Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: SHANE(WA) on October 16, 2008, 02:16:08 AM
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I had a guy come into my work that bow hunts the cheney area and said monday there was a new #2 Muley taken with a rifle. Anyone know anything on this?
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Would make sense, the Miller Ranch out there has some monsters on it. When I was going to college at EWU I never could find a decent spot out there that they didn't own. :chuckle:
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I have never seen a monster come off of the Miller ranch. There was a 200+ gross buck poached during bow season on the Fishtrap place the year after they sold it to the State. The biggest bucks that I have seen came off of Belsby's, they have a lot better ground for the big boys (Williams Lake to Hole-in-the-ground). Huge whitetails coming out of Turnbull. Not saying it couldn't happen, but if someone is already quoting a new #2, I would be hesitant to believe it! I grew up in that country and heard stories of B&C mule deer all the time- usually turned out to be a 160-170 buck or a 30" buck with weak forks, etc.
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I had heard about a BIG typical 4pt coming from the East side of Rock Lake, but so far its only hear say. If it came from where I was told it did it is definatly a rare occurance. Ill see if I can find anything out about it.
Sage
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maybe my pet got nabbed ;)
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi193.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fz16%2Fgyonemura%2Fsamsbuck4.jpg&hash=0490157b26238f638a56dc8d0cf29e042c386a37)
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that little guy :drool: nice buck
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I talked to my brother tonght and he said he took his doe into Eggers and they had a 180 pound mulie buck hanging in the cooler, my brother said the body was HUGE, guess it was shot out near Rock lake, don't know if this is the same buck or not.
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there's a thread on here somewhere of a 32" buck that was checked at the check station out there somewhere.
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Modern firearm deer hunting opened Oct. 11 in the north end of the region with modest pressure and, in some areas, lower success rates than last year. WDFW Okanogan District Wildlife Biologist Scott Fitkin said the number of hunters checked at the Chewuch Check Station in the west half of the Okanogan suggest hunting pressure is about the same as last year but modest compared to the 10-year average. Hunter success declined about 35 percent compared to 2007, when about 14 percent of hunters in the Chewuch unit (218) bagged deer.
"The lack of 3 ½-year-old bucks in the harvest appears to account for most of the reduction." Fitkin said. "This is likely attributable to the poor fawn recruitment during the 2005-2006 winter. On the bright side, many of the animals harvested have been prime, with well-developed antlers, large body size, and good fat reserves. At least one trophy-sized buck with a reported 32-inch antler spread was also taken."
Fitkin said the weather forecast calls for more moisture and that could improve prospects for the final weekend of the season, which runs through the Oct. 19. Fitkin also reminds coyote hunters to be sure of their target, given the newly confirmed presence of a wolf pack in Okanogan County. The gray wolf is protected as a federal and state endangered species.
