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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Marcus on June 20, 2017, 08:30:16 PM

Title: Pogue late
Post by: Marcus on June 20, 2017, 08:30:16 PM: Drew Pogue late tag. Does anyone have experience with this hunt?
Thanks
Title: Re: Pogue late
Post by: spin05 on June 21, 2017, 01:12:46 AM: alot of it burned up. Seen a few in late archery but really dont hunt it much now.
Title: Re: Pogue late
Post by: Marcus on June 21, 2017, 06:46:23 PM: I understand it burnt a few years back but has anyone some general advice on a starting point. I know it is weather dependent i will scout come later this summer. It seems a tiny unit in comparison to others. Looks like the SW area may be the place
Title: Re: Pogue late
Post by: spin05 on June 22, 2017, 03:12:49 AM: ive hunted right out of green lake but didnt see much. This was before the burn. Neat area thou
Title: Re: Pogue late
Post by: Skyvalhunter on June 22, 2017, 05:22:16 AM: This is a good tag. Couple friends had it two years ago and did well. You have to wait for the migration which is like a lot of other popular unit weather dependent. Lots of areas to glass.
Title: Re: Pogue late
Post by: bobcat on June 22, 2017, 06:12:59 AM: I was over hunting the Chiliwist and Pearrygin units last deer season, but spent a day driving around in the Pogue. It was surprisingly unburned. Four of us drew the late Pogue permit in 2012, and it looked pretty much the same as it did then. I would suggest spending some time in the Scotch Creek area, especially later in the season.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/lands/wildlife_areas/scotch_creek/Scotch%20Creek/
Title: Re: Pogue late
Post by: jackelope on June 22, 2017, 07:33:04 AM: Quote from: bobcat on June 22, 2017, 06:12:59 AM
I was over hunting the Chiliwist and Pearrygin units last deer season, but spent a day driving around in the Pogue. It was surprisingly unburned. Four of us drew the late Pogue permit in 2012, and it looked pretty much the same as it did then. I would suggest spending some time in the Scotch Creek area, especially later in the season.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/lands/wildlife_areas/scotch_creek/Scotch%20Creek/

Did you guys shoot deer? Pics?
Title: Re: Pogue late
Post by: bobcat on June 22, 2017, 08:46:31 AM: Quote from: jackelope on June 22, 2017, 07:33:04 AM
Quote from: bobcat on June 22, 2017, 06:12:59 AM
I was over hunting the Chiliwist and Pearrygin units last deer season, but spent a day driving around in the Pogue. It was surprisingly unburned. Four of us drew the late Pogue permit in 2012, and it looked pretty much the same as it did then. I would suggest spending some time in the Scotch Creek area, especially later in the season.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/lands/wildlife_areas/scotch_creek/Scotch%20Creek/

Did you guys shoot deer? Pics?

Oh of course we did, 4 bucks, but nothing that's hunt-wa worthy.
Title: Re: Pogue late
Post by: spin05 on June 23, 2017, 01:12:52 AM: Good to hear it was spared the burn. I drove thru the akili lakes chain and it was a charred moon scape
Title: Re: Pogue late
Post by: grundy53 on June 23, 2017, 01:40:32 AM: It burned. But it recovered fast.

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Title: Re: Pogue late
Post by: WARHORSE on June 23, 2017, 02:24:31 AM: If you say so!
Title: Re: Pogue late
Post by: Skyvalhunter on June 23, 2017, 05:10:47 AM: It did recover fast
Title: Re: Pogue late
Post by: WARHORSE on June 23, 2017, 09:25:50 AM: Are you guys talking about deer numbers or bitterbrush? Cuz neither has came back yet!
Title: Re: Pogue late
Post by: Shannon on June 24, 2017, 08:19:19 AM: Anyone that says it has recovered needs to come and look at my property. I have 70 acres and not a tree lived. All the sage and bitterbrush is gone. If fireweed and 10% of the deer is recovered I guess we are recovered.
Good luck with your tag though.
Title: Re: Pogue late
Post by: pygmy1985 on August 11, 2017, 08:42:59 PM: I've hunted the Pogue for several years. Last year I was surprised at how many deer I saw. Fewer than normal but still saw at least 5 legal bucks a day, lots of does, and a few whitetail. Some areas were really burned and some not so much. I can believe that some residents suffered more loss than others.