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Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: RENAGADINGCLOWNS on November 29, 2012, 07:24:22 AM
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So me and my hunting buddy found a nice honey hole in GMU 627, the only thing is that the darn black tails that live there only come out at night. We have tried everything from doe/ buck calls, waiting all day, and even doe estrus. I was wondering if anyone knows what is going on with the deer this year. Any help would be great because it is my first year hunting. :bash:
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yeah they are blacktails and thats how they are, most difficult but addicting to hunt deer there is, is this your first year hunting for blackies? go hang a couple treestands and sit in them everyday possible, ya gotta be patient with the blacktail a souraus
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Yeah this is the first year ever hunting anything. My friend has been hunting for 15yrs and he is even flustered. We have some tree stands and we have spent about 6 days total in them. We both are just so confused. We are thinking that the weather might be messing them up but who knows. :dunno:
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Yeah this is the first year ever hunting anything. My friend has been hunting for 15yrs and he is even flustered. We have some tree stands and we have spent about 6 days total in them. We both are just so confused. We are thinking that the weather might be messing them up but who knows. :dunno:
I think the same thing with the weather idea. We got alot of hard rain quick, then went to blue bird skies and clear nights. I'm hoping to see them moving here soon with our recent change. We haven't seen squat in the woods for the last week around here either. All I can say is get on some good sign, find a good tree, a coke, and a smile...it may take a while.
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Have you tried still hunting them?
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Stillhunting is one of the best ways to kill a big blacktail. My dad has killed a few this way.
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Still see a ton of deer out moving between two and four in the morning...I think they are still on there internal hunting season clock. The past years ive noticed they start calming down and moving around in daylight the first part of December...patience is required for blackies in the late season :tup: Good luck to you filling your tag and have fun!!!
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Yes, we have been still hunting and we have seen nothing except a doe the size of a pug. We are planning to go down this weekend to attempt it again. Thanks a lot for the info about the internal clock thing. I hope that the weather will make the deer come out a little earlier because it’s not looking so good my fellow archers. Here is to this weekend having a bow in hand, a fresh can or chew, and a set of antlers on the wall.
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after the first rut or the first estrus cycle whatever you want to call it, bucks go into a real slugish state, one of the best ways is to get one of you up in a treestand on a really good trail and the other get out and still hunt all over your area, what that will do is get them up out of their beds and move around, chances are you wont even hear them, but it is a very effective method
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maybe you guys are in a place that gets alot of pressure and all you are gonna get is night time deer. the brush pickers are working along bear creek dewatto road and tiger mission and gold creek roads. not sure if that makes a difference or not but i am betting them guys aint too quiet while they work.
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Everything can change in a matter of seconds. Be patient, stay out there dawn till dusk. Give yourself very opportunity to see one. Only takes one. I think Jackmaster is onto something...Sit mornings, one guy still hunt midday, sit afternoons. Good Luck!
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I will say still hunting big blacktails is an art, not a hunting style. Theres so much finesse when it comes to catching the pacific ghost in his bedding area. They rarely ever bust unless your literally right on top of them. When you think your going slow, go slower. There obviously in there. Just keep at it.
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i try real hard to stay in the woods from dark till dark and i stop frequently and scan the area around me with the binos real good. this is only my 3rd year hunting ever and i am 38 so i started way late trying to figure it out. I am learning alot by asking what i hope are not dumb questions or asking for too much info.
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Is the honey hole you mention been brush picked lately?? Some of my areas WERE great for day time activity in Kitsap and Mason UNTIL they were overan with brush pickers for up to a few weeks at a time oe even more... Even one day with half a dozen in the brush making all kinds of racket could kill an area... Some of my favorite spots that I HAD in these units I will no longer even bother... The *censored*ty part is they are the closest to my home except one spot that hasn't been molested yet... Other then that it's Kitsap... Very limited areas to hunt... Don't think that just cause you found it for archery that there hasn't been anybody else hunting it.... I'm sure it's been ran through by pickers or hunters before unless it's private... But that doesn't mean much nowadays if it's accesable from the road or joining properties... Good luck and don't give up.. :tup: Maybe get farther in away from access points if at all possible... Sounds like they are avoiding where you're at until after dark... It's because they know.... :chuckle:
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yeah , the pickers have been in there for 2 solid weeks every day and before that even from what i gather from a buddy. it was a grassy narrow valley in the middle of a thick patch of reprod and i had never in my life seen more buck rubs and turd piles in one place ever. i will say it was RIGHT next to the tiger lake boat access.
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So there are not any brush pickers in there at all... the only other person that hunts in there hunts bow in early season and that it. We are the only people who go down there at all. (we know this because our tracks are the only ones present) we don’t know what’s going on other that they come on from 0000-0330 and there are 1-3x3, 2-2x3, 2-2x2, and a handful of spikes, and some does.... we tracked where they are coming from but we have no data on what time they are going down that trail. If anyone has anything that could help us get these black tail out then we would be very great full.
Pics coming soon…
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That's blacktails for ya. They only come out at night (except when the rut is on).
Maybe get about 6 or 8 guys and do a drive through their bedding area? :dunno:
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you guys have any luck yet ?
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no not yet going to check a trail we set up some cams on a week ago. so im hopeing that we can bag a few today... :chuckle:
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Well well,...... the GOD damn brush pickers are messing it all up now. They have officially found the my Honey Hole. we stayed past sun down and saw about 5 deer a few were just feet from us but.... cant shoot.... sucks, but that's the name :bash:of the game.
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yep. they friggin walked all over a amazin spot i have been in and out of in years past. i pulled up to the gate the other day an this mexican guy is just staring at me like he was wondering what i wanted in the middle of hunting season being i had my camo on. i would think they would be smart enough to find a closed GMU to pick instead but no. i aint about to put out a camera so they can steal it either.
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Told you... :chuckle: Sorry about your luck but it was bound to happen sooner then later... Pickers will rotate areas @ every 2-4 weeks depending on time of year and amount/quality of foliage.... And you better hope they don't find a nice cluster of cedar... They will be there until there are no limbs left on the WHOLE tree this time of year.... Quality cedar is $.45-.65 a pound now...
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AHHHH!!! :bash: DAMN YOU PICKERS!!!! i was chasing some BT last year and thought that i had him. The next day I was planning on catching'em right at sunset only to have my plans shattered with a herd of pickers mosey through the hole. Not to say I've never busted another guys hunt by accident but it seems They ruin everything more times than not!
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i get that they probably have no clue about hunting seasons and they are just trying to make a honest buck but dam they have bad timing in the area i happen to hunt. :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash:
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got the pictures off the cam....... the one on the top left is mine!
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi52.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg28%2FBblueyes0823%2FHUNT0068_zps039b5a10.jpg&hash=ea9888163ce7b62c7f23e5c60d3ef7181e62dcda)
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi52.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg28%2FBblueyes0823%2FHUNT0067_zps1bf5c8fe.jpg&hash=3237a01cf230763f2a722f955995a0abeff79dc7)
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i will take the one on the right
just kidding and good luck
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well just think of how lucky you are to have physical evidence that the ghost are there. that's more than others have right now haha
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Yeah, in that sense I am lucky. But in the other hand.... I have *censored*. But we still have 2 weeks so let’s hope for the best. :bash: :dunno:
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Sounds like Blacktail 101. Late hunt is a hard hunt no matter where you go. These animals are tough so don't be discouraged if you don't bag on on your first couple years. Get out there and you'll educate yourself on where the good spots are and you'll see when they change areas. Toughest part is getting in front of them during shooting hours, that's why early season is awesome. 2 years ago I stopped hunting on public land and started knocking on doors where I saw deer. 80% of the time I got permission to hunt. It may not have secured a deer for that year but I was more prepared for the following year. Now I have a half dozen properties that allow me to hunt without pickers messing things up. I go in, harvest, get out and give the owner a care package of his choice of cut or sausage in the holiday's. Kitsap is full of deer but hard to get access that hasn't had the deer pushed out. At this time of year find their night bedding area and be there before they are. Sometimes you'll get lucky when they move from one to the other. Good luck and happy hunting
