Huckleberry Hog

[bearpaw]

Every unit in the northeast has some very large whitetail bucks. 

[piledup]

I'm missing out on not hunting huckleberry

But last time I went there for modern rifle, it was like a zoo of hunters though

And now Bfoots too!  Stay away from 121...

Don't worry, I hunt next door to huckleberry and there is not much of a zoo of hunters there.

Every unit in the northeast has some very large whitetail bucks. 

[daydreamn]

Not sure who came up with 121 not having any big deer.  I think it currently holds the next world record. Thats a sweet deer.

 

There are some absolute giants in 121.  I personally was very happy to see the 4-point minimum restriction put in place.  When I started hunting that unit about 15 years ago it was 3 point minimum and we always saw a lot of bucks, and a lot of big bucks.  When it went to any buck, pretty much anything with any visible antler was getting whacked during modern season.  The number of quality deer we were seeing dropped dramatically over the next several years.

That said, the smart deer survived none the less and like I said there are some giants up there.  Great pic daydream, those eye guards are incredible!

   Not sure what you mean. 121 has never had any point restrictions.

[CedarPants]

Not sure who came up with 121 not having any big deer.  I think it currently holds the next world record. Thats a sweet deer.

 

There are some absolute giants in 121.  I personally was very happy to see the 4-point minimum restriction put in place.  When I started hunting that unit about 15 years ago it was 3 point minimum and we always saw a lot of bucks, and a lot of big bucks.  When it went to any buck, pretty much anything with any visible antler was getting whacked during modern season.  The number of quality deer we were seeing dropped dramatically over the next several years.

That said, the smart deer survived none the less and like I said there are some giants up there.  Great pic daydream, those eye guards are incredible!

   Not sure what you mean. 121 has never had any point restrictions.

Technicality, but good catch.  The southeastern corner of 121 used to be 117.  That little triangle between Loon Lake, Springdale, and Chewelah used to be 117 but is now 121.  Since the point restrictions apply to both 121 and 117 though we're really talking about the same thing.

There are hogs in 121 and 117.  Again, great buck daydream!

[wsucowboy]

Some dandy bucks!

[willapawapiti]

Great bucks guys!!

[Machias]

I tell you what killed this unit was when they went to the controlled hunts in Spokane county, a big chunk of folks that do not draw a late season tag In Spokane and the Palouse area head to 121.  I used to hunt the late season and NEVER see another hunter out in the field.  Always killed a nice buck in the late season.  The year they went to the draw, holy smokes it was amazing.  I parked my truck one more on a little piece of state land that I always hunted and I'm not exaggerating I had to wait to cross the little logging trail while 14 rigs drove by.   

[bearpaw]

That buck definitley has some killer eye guards, sweet. 

[Elkslayer]

That buck definitley has some killer eye guards, sweet. 

Thats why buck man calls him the Can Opener buck!!! That one eyeguard has a larger circumferance measurement then the main beam! 


Now post up some pictures of those 230" sheds ya got Daydreamn!

[huntnnw]

awesome buck!! Some character... alot of the NE units have great deer..but 101 to me is the best for massive,freak bucks... there is nowhere in my 25 years of chasing whiteatails here where anywhere you dump salt hang a cam come back in 2 weeks and you have BIG bucks on cam. I spend the whole summer in 127,124,121 to find just a few bucks and yet most of the time non compare in mass to these 101 bucks

[piledup]

awesome buck!! Some character... alot of the NE units have great deer..but 101 to me is the best for massive,freak bucks... there is nowhere in my 25 years of chasing whiteatails here where anywhere you dump salt hang a cam come back in 2 weeks and you have BIG bucks on cam. I spend the whole summer in 127,124,121 to find just a few bucks and yet most of the time non compare in mass to these 101 bucks

I guess I'll give 101 a try this year then

[huntnnw]

I wish I could hunt it like I want to.. but I cant effectively scout the area as its a 3 hr drive and the cost of gas these days its too much..so I stay closer to home.

3 spots no more than 4 miles apart last year..just some of the bigger ones

[daydreamn]

Those are some great bucks huntnnw.  I love the trash on that last buck.

[Drifterat]

Killer bucks! That bladed eyegaurd buck is awesome!

[Sneaky]

I've seen some giants up high in that unit. Whitetails are not strictly a lowland creature.....  Nice bucks