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Big Game Hunting => Out Of State Hunting => Topic started by: n_mathews13 on August 18, 2015, 12:30:23 PM

Title: Anyone ever raft down the Grande Ronde for bear and dear?
Post by: n_mathews13 on August 18, 2015, 12:30:23 PM: I was talking to a guy from OR , he made a comment about " float down the Grande Ronde and you should find them". Anyone ever done that. Maybe even for Deer?
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Post by: HighCountryHunter88 on August 18, 2015, 12:33:53 PM: i was told this weekend its too low this year
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Post by: vandeman17 on August 18, 2015, 12:37:22 PM: Quote from: HighCountryHunter88 on August 18, 2015, 12:33:53 PM
i was told this weekend its too low this year

:yeah: We were down that way this weekend and you might as well walk the river with how low it is.
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Post by: time2hunt on August 18, 2015, 04:33:59 PM: A lot of private

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Title: Re: Anyone ever raft down the Grande Ronde for bear and dear?
Post by: Opportunist on August 18, 2015, 04:54:17 PM: Biggest problem is the river is the unit boundary between sled springs and wenaha. Fall bear you'd be good to go but not spring. You could draw out one tag and your buddy the other tag.
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Post by: stew pidasso on August 18, 2015, 05:02:45 PM: My buddy did it. Loved it. Shot a 28" er
Title: Re: Anyone ever raft down the Grande Ronde for bear and dear?
Post by: n_mathews13 on August 18, 2015, 10:10:22 PM: I was thinkn fall bear
So how's it work, just float down till you find a spot or a bear?
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Post by: Dan-o on August 18, 2015, 10:28:08 PM: Quote from: n_mathews13 on August 18, 2015, 10:10:22 PM
I was thinkn fall bear
So how's it work, just float down till you find a spot or a bear?

Better have good maps. Mostly private and mostly guarded jealously.
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Post by: follow maggie on October 04, 2015, 11:00:24 AM: A float hunting trip, somewhere, for something, some day, is my bucket list
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 04, 2015, 08:03:42 PM: Quote from: Opportunist on August 18, 2015, 04:54:17 PM
Biggest problem is the river is the unit boundary between sled springs and wenaha. Fall bear you'd be good to go but not spring. You could draw out one tag and your buddy the other tag.

What, Sled springs? Brogan so to Idaho looks like couse and grande round. :dunno:
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Post by: shootnrun on October 08, 2015, 09:07:32 AM: There is very little public ground that is huntable from the river. 4-0 owns quite a bit above Bogans, not to mention most everything between Bogans and Troy you could drive along the road. From Bogan's to Heller is mostly owned by one large landowner who flys around the entire piece every day in a helecopter looking for blaze orange and calling people in. It doesn't seem to stop people as I have witnessed many a drift boats pull in right next to posted signs and take shots at deer, but if he gets a hold of you I hear he will see to it you are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. It is beautiful and rugged country, and a float for steelhead and smalleys is a great time, but I wouldn't recommend a hunting float trip unless you know the exact pieces you can legally hunt.
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Post by: dscubame on October 08, 2015, 11:32:23 AM: I have spent a tremendous amount of time on the Ronde, absolutely love that river. However once you hit the land around it chances are you would be trespassing. Take a gps with the landowner chip and you will see what I am talking about.
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Post by: bigbullshedhunter on October 24, 2015, 12:53:37 PM: Idk what these guys are talking about. There's more army corp ground and blm than 4-0 cld shake a stick at. They have sold most of there ground.
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Post by: huntnnw on October 24, 2015, 11:15:52 PM: Not between OR line and Bogans...Bogans to the mouth has some public huntable land. We saw quite a few bucks when i hunted that once and no hunters if you hike to the top.
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Post by: bigbullshedhunter on October 25, 2015, 07:45:24 AM: Some of the fish and game is still draw tag.
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Post by: bigbullshedhunter on October 25, 2015, 07:50:44 AM: And from bogans down to hellar you can pay to hunt on north side of river but south side is Dixon land. Don't even ask. He owns almost all the way to Joseph Oregon.
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Post by: 3dvapor on October 25, 2015, 08:08:20 AM: Put in just below looking glass and float to troy. Lots of wilderness to hunt. 40miles of no roads. The water is too low this year but you can always check with thee local fly shop in elgin.
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Post by: nwwanderer on October 25, 2015, 08:35:59 AM: Long ago, may have changed (ownership) in 40+ years.
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Post by: Dhoey07 on October 25, 2015, 09:20:06 AM: This thread is in "out of state hunting" so it's safe to say he is talking about floating the river in Oregon
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Post by: bigbullshedhunter on October 25, 2015, 10:26:20 AM: Oregon has ton of national forest ground bordering private. Oregon side is the way to hit it.