Post by: Firefighter44 on February 14, 2015, 11:19:04 AM
Thanks!!!
Post by: WaltAlpine on February 14, 2015, 11:29:43 AM
I'll try to post my pics. You can also use the search bar on the site here and you'll find a lot of information on the area.
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on February 14, 2015, 11:58:45 AM
Never been there but always have thought it would have some nice bucks, go check it out and let us all know how you do. :hello:
48.823203, -120.245500
Post by: X-Force on February 14, 2015, 12:01:05 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on February 14, 2015, 12:02:37 PM
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,329.0.html (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,329.0.html)
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on February 14, 2015, 12:03:44 PM
If you hunt on or near a trail even 5-10 miles or more in expect company. My advice is get off the trails and get to an area you would think no one would be then go another mile or 2. I tried to warn a buddy that went in last year he went 4-6 miles then took an unmaintained trail another 2 miles and there were still 2 camps in the basin he thought he would have all to himself.
I do believe the GPS coordinates I posted will take care of that issue. :tup:
Post by: steen on February 14, 2015, 08:50:52 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi757.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fxx215%2Fsteen_photos%2FPasayten%25202012%2FIMG_0405.jpg&hash=e64a8d58e0af8c6a259863d94247629426f9da4a) (http://s757.photobucket.com/user/steen_photos/media/Pasayten%202012/IMG_0405.jpg.html)
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on February 14, 2015, 08:59:27 PM
Looks beautiful. :tup:
Post by: Skillet on February 14, 2015, 09:22:10 PM
My $.02
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Post by: splitshot on February 14, 2015, 09:23:08 PM
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Post by: Skillet on February 14, 2015, 09:38:03 PM
Post by: Jingles on February 14, 2015, 10:27:01 PM
Pictures 1 & 2 up Beauty creek trail
Pictures 3 & 4, between McCalls Gulch and Wolf Creek Basin
Pic 5 water supply up beauty creek
Post by: splitshot on February 15, 2015, 08:00:28 AM
Post by: WaltAlpine on February 15, 2015, 03:18:44 PM
Maybe a good place to park, but it gets absolutely hammered during the high hunt. There will be 20+ rigs worth of guys dayhunting out of the Slate Peak parking area, and another dozen or so rigs illegally hunting outside of the legal open areas. Avoid that zoo of you can, imho.
That statement is absolutely verifiable!
Post by: Firefighter44 on February 15, 2015, 06:06:00 PM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on February 15, 2015, 06:15:36 PM
Post by: bernacrock on February 18, 2015, 07:55:41 AM
Don't let the high amount of hunters scare you lots of acreage there. Have a back up plan as if you like one area and it becomes crowded have another spot in mind.
Learned my lesson on that one this past season. I scouted out a nice looking spot all summer, never saw anyone there. Come high hunt season I sneak up there and find 3 other people already there. :chuckle:
Post by: milldozer on February 18, 2015, 01:52:41 PM
Post by: Jingles on February 18, 2015, 02:01:56 PM
I did the high hunt for the first time last year. Did not hunt in Pasayten, but it looks really intriguing. Can anyone comment on numbers of hunters in Pasayten vs other wilderness areas such as GP or AL? What about deer numbers? I was in GP last year, so that's my only reference point.
A lot of it depends on what area you are talking about specifically and ease of access. I could take you to an area that you could go in the entire high hunt and probably not see another person, not the easiest place to get to but then what do you want seclusion or lots of hunters. Then again there are areas that you'd need a reservation to take a squat behind a tree......
Harts Pass/ Slate Creek area avoid like the plague unless you like tripping over other hunters
Billy Goat Trail head and all the way to 3 fools pass quite a few hunters but all usually scattered out
Andrews Creek all the way back to and including Spanish Camp area Jam Packed Outfitter camp area
Tatoosh Buttes/Cougar lakes/ Hidden Lakes area Outfitter takes camps in via horseback.
Any of the trails up into the wilderness area off the Harts pass road are probably reservation required to park (sarcasm font used)
If you have a specific area in mind drop me a pm and I'll tell you what I know of the area and outfitter use
I am thinking this year I'll be going in for the entire High Hunt time period ( yes the full 10 days) and where I'm headed I doubt I'll be bothered by any other hunters, just gonna take a full day on horseback to get in.
Post by: milldozer on February 19, 2015, 12:44:46 PM
Post by: Shawn Ryan on February 19, 2015, 06:33:12 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on February 19, 2015, 06:39:38 PM
Post by: splitshot on February 19, 2015, 10:36:42 PM
Post by: scottcrb on February 20, 2015, 09:49:31 AM
Post by: zwickeyman on February 20, 2015, 10:25:19 AM
You will find some of the best big buck country you have ever seen with no big bucks. Some one in an earlier post said you need to get away from the horse trails. Very , very true. Every basin with a horse trail in it gets pounded all summer and fall with horses and hikers. You need to get as far away from any trail as possible.
Post by: Jingles on February 20, 2015, 11:05:20 AM
Maybe a silly question, but does anyone know why that area is not full of elk? It seems to me that it should be.
According to 1st Party phone conversation with WDFW rep in Olympia "the elk compete with the mule deer for food"
However last time I checked Deer are browsers and Elk are grazers so there shouldn't be any real competition. then you get Fitkin saying that there are to many orchards in the Valley, so hence they have a pretty good season here for what elk are here usually 14 days any elk to make sure any that might be here get hunted pretty hard.
Post by: Jingles on February 20, 2015, 11:12:54 AM
Yes I spend a LOT of time back there and this year will be spending even more time as I get lots of saddle time and horse training in prep for a 3 month 2200 mile cross country horse trip
Between the Paysayten and the Lake Chelan Sawtooth IMO they are some of the most beautiful areas a person could visit
Post by: Watimberghost on February 20, 2015, 11:53:24 AM
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on February 20, 2015, 11:59:31 AM
It's not all 'about the hunt'. Hiking in the summer is different than the fall. Being there during a storm.. That's an experience. Remember that in any alpine area the weather can change at a moments notice. Some say that the Pasayten creates it's own weather. Believe it! Go prepared.
-Steve
Post by: Jingles on February 20, 2015, 02:26:11 PM
Nice pics some folks just do not know what they are missing by just going back there and enjoying the surroundings
Post by: steen on February 21, 2015, 06:46:54 PM
Maybe a silly question, but does anyone know why that area is not full of elk? It seems to me that it should be.
They don't want them there.
Post by: j_h_nimrod on February 21, 2015, 07:16:24 PM
Should be able to access by early June this year I would imagine if the weather continues. I went in in late June and had knee deep snow back a couple miles and up on top.
Post by: WaltAlpine on February 25, 2015, 01:43:51 PM
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on February 25, 2015, 02:01:57 PM
Post by: huntnnw on February 25, 2015, 11:56:59 PM
Post by: TommyH on February 26, 2015, 08:10:12 AM
Post by: Jingles on February 26, 2015, 08:24:09 AM
Curiosity has the better of me and I have got to ask are those pictures over towards Windy pass the last one looks like it is windy basin
Post by: X-Force on February 26, 2015, 08:47:39 AM
Great photos everyone. Keepem' coming.
Post by: MLHSN on February 26, 2015, 11:14:46 AM
Post by: WaltAlpine on February 26, 2015, 05:52:37 PM
WALTAlpineNot that I know of. I don't know of a windy pass in the paseyten.
Curiosity has the better of me and I have got to ask are those pictures over towards Windy pass the last one looks like it is windy basin
Post by: j_h_nimrod on February 26, 2015, 07:15:25 PM
WALTAlpineNot that I know of. I don't know of a windy pass in the paseyten.
Curiosity has the better of me and I have got to ask are those pictures over towards Windy pass the last one looks like it is windy basin
I thought it looked like Windy Pass as well. Windy Pass is on the Iron Gate trail.
Post by: sooperfly on February 26, 2015, 10:05:16 PM
Scenery from some of my hikes in...
It's not all 'about the hunt'. Hiking in the summer is different than the fall. Being there during a storm.. That's an experience. Remember that in any alpine area the weather can change at a moments notice. Some say that the Pasayten creates it's own weather. Believe it! Go prepared.
-Steve
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=170416.0;attach=343128;image)
I thought that pond looked familiar! ;)
September 2004
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8577/16037712854_2c27b4e538_c.jpg)
Post by: j_h_nimrod on February 26, 2015, 11:04:16 PM
Post by: Jingles on February 27, 2015, 05:11:08 AM
WALTAlpineNot that I know of. I don't know of a windy pass in the paseyten.
Curiosity has the better of me and I have got to ask are those pictures over towards Windy pass the last one looks like it is windy basin
Well the Windy Pass I am thinking about is out of Harts Pass, on what is locally referred to as the West Fork Trail. You travel out through Oregon pass and Oregon basin to Windy Pass and Windy Basin You then go by Tamarack Peak and then the Devils Back Bone to Holman Peak and Holman Creek, which is kind of a junction for the West Fork and the Middle fork trails.
Post by: WaltAlpine on February 27, 2015, 06:30:10 AM
Grueling hike in. No animals so i haven't been back. Some of the most beautiful alpine territory. The pis are from a phone. They don't show the color or perspective at all.
Post by: j_h_nimrod on February 27, 2015, 10:13:37 AM
WALTAlpineNot that I know of. I don't know of a windy pass in the paseyten.
Curiosity has the better of me and I have got to ask are those pictures over towards Windy pass the last one looks like it is windy basin
Well the Windy Pass I am thinking about is out of Harts Pass, on what is locally referred to as the West Fork Trail. You travel out through Oregon pass and Oregon basin to Windy Pass and Windy Basin You then go by Tamarack Peak and then the Devils Back Bone to Holman Peak and Holman Creek, which is kind of a junction for the West Fork and the Middle fork trails.
You are right, it was Sunny Pass I was thinking of and the Windy Trail is right there.
Post by: Doc Sauce on February 27, 2015, 10:49:55 AM
Here's your GPS coordinates I would hunt if I had a young group of guys to hunt with.
Never been there but always have thought it would have some nice bucks, go check it out and let us all know how you do. :hello:
48.823203, -120.245500
I looked up those coordinates and they took me to the Ephrata Wal-Mart parking lot...
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on February 27, 2015, 11:12:35 AM
Jackofalltrades, was that last lake photo of Fawn Lake?
Sooperfly knows that that pond is not Fawn Lake.
-Steve
Post by: MLHSN on February 27, 2015, 01:20:22 PM
Jackofalltrades, was that last lake photo of Fawn Lake?
Sooperfly knows that that pond is not Fawn Lake.
-Steve
Ya, I looked at my pictures of Fawn and can see it's different. There are so many lakes in the Pasayten where burnt trees line the shores. It also looks like it could be taken close to the south end of Black Lake looking south.
Post by: Call em in on March 15, 2015, 10:02:22 AM
Scenery from some of my hikes in...
It's not all 'about the hunt'. Hiking in the summer is different than the fall. Being there during a storm.. That's an experience. Remember that in any alpine area the weather can change at a moments notice. Some say that the Pasayten creates it's own weather. Believe it! Go prepared.
-Steve
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=170416.0;attach=343128;image)
I thought that pond looked familiar! ;)
September 2004
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8577/16037712854_2c27b4e538_c.jpg)
I know that area very well, been hiking and hunting in there for years. A very special place. My wife and I watched a herd of elk put on a great show in that pond/meadow.
Post by: 7.62Warbird on June 29, 2015, 06:08:42 AM
As you can see by the pictures it is a beautiful place. As far as where to hunt your going to have to spend some time researching/planning and hunting it. My first year there I put on 43 miles in three days and was lucky enough to find a nice 3 point. Be prepared to hike a lot. Bring good glass. Clothes for all kinds of weather. And don't get discouraged by how many people you see at the trail head. It's a big area and still lots of places to hunt where I didn't see anyone. Good luck
Post by: HunterDan03 on June 29, 2015, 07:26:33 PM
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Post by: Bamm on September 20, 2015, 06:18:28 AM
next I traveled east to buck lake to hunt with my bow, tons of deer including 4 dead ones at camp yet none mine!
Bamm
i'll post pictures later
Post by: Ridgerunner on September 20, 2015, 07:14:53 AM
Post by: mtgman3mil on September 20, 2015, 10:34:04 AM
Post by: bradslam on September 20, 2015, 11:15:47 AM
Got back last night, after being gone from home only 24 hours, from a planned 3day backpack hunt. When I got to the trailhead ready to head out, I discovered my camelback bladder had leaked about a liter of water out during the car ride up. Seemed my sleeping bag soaked up about 90% of that water and needless to say, it was soaked through and unusable. I ended up hiking in for the day, hoping to get lucky, and came home last night, after seeing three deer, all doe. Talk about a bummer of a trip. Oh well, the high buck hunt will have to wait until next year.... :(
One reason I carry my sleeping bag in a Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Dry Sack. Bummer.
Post by: mtgman3mil on September 20, 2015, 11:29:12 AM
Live and learn is all I can say at this point. Now I get to watch some football though anyway. Yea, I'd rather be out on the hunt.. ugh...Got back last night, after being gone from home only 24 hours, from a planned 3day backpack hunt. When I got to the trailhead ready to head out, I discovered my camelback bladder had leaked about a liter of water out during the car ride up. Seemed my sleeping bag soaked up about 90% of that water and needless to say, it was soaked through and unusable. I ended up hiking in for the day, hoping to get lucky, and came home last night, after seeing three deer, all doe. Talk about a bummer of a trip. Oh well, the high buck hunt will have to wait until next year.... :(
One reason I carry my sleeping bag in a Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Dry Sack. Bummer.
Post by: Utah on September 20, 2015, 11:49:39 AM
Live and learn is all I can say at this point. Now I get to watch some football though anyway. Yea, I'd rather be out on the hunt.. ugh...Got back last night, after being gone from home only 24 hours, from a planned 3day backpack hunt. When I got to the trailhead ready to head out, I discovered my camelback bladder had leaked about a liter of water out during the car ride up. Seemed my sleeping bag soaked up about 90% of that water and needless to say, it was soaked through and unusable. I ended up hiking in for the day, hoping to get lucky, and came home last night, after seeing three deer, all doe. Talk about a bummer of a trip. Oh well, the high buck hunt will have to wait until next year.... :(
One reason I carry my sleeping bag in a Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Dry Sack. Bummer.
Two mistakes. Camelback bladders suck. But your biggest is that you didn't have your sleeping bag in a sea to summit like mentioned above. I use the sea to summit event dri bags. Get a Platy...
Post by: BLUEBULLS on September 20, 2015, 01:14:24 PM
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Post by: 50CalJim on September 20, 2015, 07:28:40 PM
Got back last night, after being gone from home only 24 hours, from a planned 3day backpack hunt. When I got to the trailhead ready to head out, I discovered my camelback bladder had leaked about a liter of water out during the car ride up. Seemed my sleeping bag soaked up about 90% of that water and needless to say, it was soaked through and unusable. I ended up hiking in for the day, hoping to get lucky, and came home last night, after seeing three deer, all doe. Talk about a bummer of a trip. Oh well, the high buck hunt will have to wait until next year.... :(Hmmm sounds like the same story some Dude told me that I met on the trail yesterday. Ha Ha. Seriously I gave them bags up a few yrs ago I got tired of worrying about them leaking.
Post by: jackelope on September 20, 2015, 08:17:28 PM
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on September 22, 2015, 11:20:28 PM
I'm missing the high hunt this year.. Really missing it! Construction at home and work... :tdown:
-Steve
Post by: Odell on September 24, 2015, 06:27:52 AM
Also this system is not leak proof. If you drink this much water and are older than 40 you will find it still wants to leak out often.
Post by: 7mmfan on September 24, 2015, 10:45:20 AM
These days I try to carry most of my water in my stomach. I'll drink 100oz or so on the drive, chug a 32 oz gatorade before hitting the trail and only carry a Nalgene full of water in my pack. You have to be confident of your water sources where you are headed.
Also this system is not leak proof. If you drink this much water and are older than 40 you will find it still wants to leak out often.
:chuckle: I don't know that I could hike more than a couple hundred yards before I would have get rid of most of that. That's borderline water poisoning. If I know I have water waiting for me, I run pretty lean with a couple nalgenes worth in my pack.
Post by: Odell on September 24, 2015, 02:53:57 PM
I don't know if it really works this way medically, but normally if I drink all the water I need for the day in the first few hours of the day it's no different then spreading it out over the day. Unless you are really sweating for a long period of time, even then you go a ways before rehydrating if you pre-hydrated.
Post by: j_h_nimrod on September 24, 2015, 11:07:57 PM
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