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Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: rover747 on December 01, 2008, 04:42:35 PM

Title: Late season in Skookumchuck
Post by: rover747 on December 01, 2008, 04:42:35 PM: Hi :hello:.
Me and my friend went yesterday ( Sunday ) to Skookmchuck unit .Right on the gate ,i saw couple more guy's with bow too.May be it was someone from this website too ..not sure :dunno: Anyway saw lot of track's ,some deer dropping,some cat dropping ..and no animals :dunno: It is first time here ,looks very promising ,but so far don't see any animals .I am just wonder how good this area in late season ? I think may be is been hunted hard ?! Any idea's ?
Thank you
Vadim
P.S. Oh almost forgot ,later in afternoon some idiot was shooting shotgun ,and have a dog with him ,they both was making sooo much noise >:( >:( >:( I am not sure what he was hunting ,but surely he was spooking everything away >:(
Title: Re: Late season in Skookumchuck
Post by: billythekidrock on December 01, 2008, 05:06:28 PM: That place gets hit hard and the shotgunner was probably hunting pheasants or grouse.
Title: Re: Late season in Skookumchuck
Post by: bucklucky on December 01, 2008, 05:09:58 PM: I live right at the release sight and this place has been pounded something fierce! There has been on average 7 cars parked at the gate with numerouse others parked on the power lines ans pretty much every corner you come too. If you like to hunt elk when there toungues are hanging , have fun ;)
Title: Re: Late season in Skookumchuck
Post by: rover747 on December 01, 2008, 05:16:16 PM: Yep i guess ,i need to look for area's again :bash: Actually i was looking for deer ,but i have elk tag too ..just in case :P ,but i guess it not happening this year :( Well i need to keep looking my dear deer ,i want to kill Bamby this year ... badly :) Doe will do the trick too :)
Title: Re: Late season in Skookumchuck
Post by: Antlershed on December 01, 2008, 07:48:27 PM: I don't know about the late season, but the early archery and the mod firearm season is combat hunting at its finest. Its 15 minutes from me, and I don't even go there.
Title: Re: Late season in Skookumchuck
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on December 01, 2008, 07:54:32 PM: There are a lot of gates down by Cinebar accessing same Unit from the south.
Title: Re: Late season in Skookumchuck
Post by: rover747 on December 01, 2008, 08:07:24 PM: Hmm ,no wonder why someone point me to this unit :chuckle: :chuckle:Damn ,we don't see even single Doe ,never even jump one. Because they knew it is overhunted anyway :bash: Oh well longer i live ,more i learn :))) Anyway it was ,nice hike ,and great weather :rockin:
Title: Re: Late season in Skookumchuck
Post by: SW Blacktail on December 03, 2008, 06:24:40 AM: Yeah, maybe you should look elsewhere. There's no big bucks in there anyway ;)
Title: Re: Late season in Skookumchuck
Post by: bobcat on December 03, 2008, 06:34:13 AM: There's lot of areas to hunt in the Skookumchuck GMU that aren't going to be that crowded. Are you saying you hunted at the pheasant release site? (which is also where all the elk hunters go)

Try going somewhere that doesn't hold elk if you're only looking for deer.
Title: Re: Late season in Skookumchuck
Post by: rover747 on December 03, 2008, 09:46:34 AM: yep ,i will take a look tonight at google earth again,to see were else i can access .Was thinking about south side ,but it will be hard to do in one day :( I live in renton . I guess i will do some map studying tonight :)