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need help for muley hunt
« on: July 08, 2011, 09:26:21 AM »
I'm mostly a trophy hunter so no meat hunting for me so with that said, where around Omak or Winthrop is a good area for muleys? I am going to do some scouting and need a place to start. I hunt different areas of the state every year and tired of going and NOTHING worth staying for .
No secret spots, just general areas, will do plenty of scouting myself.
Always looking for hunting partners too :hello:

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Re: need help for muley hunt
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2011, 09:31:38 AM »
Eastern Washington is a good place to start  8)

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Re: need help for muley hunt
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2011, 10:00:42 AM »
Most gov tag holders hunt Entiat/Wenatchee animals.  They migrate from somewhere.

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Re: need help for muley hunt
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2011, 10:12:01 AM »
I don't know about Omak, but there are a few good areas around Winthrop/Twisp. Beaver Creek holds some nice muleys, but you have to fight hundreds of hunters there. Thomson Ridge is also known to have some monsters. There are a lot of big bucks everywhere over there, but the big bucks are usually way back in the hills. If there is an early snow then you're in luck, it pushes them into an early rut and down into the lower lands. We've gotten three nice bucks over there within the last four years, but have seen tons of trophies on the early snow years. For summer scouting, most of the bucks will be hanging low by the fields, so you should see plenty by just driving up Beaver Creek or Twisp River Road, but they will move back up once summer is over.

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Re: need help for muley hunt
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2011, 10:33:22 AM »
Perrygin is a good starting point. Lotsa deer even more huntets and a couple trophies to be had.

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Re: need help for muley hunt
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2011, 01:43:18 PM »
Thanks all, will take advice in good stride :IBCOOL:

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Re: need help for muley hunt
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2011, 01:34:02 AM »
Most gov tag holders hunt Entiat/Wenatchee animals.  They migrate from somewhere.
Now Bone all this time I thought WDFW helied in a few at a time from B.C. to keep us interested.  Now I'm gonna have to change my strategy. :chuckle:   :chuckle: 

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Re: need help for muley hunt
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2011, 06:46:52 AM »
What areas have you already tried?
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Re: need help for muley hunt
« Reply #8 on: July 09, 2011, 07:00:48 AM »
I don't know about Omak, but there are a few good areas around Winthrop/Twisp. Beaver Creek holds some nice muleys, but you have to fight hundreds of hunters there. Thomson Ridge is also known to have some monsters. There are a lot of big bucks everywhere over there, but the big bucks are usually way back in the hills. If there is an early snow then you're in luck, it pushes them into an early rut and down into the lower lands. We've gotten three nice bucks over there within the last four years, but have seen tons of trophies on the early snow years. For summer scouting, most of the bucks will be hanging low by the fields, so you should see plenty by just driving up Beaver Creek or Twisp River Road, but they will move back up once summer is over.
Caveman GOOSE DANG IT .. Thanks for giving out another one of my honey holes  :chuckle: :chuckle: if he lives around winthrop or twisp or in eastern washington period he should know these ares and if he is a trophy hunter then he may never kill a deer in washington  :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :rolleyes:

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Re: need help for muley hunt
« Reply #9 on: July 09, 2011, 07:20:30 AM »
up the limebelt rd.

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Re: need help for muley hunt
« Reply #10 on: July 09, 2011, 02:17:58 PM »
Probably no help but there aren't many spots where the non-migratoring muleys get a chance to reach trophy size.  If you are planning a General season hunt, scout the most remote, roughest country you can imagine (someplace where even the crazies won't go) and you might find a good buck.  There are not many spots like that in the heavily roaded Okanogan.  Keep putting in for the Special Permits and you might eventually get a draw where you can hunt the migrators.  You could also pack in for the High Hunt in the Pasayten or General season in the Sawtooths.

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Re: need help for muley hunt
« Reply #11 on: July 09, 2011, 09:00:18 PM »
Kind of a catch 22 to ask for help for a spot to kill a trophy then say you don't want honey holes.  Dont you think that if there was an area open OTC with trophies all over, that it would probably considered someones honey hole.  Do yourself a favor and quit hunting this state for a so called trophy.  Make it easier on yourself and call them all trophies like they are, that way when you kill a fork-n-horn you can brag all day long about the "trophy" you shot. 

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Re: need help for muley hunt
« Reply #12 on: July 09, 2011, 09:05:55 PM »
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Re: need help for muley hunt
« Reply #13 on: July 09, 2011, 09:15:14 PM »
up the limebelt rd.

We have a cabin up there. All I can say is sage brush, sage brush and sage brush. Most guys think you have to hunt in the thick, rugged stuff. Not true at all. There are some big boys in that sage brush.
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Re: need help for muley hunt
« Reply #14 on: July 09, 2011, 09:25:51 PM »
I think you would need to draw a special permit to have a good chance of killing a real good trophy Buck.  You could get lucky and find one on a general season hunt.  What size Buck are you looking for?

 


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