for a quality tag in this state!

[carpsniperg2]

Dont' think it matters which day you put in..first or last. I'd say good for him, must have had some points built up. Maybe he should join the site and tell us about his upcoming hunt.

 
It does not matter what day you put in.

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People on here give all sorts of crap for people waiting til the last minute to put in for the draws. I say who cares when you put in. They give a deadline to put in. If you're driving in a 55mph zone, you don't get a ticket for doing 55 do you?

[lunchbox]

Its great news and im very happy for him. Going with someone who has the permit is almost as good as you having it yourself

[180-GRAIN]

Lucky son of a! I put in for that unit first choice every year and same result not drawn. You would think 8 points would get it done. He should have a great hunt tell him good luck!

[Skyvalhunter]

Thats a great tag I know where some big boys hang out in that unit. I jumped a couple dandies in some deep snow up there. Congrats to your friends dad. 180 you must not be holding your mouse right

[lunchbox]

He drew it with 8 points and i had 9 luck of the draw

[Skyvalhunter]

Well don't feel bad I had 11 points and didn't draw it!!

[lunchbox]

Old salt do you think chiwawa is better than the entiat unit?

[Skyvalhunter]

I think that more people like to hunt the entiat because of its tendency to be more open and people can drive or walk the roads and glass. Overall more people put in for it and may see more deer for the most part and there are more that winter there. But you asked better and for me I like the Chiwawa better as it is more of a challenge. I know others are going to dispute that. Both need snow to make them better for the migration. Both have potential to get a nice buck out of them. You will find the lottery deer tag winner will usually hunt the Entiat. Alot of the Chiwawa doesn't get hunted as it is a larger unit too. I just like the Chiwawa because I hunt it during the regular season and spend alot of time hiking it.

[lunchbox]

I agree alot of people put in for entiat because of the name, chiwawa is a great unit and im glad it doesn't have all the roads the entiat unit has and weather plays a huge role in your hunt but i know there is dandy local bucks that live in the unit all year long 

[Rainier10]

Congratulations on your buddy pulling a great tag.  All of those units are great and have big deer.  If you put in your time in any of them you will probably shoot the biggest deer of your life.  I shot what was supposed to be the biggest my first time every hunting in the Chiwawa during the general rifle season, just a big local deer.  Seven years later I shot a 160 with my bow in Entiat when it was open for a general bow season.  And two years ago I shot a 150 in Swakane, again with my bow.  There are big deer in all of those areas if you put in your time, if you get real lucky it might be one of the biggest in the state, but it will probably be the biggest one on your wall.  People that come to my house tell me all the time man those are big deer... but I have seen bigger.  I reply yeah I have too but these ones made it on my wall.... how many do you have?
You guys should have a great time, hopefully you get the right weather combo of snow but not crunchy snow, post up the pic's after the hunt and hopefully it is the biggest deer of his life.

[buckmaster_wa]

So Rainier10 post of some photos of the bucks you have gotten. I am sure a lot of us would like to see the pics.

[lunchbox]

He has killed nice mule deer in the past but never a true big mountain muley

[kramer]

Congratulations on the tag. My cousin drew the tag wit like 3 or 4 points. Should be a great hunt.

[hirshey]

I think that more people like to hunt the entiat because of its tendency to be more open and people can drive or walk the roads and glass. Overall more people put in for it and may see more deer for the most part and there are more that winter there. But you asked better and for me I like the Chiwawa better as it is more of a challenge. I know others are going to dispute that. Both need snow to make them better for the migration. Both have potential to get a nice buck out of them. You will find the lottery deer tag winner will usually hunt the Entiat. Alot of the Chiwawa doesn't get hunted as it is a larger unit too. I just like the Chiwawa because I hunt it during the regular season and spend alot of time hiking it.

There are a lot of nice deer in that unit.. just more difficult to see in some parts of the unit, and less accessible.

[Rainier10]

He has killed nice mule deer in the past but never a true big mountain muley

Maybe not a "true big mountain muley" in your opinion but they are great deer in my opinion for bow hunting during general season.  I like everyone else has seen bigger on the hoof and every year I think man if I had a gun I could shoot that 175-180 deer, they get big by staying out of bow range during the bow season and out of sight during rifle.  Rifle tag in the late season is a great way to score a big buck in the 170 range.  I am not sure what you consider a "true big mountain muley" but I don't recall seeing more than a few over 170 from last years hunts.

Your buddy should have a great time and see plenty of deer if the snow is there and hopefully will score what he considers a "true big mountain muley".