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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: mjones83 on October 14, 2012, 12:58:04 AM

Title: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: mjones83 on October 14, 2012, 12:58:04 AM: Going to try some new Hunting area from Ione Washington in November for the late hunt . Anyone have any advice where to hunt on feel free land in a Hundred mile radius?? :brew:
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on October 14, 2012, 01:54:30 AM: Lots of game out in the sticks :chuckle:
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: mdbuck5x5 on October 14, 2012, 03:08:17 AM: Steep, rugged and thick. Bring your hiking boots and get away from the roads. Good luck!
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Post by: mjones83 on October 14, 2012, 11:43:34 AM: :bfg: anyone else have any info they can share around this area?
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on October 14, 2012, 11:46:20 AM: Thick/plenty of public land/Wolves/Deer Population is low in most areas

There are big bucks in there just like everywhere else in these mountains. Last year a 180+ was killed by a vehicle near Ione.
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: NWBREW on October 14, 2012, 11:47:13 AM: Sullivan................that's all I'm sayin. ;)
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: mjones83 on October 14, 2012, 12:15:03 PM: Sullivan?? What do you mean Sullivan. I'm not following??
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: brokenvet on October 14, 2012, 12:35:48 PM: I've hunted just south west of Ione in the early season west of the 20. Nice big deer of that are during the rut. But only White tails though at late season.
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: Elkaholic daWg on October 14, 2012, 12:49:02 PM: Quote from: mjones83 on October 14, 2012, 12:15:03 PM
Sullivan?? What do you mean Sullivan. I'm not following??

Sullivan Lake
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: mjones83 on October 14, 2012, 06:19:25 PM: Okay cool gotcha. Is there a lot of feel free to hunt around there?
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: Tman on October 14, 2012, 07:32:57 PM: never seen any feel free to hunt up there. its mostly nat. forest. youll never run out of ground to hunt, bring warm clothes as it can get down right cold late season.
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: mdbuck5x5 on October 14, 2012, 09:07:34 PM: If you are truly serious about it you should at least go up there and take a look around before hand so you know what you are getting yourself into!
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: oldleclercrd on October 14, 2012, 09:15:22 PM: Its big country. Plenty of room to hunt, but dont get lost. Bring your GPS, its awkward when you have to eat your friends. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: Shank on October 14, 2012, 09:42:07 PM: ive had luck up around le clerk creek rd
atleast for late muzzy season
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: wapiti22 on October 15, 2012, 03:28:03 PM: I'm hunting there this weekend. Lots of wide open rugged country. Ran into 2 huge Moose yesterday. Not much deer sign. Not many other huntrs either.
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: Elkslayer on October 16, 2012, 08:35:34 AM: Lots of nice bucks up in that area. This guy has probably died of old age by now but he was in your 100 mile radius!
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: boneaddict on October 16, 2012, 08:54:20 AM: Pretty intimidating country. I imagine since you didn't know what Sullivan meant you haven't seen the country at all or are unfamiliar compeltely with it. Its very thick and generally nasty as hell when the snow flies. Just fair warning. Be careful. You are also hunting a different breed of whitetails, at least in how they act.
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: mjones83 on October 16, 2012, 09:13:34 AM: Nice buck! But yes totally new area for me. So trying to take in as much info I can. I've been northeast of cheawela before but want to try a little further north.
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: boneaddict on October 16, 2012, 10:27:58 AM: Generally more rock and more moisture and less ag.
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: oldleclercrd on October 16, 2012, 10:35:42 AM: :yeah: A lot less ag!
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: CedarPants on October 16, 2012, 10:53:24 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on October 16, 2012, 08:54:20 AM
You are also hunting a different breed of whitetails, at least in how they act.

:yeah:
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: Colville on October 16, 2012, 12:45:43 PM: Jones, it's jungle. You can try and find some clear cuts, but so will every other road and near road hunter everywhere. Unless you are finding older cuts where roads have been tank trapped off and are at a fair distance, you're going to have lots of company.

Try mid to upper elevation ridges. Find soft spots or saddles in them. Find the doe activity and look for rub/scrape lines. Don't worry about how much you can see. Get the best sign you can find where you find sign of doe/fawn activity. Get the best wind you can relative to the shooting lanes available and take a seat, for a very long time. You may only be covering 40 yards in a given direction, sometimes less. I hunt well within 100 miles of there. Our biggest deer were taken at 10:30 am 2 pm 5 days or better before the close of the season in comparable terrain.

You can still hunt if you want, but you'd be better off watching hunting shows and mailing it in. If it gets real windy, you can get away with more but if it's calm you are DOA on still hunts for the most part. Because of the pressure in our area we've found that most calls/rattles seem to be ineffective. That will vary by place.

Good sign in dense cover, sit a loooong time. Movement busts us far more often than smell. Some shots will come inside 20 yards where the first notice you had of the deer was seeing it. A gun in your lap isn't very handy at these moments.
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: boneaddict on October 16, 2012, 01:03:56 PM: spot on
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Post by: oldleclercrd on October 16, 2012, 01:50:19 PM: Some good info there.
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Post by: mdbuck5x5 on October 16, 2012, 03:15:59 PM: For a first timer a good word of advice would be not to stray to far from the roads. Like Bone said its very intimidating country and you can easily get turned around, especially in the heavier timber. As far as the hunting there is always that chance to see a big boy but also be prepared to go the whole day without seeing a thing!
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on October 16, 2012, 05:30:15 PM: Quote from: Elkslayer on October 16, 2012, 08:35:34 AM
Lots of nice bucks up in that area. This guy has probably died of old age by now but he was in your 100 mile radius!

:drool:
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: coachcw on October 16, 2012, 06:10:37 PM: be prepared for big weather changes and prepare to stay out overnight if needed , a certin mountain up there losses a hunter a year and there are grizz around . It's a place that draws you back for some reason . find a couple of the mountains se of sullivan and get back in to really experiance what the area has to offer .
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: bush_beater on October 16, 2012, 06:24:30 PM: i got an idea... its called scouting :bash:
get after it and do your own driving, hiking-you will be surpised
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: NWBREW on October 17, 2012, 12:51:10 AM: Quote from: Colville on October 16, 2012, 12:45:43 PM
Jones, it's jungle. You can try and find some clear cuts, but so will every other road and near road hunter everywhere. Unless you are finding older cuts where roads have been tank trapped off and are at a fair distance, you're going to have lots of company.

Try mid to upper elevation ridges. Find soft spots or saddles in them. Find the doe activity and look for rub/scrape lines. Don't worry about how much you can see. Get the best sign you can find where you find sign of doe/fawn activity. Get the best wind you can relative to the shooting lanes available and take a seat, for a very long time. You may only be covering 40 yards in a given direction, sometimes less. I hunt well within 100 miles of there. Our biggest deer were taken at 10:30 am 2 pm 5 days or better before the close of the season in comparable terrain.

You can still hunt if you want, but you'd be better off watching hunting shows and mailing it in. If it gets real windy, you can get away with more but if it's calm you are DOA on still hunts for the most part. Because of the pressure in our area we've found that most calls/rattles seem to be ineffective. That will vary by place.

Good sign in dense cover, sit a loooong time. Movement busts us far more often than smell. Some shots will come inside 20 yards where the first notice you had of the deer was seeing it. A gun in your lap isn't very handy at these moments.

That is the best advise on this thread. :tup:
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: boneaddict on October 17, 2012, 04:58:09 AM: I spent the night out there once(NOT on purpose).....very "comfortable" crawled up in front of a big hollow cedar tree. Long story short, don't depend on your GPS. The timber was too big and mine wouldn't pick up a signal. Last time I carried one I think. Back to a compass. By the way, there is magnetic rock over there so take it with a grain of salt what you see on your compass as well. :chuckle: Man that was a fun night. Not sure Idabooner liked it especailly when that grizz walked by in the moonlight while he was camped out waiting/looking for me LOL THats another story.
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: packerfan66 on October 17, 2012, 06:34:42 PM: Lots of thick, tough country. Lots of moose. Have to do your work for deer
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Post by: Jonathan_S on October 17, 2012, 06:43:07 PM: I would say if you're going to hunt November up there to try and put in as much time as possible. I noticed some funny patterns in the deer when I hunted there mid November. Get on the deer and you'll find a mature buck no problem.

There aren't lots of deer but plenty of mature bucks.

Watch out for big coyotes. ;)
Title: Re: Hunting Outside Ione, Washington
Post by: mjones83 on October 18, 2012, 03:34:06 PM: Good Info! Thanks!
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Post by: Ridgeratt on October 18, 2012, 08:13:52 PM: Had a cousin who worked for the Pend Oreille PUD. He always described it as 95% brush and 5% open. Said the river was the 5% open. but he also hauled out some monsters as well.