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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: BaseballStud20 on September 20, 2007, 07:16:01 PM

Title: Grayback Unit
Post by: BaseballStud20 on September 20, 2007, 07:16:01 PM: Has anyone hunted the grayback unit or had any success in there?
Title: Re: Grayback Unit
Post by: Bigshooter on September 22, 2007, 01:49:00 AM: Hunted hated lots of people lots of private land.
Title: Re: Grayback Unit
Post by: BaseballStud20 on September 22, 2007, 02:17:42 PM: Yeah...just went there today...saw four does in some guys field. I saw about 100 cows though...and im talking about the ones that go "moo." It made me start to wonder what the introduction of livestock does to the deer herds...I came to the conclusion that the deer leave...because I did not see a damn thing.
Title: Re: Grayback Unit
Post by: boneaddict on September 22, 2007, 02:30:18 PM: They really don't eat the same thing, so shouldn't effect deer too much.
Title: Re: Grayback Unit
Post by: BaseballStud20 on September 22, 2007, 02:37:20 PM: All I know is there were cows everywhere and not much deer sign...so what is the difference between a deers diet and a cows? It really cant be that much different can it?
Title: Re: Grayback Unit
Post by: boneaddict on September 22, 2007, 02:56:11 PM: Deer are browsers and cattle are grazers. Deer don't have the stomaches to eat the grass cows do. Elk tend to eat more grasses than deer. Deer need to eat brush.
Title: Re: Grayback Unit
Post by: jackelope on September 22, 2007, 03:51:19 PM: Quote from: BaseballStud20 on September 22, 2007, 02:17:42 PM
Yeah...just went there today...saw four does in some guys field. I saw about 100 cows though...and im talking about the ones that go "moo." It made me start to wonder what the introduction of livestock does to the deer herds...I came to the conclusion that the deer leave...because I did not see a damn thing.

we hunt some cattle grazing land every year and pretty much kill 4 deer for 4 guys every year. the only inconvenience the cows have caused me is the occasional cow pie.
Title: Re: Grayback Unit
Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on September 22, 2007, 07:46:27 PM: Deer eat broad leafs.
Grayback is a tough unit to hunt. You either hunt private land by knocking on doors or you find gates and hike. I killed my buck 2 years ago 10 miles back. I shot it at 9 in the morning and i got to the truck at 8:30 that night.
Find gates and hunt. Start looking around grayback mountain.
Title: Re: Grayback Unit
Post by: Jerbear on September 22, 2007, 08:26:05 PM: I live next to the Klickitat wildlife Area. It gets a lot of pressure, as does surrounding area. Best bet is cross the Klickitat River, area 578 and hunt toward Glenwood. More open areas and it is two point min. My wife and I hunt there and the Bicketon area. Three point min for 382, but lots of area to hunt.
Title: Re: Grayback Unit
Post by: Bigshooter on September 22, 2007, 09:03:12 PM: I have wanted to hunt around bickleton can you point me toward some public land to hunt. It does not have to be a honey hole. Also how hard does that get hunted.
Title: Re: Grayback Unit
Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on September 22, 2007, 09:44:11 PM: Bickelton is in east klickitat. I have no clue. But i do know most of that area is private.
Title: Re: Grayback Unit
Post by: Jerbear on September 22, 2007, 10:42:36 PM: Bigshooter
Contact me at jctoddlee@gorge.net. I will give some information on area 382.
Title: Re: Grayback Unit
Post by: BaseballStud20 on September 22, 2007, 11:00:33 PM: I was in that bickleton area and all I saw was private land pretty much everywhere!
Title: Re: Grayback Unit
Post by: boneaddict on September 23, 2007, 09:04:18 AM: Good to see you chime in jerbear. I couldn't remember if you were the one that lived down there or not. Thanks for helping these boys out.
Title: Re: Grayback Unit
Post by: caseyv21 on October 22, 2007, 02:47:26 PM: i hunt that area every year and every year i get a nice buck out of there, but you have to go to dnr and get a map of all the state land out there, there's plenty of state land and plenty of deer to go around