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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: MLhunter1 on June 11, 2016, 12:32:47 PM

Title: Chiwawa quality rifle tag
Post by: MLhunter1 on June 11, 2016, 12:32:47 PM: Finally got a good deer tag. Can't wait. Anybody have any pictures of bucks they have shot in the chiwawa? I'm stoked.
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Post by: 509muley on June 11, 2016, 02:03:09 PM: Lots of nice bucks come out of the unit but unfortunately it had brushed over pretty good recently. Do your homework and you should come out successful.
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Post by: Ridgerunner on June 11, 2016, 08:40:43 PM: A search on here should show you plenty of bucks. Congrats on the draw

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Title: Re: Chiwawa quality rifle tag
Post by: WAcoueshunter on June 11, 2016, 08:49:39 PM: Quote from: Ridgerunner on June 11, 2016, 08:40:43 PM
A search on here should show you plenty of bucks. Congrats on the draw

:yeah: Where's the biting lip, trying to be a good sport emoji? :chuckle:
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Post by: h20hunter on June 11, 2016, 09:12:19 PM: Hey, he just wants pics, not advice! ;)
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Post by: teanawayslayer on June 11, 2016, 09:16:16 PM: There aren't any deer in the chiwawa. :chuckle:. Kidding. You should have a great hunt. I would focus on the last week of the season. Pray for snow to get the big boys moving. :tup:
Title: Re: Chiwawa quality rifle tag
Post by: muleracks on June 11, 2016, 11:01:16 PM: Chiwawa is my favorite unit and you will do well even if we don't get a big early snow. There are a number of Chiwawa bucks posted on this forum.
Don't worry about the quality of the bucks available. Your biggest problem will be keeping your finger off the trigger until the one you want to take home steps out.
So often permit hunters shoot a 140 pt buck when their goal was +150; there are 170s and higher if you really want to work at it and have the time.
Title: Re: Chiwawa quality rifle tag
Post by: huntnphool on June 11, 2016, 11:11:08 PM: Quote from: muleracks on June 11, 2016, 11:01:16 PM
So often permit hunters shoot a 140 pt buck when their goal was +150; there are 170s and higher if you really want to work at it and have the time.

I'm not suggesting a 140" buck is unworthy, but that scenario is not reserved for Chiwawa, it's unit wide in my life experience. :twocents:
Title: Re: Chiwawa quality rifle tag
Post by: Igor on June 12, 2016, 08:45:52 AM: Quote from: MLhunter1 on June 11, 2016, 12:32:47 PM
Finally got a good deer tag. Can't wait. Anybody have any pictures of bucks they have shot in the chiwawa? I'm stoked.

Quite a few years ago.......taken near Maverick Saddle.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi165.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu63%2Ffnu_lnu_photos%2F6x6002.jpg&hash=0b83540a3f32cfc3693985254d0bbdf27b809e1c)
Title: Re: Chiwawa quality rifle tag
Post by: MLhunter1 on June 12, 2016, 12:04:43 PM: So I will have 5 days for this hunt. Thinking 12 thru the 17th. Hopefully hit the rut and snow togethor.
Title: Re: Chiwawa quality rifle tag
Post by: Muleyslyr on June 12, 2016, 07:19:19 PM: Careful with the later part of the season. Don't know of a unit more weather dependant. Snow can get deep and access to areas can become very limited. Have had the tag twice and been on a total of 5 late hunts over there. It is NOT a guaranteed hunt. Can be easy first day success or settle for a lesser buck, or eat the tag. You still have to work for it. Luck and persistence will pay off. Enjoy it..
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Post by: Hairhunter on June 13, 2016, 08:35:47 PM: Can't wait to get over there and check the country out!
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Post by: GoldenOscar on June 13, 2016, 09:00:18 PM: My dad got this tag too, crossing fingers we end up with a decent deer....He is 78 and still gets around good but those hills are getting steeper.
Title: Re: Chiwawa quality rifle tag
Post by: UBA on June 14, 2016, 08:54:36 PM: I'll be up there. Hope to see u guys. Good luck
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Post by: WildBear on June 17, 2016, 08:12:56 AM: Here's one from regular season.
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Post by: Hairhunter on June 19, 2016, 09:07:35 PM: Only five more months to go!
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Post by: CamoDup on June 20, 2016, 04:01:51 PM: the buck in my avatar is from that unit. pray for snow!
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Post by: Bigbuckoholic on June 22, 2016, 10:10:54 AM: Here's one from in there
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Post by: Seahawk12 on June 22, 2016, 10:39:46 AM: Chiwawa is closed. The road got washed out in several places and after talking with several Rangers and getting several different stories about when or if it will reopen I have gotten frustrated.
One person I talked with started saying that there is a massive root rot issue throughout the entire area and they just aren't sure if they have the resources to get it open at all.
You had better start making some phone calls and put some pressure on them.
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Post by: MtnMuley on June 22, 2016, 10:47:05 AM: Chiwawa is closed? Maybe just a certain main road leading into a big part of the road system, but there are other roads that aren't closed to my knowledge. I also agree, get on the horn with them and start putting on the pressure. The whole upper Entiat valley these days is falling apart access wise. Sickening >:(
Title: Re: Chiwawa quality rifle tag
Post by: Bigbuckoholic on June 22, 2016, 10:51:34 AM: Which part is closed??
Title: Re: Chiwawa quality rifle tag
Post by: Seahawk12 on June 22, 2016, 10:54:38 AM: Quote from: MtnMuley on June 22, 2016, 10:47:05 AM
Chiwawa is closed? Maybe just a certain main road leading into a big part of the road system, but there are other roads that aren't closed to my knowledge. I also agree, get on the horn with them and start putting on the pressure. The whole upper Entiat valley these days is falling apart access wise. Sickening >:(
The gate is shut on Chiwawa River Road right where it changes from paved to gravel.
I just got back from a 4 night campout that was supposed to take place up there. I called the Ranger Station and talked with some Rangers I met at Coles Corner while fueling up and talked with the people that service the camp sites.
I'm just the messenger here relating what I just experienced.
I plan on calling them weekly to get updates and make sure they know there is interest in the area getting opened up.
The root rot thing worries me considerably, because that can be used as an excuse to not let the public in for quite a while.

Check it here:
http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gjAwhwtDDw9_AI8zPyhQoYAOUjMeXDfODy-HWHg-zDrx8kb4ADOBro-3nk56bqF-RGGGSZOCoCAPi8eX8!/dl3/d3/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS9ZQnZ3LzZfMjAwMDAwMDBBODBPSEhWTjJNMDAwMDAwMDA!/?navtype=TOPNAVIGATION&cid=stelprdb5308540&navid=120000000000000&pnavid=&ss=110617&position=Not%20Yet%20Determined.Html&ttype=detail&pname=Okanogan-Wenatchee%20National%20Forest-%20Recreation
Title: Re: Chiwawa quality rifle tag
Post by: gunrinwa on June 22, 2016, 11:13:52 AM: I just rode the entire Lower Chiwawa Trail and uppr Chikamin Creek trail from Goose Creek campground on Sunday All riding trails were open. All the deer I saw were down by the campground and the forest road north of there. I didn't hear of any closures but I was riding the dirtbike trails. That place is thick. Should be a challenging hunt.
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Post by: builtfordtough on June 22, 2016, 12:16:46 PM: The dirt road to trinity is closed. My cousin was wheeling up there 6 weeks or so and fell through the ice. The sink hole was under the ice and snow that he couldn't see... Picture was pretty gnarly.
Title: Re: Chiwawa quality rifle tag
Post by: sagerat on June 22, 2016, 12:49:16 PM: Let's see that picture. Sounds cool.
Title: Re: Chiwawa quality rifle tag
Post by: WAcoueshunter on June 22, 2016, 01:58:03 PM: Not a huge deal if the Chiwawa River Road is closed. Most of the late season hunting is done on the opposite side of the unit, and you can still get above the Chiwawa River area (Maverick Saddle, etc.) from Eagle Creek/Van Creek/Second Creek, etc. If they closed the paved Tyee Road, now that would cause some problems.