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Title: Quilomene quality buck hunt archery advice please.
Post by: bow_hunter on November 10, 2015, 06:29:21 PM: I drew the Quilomene archery tag and I'm looking for any advice. is it better to focus up high or down low? i do have a wind farm permit and I'm going to do some more scouting after the 15th of november. have not been in there for about 20 years so any help i could get would be greatly appreciated.
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Post by: buglebuster on November 10, 2015, 06:44:45 PM: Welcome to the forum :tup:
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Post by: bow_hunter on November 10, 2015, 06:48:57 PM: Thanks i registered a few years back and didn't remembered my password. just figured out i could have it reset. Kind of a 4 year I.T. problem. LOL
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Post by: deerhuntr4885 on November 10, 2015, 07:12:12 PM: I m hunting in Idaho right now but when is your tag? I know the area well and saw one good buck last week during elk season. Hunt low. BTW
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Post by: fishingnut71 on November 10, 2015, 07:57:40 PM: are you from the wetside?
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Post by: bow_hunter on November 10, 2015, 09:23:37 PM: Thanks deerhunter4885 my hunts nob 25th thru dec 8th
Westside fishingnut71
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Post by: bow_hunter on November 11, 2015, 07:28:06 AM: Nov not nob.
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Post by: martin1 on November 11, 2015, 08:29:29 AM: (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F11%2F11%2F07cac1e31660e24d7630429834233e30.jpg&hash=28d78d40eb1884717822fe1a173c160fcea60567)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F11%2F11%2Fe3003e4dd7395559fe98966fc45b63f0.jpg&hash=a8a6371c90fc57c5cc546e65ae15fdcf8acde8e0) my quilomene archery buck from last year. you can still be picky with a bow this time of the year.

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Post by: bow_hunter on November 11, 2015, 09:42:12 AM: Wow sweet buck I'm hoping to find his brother lol
Did you see a lot of bucks and hunt the same area
Or all over?
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Post by: martin1 on November 11, 2015, 09:58:52 AM: I hunted a small area but scouted alot of the unit. I shot this buck about 200 feet from where our freind got his rifle buck a week or so before. find does and you'll find bucks. I found it was much easier to hunt the timber pockets over sage brush. also that was where I found the larger bucks

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Post by: D-Rock425 on November 11, 2015, 10:01:37 AM: I really like the arrow in the pic :tup:
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on November 11, 2015, 10:04:02 AM: The arrow does look cool! Good eye. :tup:
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Post by: D-Rock425 on November 11, 2015, 10:10:04 AM: Pretty good shot placement on a hard quatering deer. Would like to know how far he made it with that shot.
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Post by: bow_hunter on November 11, 2015, 10:39:02 AM: Thank you guys for the great advice.much appreciated
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Post by: D-Rock425 on November 11, 2015, 10:48:16 AM: I've never hunted it but from the pics it looks like good quality glass could help you in that area.
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Post by: coachcw on November 11, 2015, 02:40:36 PM: not a gimmie ! that buck of martins is the exception not the rule
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Post by: bow_hunter on November 11, 2015, 04:57:29 PM: I'm planning on spending 3-4 days the first week and 3-4 days the second week. if i strike out I'm hoping to at least see a lot of animals
and stalk a few of them. i plan on taking my youngest son(he just turned 10)a few of the days. id like him to see why my older sons and myself love archery
so much and that getting into animals is just as good as bringing one home.
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Post by: martin1 on November 11, 2015, 09:15:42 PM: that shot was a follow up at 15 yards in his bed. my first shot hit just a hair back unfortunately. my first shot was 52 yards and he only went 80 yards and laid down. I just wanted him to expire quicker so I put the Second shot in him. he expired within two minutes of the second shot

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Post by: martin1 on November 11, 2015, 09:40:48 PM: Quote from: martin1 on November 11, 2015, 09:15:42 PM
that shot was a follow up at 15 yards in his bed. my first shot hit just a hair back unfortunately. my first shot was 52 yards and he only went 80 yards and laid down. I just wanted him to expire quicker so I put the Second shot in him. he expired within two minutes of the second shot

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also here is another quilomene buck from 2007 with a rifle.

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Post by: bow_hunter on November 12, 2015, 10:25:01 AM: That's a nice buck. Do you know what it scored
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Post by: benhuntin on November 12, 2015, 10:40:15 AM: Up there yesterday. They are runnin does hard. Saw 3 good ones
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Post by: martin1 on November 12, 2015, 07:51:14 PM: Quote from: bow_hunter on November 12, 2015, 10:25:01 AM
That's a nice buck. Do you know what it scored
both bucks were around 165 I belive the second buck was 168 if I remember correct

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Post by: bow_hunter on November 12, 2015, 10:43:26 PM: Amazing bucks id take either one. Lol
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Post by: JLR on November 13, 2015, 08:01:50 AM: I saw 4 good bucks that were all running does last weekend while elk hunting. I was hunting wide open areas though so getting to most of them with a bow would be tough. There's a fair bit of snow up there now though so it should be good hunting!
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Post by: bow_hunter on November 13, 2015, 06:15:56 PM: thanks for all the info
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Post by: trophyelk6x6 on November 13, 2015, 06:29:57 PM: Great unit, with a rifle down lower in the open areas. A bow seems really tough to me. Lived in Ellensburg during college and spent half my afternoons up the Clk pass road. 328 on the left and 329 on the right. Right down to the river. Am I missing something local boys? I know Quilomene as a nice winter range for elk, nice for muley's but it's a huge area, and don't recall much timber outside of the top area off CLK pass road which doesn't hold many deer during most the year. I might be wrong :chuckle:
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Post by: bowguy on November 17, 2015, 09:31:53 PM: I've seen some pretty nice bucks down caribou Rd before. Also very nice cover for us bow guys pockets of trees with small sage openings
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Post by: benhuntin on November 18, 2015, 07:10:19 AM: (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F11%2F18%2F0cd3909fec5d7a8b9aba9f0f3488547e.jpg&hash=31d4a4bb827b26aeb3dcec8b751307d11da522be)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F11%2F18%2F43a192a2ca0032762f86e7c6a4c5c944.jpg&hash=63c8e10f04a780f38682a403058649e74c05482a)this one was right up top and we saw two other good ones in the same general area