Post by: uncoolperson on August 25, 2008, 01:35:07 PM
can anyone offer up a decent westside (too much heat makes me melt) hike to/camp deer spot?
Figure i like the hike to/camping fishing, might wanna give the deer thing a chance that way (clear cuts and logging roads weren't my thing the last two years).
Post by: saylean on August 25, 2008, 01:51:18 PM
head to baker lake. Bring mosquito repellent. Travel a bit around there, you should be able to find a few spots.
Post by: uncoolperson on August 25, 2008, 02:47:16 PM
Your up by Bham...
willing to travel
Post by: MountainWalk on August 25, 2008, 03:11:58 PM
Post by: TheHunt on August 25, 2008, 06:35:33 PM
Heck you can get in there 12 to 16 miles and run ridge tops for the most of the way.
Post by: uncoolperson on August 25, 2008, 07:36:05 PM
To back pack in, you can hike into the Apline lakes unit. Find a crap bowl / Ridge and hike in. All the people that pack in use horses but you have the advantage by hunting the ridges and camping on them. You have the advantages of you backpack. There are a few areas from the Hwy 2 area that can put in ridges that are on top where the horses can go...
Heck you can get in there 12 to 16 miles and run ridge tops for the most of the way.
Sounds pretty cool... well aside from 12-16 miles to get in, been awhile since i did 9+ up mountains and hills and such.
I might have to give it a try.
Thanks
Post by: Little Fish on August 26, 2008, 09:26:51 AM
If you are looking for a hunt it may be that a long hike is the only way to get away from people??? I haven't decided exactly what I am going to do, but need to consult my maps to find an area with 0 trails nearby. Not sure if this will mean a 10 mile hike in or checking out another area or what, but with so many folks in the woods I have serious doubts I will see a big buck to target during the high buck hunt.
Post by: uncoolperson on August 26, 2008, 09:57:48 AM
Are you looking for a hunt or a hike. If you are looking for a hike there are several easy access points in the ALW, but they have lots of hikers or horseback riders on the trails. I went in last weekend near Ingalls Lake and the forest was crowded. Based on past experience it seems to get worse the farther west you are.
If you are looking for a hunt it may be that a long hike is the only way to get away from people??? I haven't decided exactly what I am going to do, but need to consult my maps to find an area with 0 trails nearby. Not sure if this will mean a 10 mile hike in or checking out another area or what, but with so many folks in the woods I have serious doubts I will see a big buck to target during the high buck hunt.
looking for a hunt, that i can throw a tent out a enjoy some relative solitude. (a lake with fish that'll eat a fly would been a nice bonus).
Post by: huntnphool on August 26, 2008, 10:14:55 AM
looking for a hunt,some relative solitude.
:lol4: Better try a drop camp somewhere on the Continental Divide then.
Post by: rainshadow1 on August 26, 2008, 10:20:35 AM
Post by: uncoolperson on August 26, 2008, 12:11:09 PM
Better try a drop camp somewhere on the Continental Divide then.
Don't i know it... every day I miss alaska a little more.
Tons of country right East of you. To get away from the crowds, you just have to go further than the crowds.
talkin more east like baker lake area, or less east and out around church mountain... and on that, does anyone know anything of the church mountain area?
did some star gazing a few weeks ago up there (church), saw and owl and a bunch of clouds.
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Post by: rainshadow1 on August 26, 2008, 01:32:26 PM