morton late buck

[Bigbuckoholic]

Hey all.
Takin my mom out for late buck Saturday and Sunday, really stressing on hopefully getting her on her first buck. Was gunna head sown towards Morton, mossyrock, and randle area. Anyone know how the deer activitys goin down there? Still rutting bucks? I know they should be getting some snow which would be awesome. Also does anyone know if. Most of the tree farm gates are open? Wish I had time to get down there and check it out before the big weekend but work and family have just been crazy! Good luck to all! Drop some big ones!

[bullcanyon]

I live here and couldn't be less excited about the deer hunting in this area. I know guys that took horses behind gates locally and seen next to nothing. Very few deer left around here. We need a serious management change for lewis county.

[Lcl 66 Tinner]

hit the 73 rd and try to get to Lad Pass

[Lazzwarbird]

We really do need some management. Same thing on the west side of the county.... By the end of this year, there outta be about zero elk left!!!

[krism83]

Just left Elk camp down there, We were hunting back off Peterman Hill Rd back in the Port Blakely Farm/WDFW areas. On Monday we scooted across a little spike, a 2 point and a good size 4 point cruising around in there. I was almost thinking of going back down there for late buck, but I didn't want to drive that far in the morning and back home at night both days. Good luck to you though.

[scoyoc5]

I live here and couldn't be less excited about the deer hunting in this area. I know guys that took horses behind gates locally and seen next to nothing. Very few deer left around here. We need a serious management change for lewis county.

[CAMPMEAT]

The wolves aren't helping I bet. We're getting overrun by them all over the state.

[atc250r18]

Saw a nice 3 point all by himself about 10 minutes after shooting light Monday night.  He was standing on the 23 road right before it runs up against the Cipus.

He was the only deer I saw during the entire MF elk season.

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[Goshawk]

The wolves aren't helping I bet. We're getting overrun by them all over the state.

Wolves? What Wolves? No Wolves in Eastern Lewis County yet...

[christopheri]

The wolves aren't helping I bet. We're getting overrun by them all over the state.

Wolves? What Wolves? No Wolves in Eastern Lewis County yet...

Ya if anything it is the large cat population around there. Oh and Poachers.

[bullcanyon]

No, but they are up around Mt Adams and mt St Helens.

[Goshawk]

From the black tail mortality study, in the Morton area and my own resident observations.

1. Hair loss. This killed 6 out of 9 of my resident does and continues to cull at least half the fawn population every year.

2. Vehicle accidents. Few things are harder on fawns than Highway 12, 7 and 508.

3. Poaching. Trading meat for meth and pot has become common place. Few people are knocking over a deer "just to feed my family". It's mostly a couple of younger men with more than a few brews cruising the hills at night, and looking for something to shoot.

4. Unregulated hunting. This state still continues to treat deer and elk like a resource to be raped, not managed. All the tags you can sell without regard for the area's population or animal condition does not positive management make.

5. Natural predators, including dogs running fawns. Yes we have some cats, bears and coyotes but they were found to be pretty low on the kill scale. The last two years of baited trail cams around Mt. Adams found one  wolverine, but never a wolf.

[bullcanyon]

Maybe not, but there was a biologist up there during archery season trying to locate collared wolves. He was up on the crest trail the first week of elk season. He said that a trout lake resident had a bunch of hybrid wolves that they released up there on babyshoe years ago. I don't remember the exact number, but it was over 12.

I agree with you about the state only caring about selling tags. They need to completely shut storm king down for a few years. But they won't make any changes. Stat quo next year. Doe tags and full seasons.  I'm getting real close to not buying tags here. spend my deer money in montana.

[zackmioli]

i was out above randle yesterday, spent time down in the port blakely land and then got up into about 2 feet of snow and looked around. cut some tracks from the morning and followed them for awhile but nothing came out of it. talked to a forest service guy who hunted during modern elk and he told me he didnt see any deer the whole season and hadnt heard of anyone taking anything over the past 2 days of late season. im going somewhere else sunday for one last shot.

ill be down in the randle area for late archery elk though.