Post by: outdoorfool12 on December 06, 2012, 07:29:56 PM
Post by: trophyhunt on December 06, 2012, 07:38:18 PM
Post by: ribka on December 06, 2012, 07:49:07 PM
I passed on a few smaller bucks the first 2 days. I saw 8 nice bucks the week I hunted. They usually would bed in the tall sage or wonder down into the Russian olive trees or cattails.
Made many stalks but could never manage to get closer than 60 to 70 yds.
Only shot opportunities on bigger bucks were a result of a friend making small drives through bedding areas.
Get up on dunes before first light and be ready to start glassing.
Good luck.
Post by: outdoorfool12 on December 06, 2012, 07:53:27 PM
Post by: trophyhunt on December 06, 2012, 07:55:16 PM
I have not had any trouble getting on deer. Infact I have had numerous deer at under 10 yrd. Just not the deer you wait 7 years for.Sounds like your just the guy he needs to talk to! What is the biggest deer you passed up? Would you recommend the tag for archery or rifle?
Post by: jen05056 on December 06, 2012, 07:57:29 PM
Post by: trophyhunt on December 06, 2012, 07:58:59 PM
Post by: ribka on December 06, 2012, 08:00:49 PM
I have not had any trouble getting on deer. Infact I have had numerous deer at under 10 yrd. Just not the deer you wait 7 years for.
I saw 3 to4 bucks that were monsters during my hunt. Easy shot with a rifle.
they are in the unit. remember you are hunti g after the rut and the bucks have been pressured.
Not as many as in the past though based on my research.
Post by: outdoorfool12 on December 06, 2012, 08:29:32 PM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on December 06, 2012, 08:57:42 PM
Post by: Ibcnurun on December 06, 2012, 09:53:15 PM
Post by: tazman2800 on December 07, 2012, 12:29:13 PM
The reason the game department considers that unit a quality hunt is because the high buck to doe ratio is what I was told by the Ephrata office of the game department.
Side note the buck in my avatar was a heavy horn 3X3 with eyeguards, however when I flipped him over I found that he had the doe plumbing on the back end. Guess it was my turn to kill a freak of nature.
Until things change I will probably use my quality buck tag points in the Entiat unit where I know there a lot of big bucks.
Post by: curlewkiller on December 07, 2012, 12:47:12 PM
I drew the modern rifle tag in this unit 2 years ago. I ended up filling my tag with the buk in my avatar. Before the season I spoke with a game biologist out of Ephrata and said that there were only around 5 bucks in that unit that would push 180". When I first heard I drew the tag everyone told to hold out and not shoot anything under 180" until the last day. I live 10 miles from that unit and I started scouting in June a least 2 days a week until my season started around Halloween. Of all the days that I was out scouting I found 1 big 4X4 with a 6" drop tine on the left side. I found this deer 4 days before the season so I went after him opening morning, but the duck hunters had driven around a gate to the pond and started yelling and blasting away about 30 minutes before legal shooting hours, needless to say I never saw that buck again. One issue is all the bird hunters in the same unit blasting away all day long. Also I heard that they busted a poaching ring in that game unit last year and they found a shed full of large deer racks. From what I have seen taken out of there recently, the unit seems to have a great many 3 point genetics in the heard. So knowing what I know now I would not have passed up the buck you have a picture of.
The reason the game department considers that unit a quality hunt is because the high buck to doe ratio is what I was told by the Ephrata office of the game department.
Side note the buck in my avatar was a heavy horn 3X3 with eyeguards, however when I flipped him over I found that he had the doe plumbing on the back end. Guess it was my turn to kill a freak of nature.
Until things change I will probably use my quality buck tag points in the Entiat unit where I know there a lot of big bucks.
Post by: boneaddict on December 07, 2012, 12:50:27 PM
Post by: Broken Arrow on December 07, 2012, 12:56:19 PM
Post by: RaffleMule on December 07, 2012, 01:24:09 PM
One of the funnest weekends I had was showing up over there when they do their deer count on quads. It was like a freaking circus. Deer running in every direction. Can't tell you how many times people asked "what the hell are you doing?" carrying a rifle and wearing orange out of season.
Post by: tazman2800 on December 07, 2012, 01:56:07 PM
Post by: bobcat on December 07, 2012, 02:00:16 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 07, 2012, 02:11:24 PM
Curlewkiller, I talk to the biologist and sent him this picture. He said that it was only the second time in 15 years he had ever heard of this.
I had a friend here in town kill a dandy 4x4 with eye gaurds this year in oregon. Flipped it over and doe on the back end :yike:
Post by: gaddy on December 07, 2012, 02:16:00 PM
Post by: bobcat on December 07, 2012, 02:17:48 PM
(If you had to quarter and/or bone it out)
Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 07, 2012, 02:19:31 PM
Post by: bobcat on December 07, 2012, 02:21:26 PM
Not sure :dunno: I would take a ton of pictures to make sure if I did get checked. I could show them the pics.
Good idea but what if you're not packing a camera?
Post by: gaddy on December 07, 2012, 02:29:46 PM
Post by: boneaddict on December 07, 2012, 02:34:48 PM
Post by: gaddy on December 07, 2012, 02:50:22 PM