Post by: JeffRaines on June 09, 2016, 11:31:01 AM
I've seen threads where this has been discussed before however it was typically a one off reply mentioning it... I know buck creek pass gets overrun, what are the other trailheads/areas that also turn into a pumpkin patch?
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on June 09, 2016, 12:13:50 PM
Post by: jackelope on June 09, 2016, 12:22:30 PM
Post by: singleshot12 on June 09, 2016, 12:25:16 PM
And getting more popular every year with less spots to hunt.
Thankx to internet,social media etc. :bash:
Post by: Colville on June 09, 2016, 12:28:57 PM
http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8020846
Post by: huntandjeep on June 09, 2016, 03:01:17 PM
Post by: theleo on June 09, 2016, 03:19:41 PM
And guys responding to threads like these, on the internet and social media, so that the topic is always at the top of the heap and visible to everyone. :tup:And getting more popular every year with less spots to hunt.
Thankx to internet,social media etc. :bash:
Post by: Bushcraft on June 09, 2016, 03:21:26 PM
There may be some road troubles that could reduce the #'s. Long ways to September, but something to follow:
http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8020846
I suspect that it may be a few Septembers before they are open again. After all, there's no room in the Forest Circus's budget for hundreds of thousands of dollars in gravel spreading road improvement EPA studies, much less room for actual gravel.
The goofy thing is that this will probably incentivize more people to go up there thinking that fewer people will try it because of the road closures. I can hear scores of nimrods right now saying, "Hey, it's on the map and it's a long way from any trailhead. No one is crazy enough to try that. There won't be anyone there but us!" Then flash forward to September 15th..."Where the hell did all these people come from?" :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
There are no high mileage remote looking basins that don't get overrun by High Buckers. That's just the truth of the matter. Particularly as backpacks, clothing and gear have gotten better in the last ten years. However, there are basins that people death march right on by en route to their idea of mule deer hunting nirvana.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on June 09, 2016, 04:08:41 PM
I've been doing high buck for 2 years. Not once have I seen hunters at the trail head or in the mountains. The guy I go with has been hunting this area for 10+ years and never seen a hunter in the mountains . :dunno:
Where do you hunt at?
Post by: huntandjeep on June 09, 2016, 08:07:23 PM
Alpine lakes areaI've been doing high buck for 2 years. Not once have I seen hunters at the trail head or in the mountains. The guy I go with has been hunting this area for 10+ years and never seen a hunter in the mountains . :dunno:
Where do you hunt at?
Post by: Miles on June 09, 2016, 08:14:00 PM
Alpine lakes areaI've been doing high buck for 2 years. Not once have I seen hunters at the trail head or in the mountains. The guy I go with has been hunting this area for 10+ years and never seen a hunter in the mountains . :dunno:
Where do you hunt at?
The guy who's hunted it for 10 years will probably go crazy on you if you say too much more.
Post by: brocka on June 09, 2016, 08:18:20 PM
All of them. Everywhere.Every. Single. One.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on June 09, 2016, 08:49:47 PM
Alpine lakes areaI've been doing high buck for 2 years. Not once have I seen hunters at the trail head or in the mountains. The guy I go with has been hunting this area for 10+ years and never seen a hunter in the mountains . :dunno:
Where do you hunt at?
That's a huge area which could handle more hunting presure. There's untouched ground up there.
Post by: JeffRaines on June 10, 2016, 12:09:18 AM
Alpine lakes areaI've been doing high buck for 2 years. Not once have I seen hunters at the trail head or in the mountains. The guy I go with has been hunting this area for 10+ years and never seen a hunter in the mountains . :dunno:
Where do you hunt at?
That's a huge area which could handle more hunting presure. There's untouched ground up there.
Sarcasm?
Either way - while I won't be able to do high buck this year... next year definitely has potential and I'm just looking for the really overrun areas so I can avoid them. I also hear there are some outfitters that have some area up there as well? I'd like to avoid those too
Post by: ian_padron on June 10, 2016, 02:22:16 PM
I've been doing high buck for 2 years. Not once have I seen hunters at the trail head or in the mountains. The guy I go with has been hunting this area for 10+ years and never seen a hunter in the mountains . :dunno:Agreed. A lot of guys talk about hunting 10 miles in from the trailhead, but no one talks about hunting 10 miles from the trail. I didn't even see other humans during general season last year. Grab a map that lists ALL access including hiking trails. Find areas that don't have any of those things, and enjoy the wilderness.
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Post by: Alpine Mojo on June 17, 2016, 03:15:20 PM
no one talks about hunting 10 miles from the trail.
It's a nice thought, but none of the wilderness areas open for high buck are that remote. There are hundreds if not thousands of miles of trails on and off the maps.
Post by: ian_padron on June 17, 2016, 03:30:41 PM
Obviously hyperbole. The point is that there are plenty of places in this state that hunters can have all to themselves.no one talks about hunting 10 miles from the trail.
It's a nice thought, but none of the wilderness areas open for high buck are that remote. There are hundreds if not thousands of miles of trails on and off the maps.
A few miles from the road is FAR different than a few miles from the trail, and that is what I wished to convey to OP.
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Post by: JeffRaines on June 18, 2016, 12:02:56 PM
Obviously hyperbole. The point is that there are plenty of places in this state that hunters can have all to themselves.no one talks about hunting 10 miles from the trail.
It's a nice thought, but none of the wilderness areas open for high buck are that remote. There are hundreds if not thousands of miles of trails on and off the maps.
A few miles from the road is FAR different than a few miles from the trail, and that is what I wished to convey to OP.
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That's what I was thinking as well. The "safety" of a trail I think draws in a lot of people. Most people don't want to hike x miles off trail to a nameless/trail less basin only to find it void of animals so they stick to what they know.
Post by: Bill W on June 18, 2016, 01:11:04 PM
I've used other hunters as "dogs" for a few years after I figured things out.
Or, you can go the "whole remote" thing. I'd scouted out a few areas that had old signs of camps and others that had no sign of camps at all. The main reasons were lack of good camping spots or hard to find water. Two of these spots were about 10 miles from the trail head. Another way to find good hunting spots is to find spots that horses (and horse hunters) can't access. Find those spots and if any hunters are there, they are true hunters.
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Post by: JeffRaines on June 23, 2016, 09:35:35 AM
Not a single hunter for three years and then last year my 'X' on the map became that for 20 others! It was a joke. I had 8 guys walk past me before 6:00 am on the opening day. Then to add insult to injury...an ass clown thought it would be funny to take a crap 30' from our tents. I'm not sure if it was a guided drop camp or what but the 12 hunters a 1000' vertical feet below us and a 1/2 miles away showed zero respect or courtesy that we were there regardless of the fact we were there first. This year going completely off trail...closest trail is going to be 3000 vertical feet and a mile below me...I'm going were horses and the hunters that they bring don't.
Those are my biggest fears. Getting somewhere and it being a pumpkin patch, or it turning into a pumpkin patch while I'm in there.
Post by: lewy on June 23, 2016, 10:15:28 AM
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