Deer Hunting Ft. Lewis

[Greg Mullins]

Area 12 is off eastgate road (wont be open) Area 4 is good but alot of activity.10,8,9,16,3 Are all good areas 3 runs along I-5 and holds alot of deer.Like said before they wont move till you step on them.We us treestands and tag good bucks every year.Ive hunted it for 30 years Ive never seen a cougar or know anyone who has or even a track.Lots of bears on area 10,9,8,18 and a small herd of elk on 23 into 20.Ive seen 1 warden in 30 years who was watching cops pull a body off area 11. The fort is not even close to what it was 10 years ago but if its close to home check it out.Have fun hope this helps  Greg

[YoterHunter]

ive hunted it for over 20 years.  seen 2 bears .ive never seen a cuoger ive seen tracks in area 19 years ago.like they said its nothing like it used to be.

[oldcamper]

Nothing to see on base, just move along. 

[deerslyr]

Area 12 is off eastgate road (wont be open) Area 4 is good but alot of activity.10,8,9,16,3 Are all good areas 3 runs along I-5 and holds alot of deer.Like said before they wont move till you step on them.We us treestands and tag good bucks every year.Ive hunted it for 30 years Ive never seen a cougar or know anyone who has or even a track.Lots of bears on area 10,9,8,18 and a small herd of elk on 23 into 20.Ive seen 1 warden in 30 years who was watching cops pull a body off area 11. The fort is not even close to what it was 10 years ago but if its close to home check it out.Have fun hope this helps  Greg

Lets see some pics of those nice bucks then 

[oldcamper]

I have taken a nice 4/5 from there. I noticed some bear scat and am planning a bear hunt out there when I return to the area. Just gotta build a crane system to get it in the truck.

[Tacomahunter]

I've been on fort almost everyday since opening day. I've seen 18 deer. Just wanted to throw that out there!! 

[bowNarrow]

what area have you been seein the most deer in ....ive been on 4....... 5 or 6 times and only seen coyotes

[YoterHunter]

there is know deer in fort lewis. just bears and cats 

[Tacomahunter]

After I posted yesterday I went out and saw 2 bears! I've seen the deer in 10,11,13,and 14. I saw the 2 bears yesterday in 9 and 10. Hope I can get one soon.

[rebal69972]

theres several deer in ta 4 they come out right at dark theres also alot of beer and yote around sawmill lakes ive seen some where around 20 bears or so but most of what ive seen have been small shoot me a pm and i can give you a few ideas

[rebal69972]

what area have you been seein the most deer in ....ive been on 4....... 5 or 6 times and only seen coyotes

theres about 15 less yotes out there now, a few to many got into bow range 




There are many guys that scout, set up trail cameras, and tree stands so you will not be  the only one out there. Once you get out hunting the area, you will start to see the same people hunting the same area and get to know there vehicle and possibly them, if you are friendly enough to stop and talk with other.

DONT SET UP TRAIL CAMS ON BASE ANYWHERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!! range control conceders them surveillance and if your name or anything is on it you can get in lots of trouble. with that said (i just found out) i have alot of bear pics on here I'm not saying where they came from but there are alot of bears on base. just tring to save u some trouble

[GrainfedMuley]

I used to hunt the fort back in the 90's. I don't know about today, but back then there was all kinds of deer. I agree with soldier5 and gasman as to the rules. You had to go to the adventure center back then and watch a 20 minute safety video and then sign in. The single best tip I can give is during modern rifle season, wait until the last weekend. They open an area that not too many people travel the entire year. The way that all the gun ranges are designed, they form a sort of horse shoe. In the center of that horse shoe is called the centeral impact area. There is several acres of thick trees and brush. Believe it or not, the deer are used to gunfire. But not the people traffic. I was with a buddy that took a fairly nice forky in that centeral impact area. There are sevice roads that run through that area you can very slowly and quietly walk. There are deer in there. I have sen them myself. On the south end of the fort down by the Nisgually river, you can hunt bear. At the Adventure Center there is a wall with all the animals taken off the fort. I saw pics of a couple of reall nice 4x4's taken off the fort. Another buddy I know a couple of years ago, took a real nice tall 3x3 at some honey hole he knows on the back side of the fort out towards Roy. I have a pic of that buck in the back of his truck. The deer are there, you just have to jump through a bunch of hoops to go chase them. Especially after 9/11. On a side note, There are some really huge deer out on the Yakima Fireing Center also.

[YoterHunter]

every unit on the base has big deer in them. its just a matter of finding them.

[p-ohana]

pics

[sea2summit]

Saw 8 deer today on base! I shot one, my first one, my first year hunting! Hope to have some pictures up tomorrow.

What area?

We've been training out there the last week and a bear got in to our garbage on the east side.