Blewett pass bucks.

[Athomas0314]

Haha not hip to the lingo on here wat the hecks a pumpkin?

[vandeman17]

Pumpkin patch is what it looks like when all the hunters cover the hillside in their blaze orange and it looks like pumpkins. 

As for Blewett, I drive it alot and the other night when I was coming home I saw two mashers right along the side of the road. It was about 11 o'clock and I was tired or else I might have turned around to try and get pictures. They are out there but know the deep dark places to hide come hunting season.

[predatorpro]

i dont know about you but i dont like being in someones scope

dont worry the safety is on 

[remington300mag]

Pumpkin patch is what it looks like when all the hunters cover the hillside in their blaze orange and it looks like pumpkins. 

As for Blewett, I drive it alot and the other night when I was coming home I saw two mashers right along the side of the road. It was about 11 o'clock and I was tired or else I might have turned around to try and get pictures. They are out there but know the deep dark places to hide come hunting season.

I was driving up the Alta the other day....and right next to the road there were 3 bucks averaging 190"!! Then about a half mile up the road there were 2 more that were even bigger! I cant believe how many shooter bucks are in the Alta unit this year!!!! Most of them are standing right off the road too!!! Should be a GREAT year up there to kill an easy buck!!! I cant wait......

[Armadillo]

Pumpkin patch is what it looks like when all the hunters cover the hillside in their blaze orange and it looks like pumpkins. 

As for Blewett, I drive it alot and the other night when I was coming home I saw two mashers right along the side of the road. It was about 11 o'clock and I was tired or else I might have turned around to try and get pictures. They are out there but know the deep dark places to hide come hunting season.

I was driving up the Alta the other day....and right next to the road there were 3 bucks averaging 190"!! Then about a half mile up the road there were 2 more that were even bigger! I cant believe how many shooter bucks are in the Alta unit this year!!!! Most of them are standing right off the road too!!! Should be a GREAT year up there to kill an easy buck!!! I cant wait......

  thank you!! Im driving past all the other places to go to alta this season 

[Armadillo]

i cant believe I wasted so much time, I should pay you for this advice!! Really!!

[remington300mag]

i cant believe I wasted so much time, I should pay you for this advice!! Really!!

That's the plan!!!  Just remember....ALTA...Huge bucks standing right in the road....EVERYWHERE!!!!

[hirshey]

-One of the Biggest Wa Bucks I ever seen was actually hit by a car on blewett pass! I got a e-mail about it with a DOT worker standing next to it. It was a 31" Non-Typical! There may have been a pic of it here on huntwa aswell!

If that was the one that was hit in 2009 I stopped to look at it... terrible shame... it was a bruiser for sure!

There are a lot of good bucks up there, but they are generally migrating through, making it very difficult to "scout" and even more difficult to time, hunting-wise.. the majority of them could have passed through or not come through the area during the hunting season. Its more dumb luck running into a nice animal than anything else... and like everyone else has said... be prepared to have a few scopes checking you out as you take a mid-morning snack break.

Happy hunting.

[Skyvalhunter]

Yea it was a real beauty!!

[SkookumHntr]

-That would be him!

[Skyvalhunter]

Not to be outdone by a tape stretch on him

[hirshey]

Yea it was a real beauty!!

Dang! Gorgeous buck... the one I was thinking of was killed in 2009 in velvet... I think it was roughly this time of year by the slow vehicle turnout before the curves on the North side of the pass before the major curves and ascent (if you were headed South). It was a gorgeous non-typical. Definitely some whoppers up there someplace.

[Dmanmastertracker]

 Blewett is the toughest place to hunt I've ever been, including Montana in mid-winter. It's straight up and down country, thicker than snot on the north slopes. It does grow big bucks, but all the more accessible area's are hit hard, but usually only near the roads. We would hike in a mile at least from any road and saw plenty of deer, missed an opportunity as a bruiser with too many branches in the way the last time I hunted it. Used to be lots of cats up there. You do have to be a little careful, it's really rocky on top and some of the rock faces are covered with pine needles and are not visible until too late, then you're sliding on your butt 300 yards.

[remington300mag]

Blewett is the toughest place to hunt I've ever been, including Montana in mid-winter. It's straight up and down country, thicker than snot on the north slopes. It does grow big bucks, but all the more accessible area's are hit hard, but usually only near the roads. We would hike in a mile at least from any road and saw plenty of deer, missed an opportunity as a bruiser with too many branches in the way the last time I hunted it. Used to be lots of cats up there. You do have to be a little careful, it's really rocky on top and some of the rock faces are covered with pine needles and are not visible until too late, then you're sliding on your butt 300 yards.

And that is what I love about it!!! 

[wsucowboy]

What a great buck!