Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Ridgerunner on April 11, 2007, 04:59:54 PM
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Ok lets say you could pick one permit to draw. What would it be and why? Keep this one to deer, we'll do the elk on the other forum.
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Do you mean a GMU for deer?
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I think he's talking about a special permit...like desert a or the like.
i'm gonna say a late swakane rifle tag, because i've seen the results of what that tag can produce a couple times now. :drool:
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If I had to pick one it would be the Desert, just because it's a different type of terrain than all the other mule deer hunts, and I think it would be a fun hunt. Besides, it's the most difficult deer tag in the state to draw, so if I'm choosing it may as well be that one.
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had the swakane, and got a amazing deer:) I would love to draw the Entiat for my self. for a bunch of reasons, but the Desert might be really awesome too.
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I want that darn raffle tag.
The desert tag would be fun, but I've been applying for Alta for years
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I like the Mission unit. I seen some big bucks up there while elk hunting.
I also like the Alta unit.
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i want the raffle tag!!! Mission is a great unit, harder to hunt but some really big bucks in there. Also can anybody give me some details on this Alta unit??
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You had your chance hoser. If you were to draw that in the next 5 years, there would be a revolution in Washington state, and it would all be headed your direction. :)
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Alta is the west side of the Methow. The Twisp River borders it to the north. It used to be a tremendous late season deer hunt for archery, but I think they canned that a few years ago. It was a unit they put to draw only for about 3 years and it grew some monsters. Some of the sheds I found were unreal from that time period. It gets hammered in the general season, I MEAN HAMMERED. It does however get some migratory bucks, some out of the Navarre country along eastside of Chelan. Its just like any of the other good tags, harder than hell to draw.
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I would have to say probably the raffle tag, that would open up some country that doesn't have the late hunts. Desert is intriguing but is it really that good?
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Man I wish they would reduce the number of late modern tags in the Methow and add some archery opportunity for some of us. I send them E-mails every single year and they ignore me. I don't understand why they raised the tag levels for modern and shafted the archers. 15 for the entire Vally would be fine with me just give me a chance!
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I'd take a sheep permit any place they allow it. I'm not picky about where, just gimme :tung: Goat wouldn't be bad either.
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Yeah right Ridge, so all you yocals can meet me on the hill in Nov??
:chuckle:
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Alkali
Mission
Swakane
a blacktail hunt I'll keep to myself
Dman
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for all you guys that like the swakane tag, what are you reasons for it, knowing that is a pretty hard hunt for where the big boys are. and also which side of the unit would you hunt, the entiat side or the cashmere/leavenworth side??
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I really think that any of the late mule deer hunts can be good. There are definately some that are alot harder hunting than the others(i.e. Swakane, Mission) as opposed to the more open units. I do think that we are past the prime so to speak of those late tags, the long seasons for MF from 03-05, late bow seasons have taken out quite a few mature deer. A late tag is definately a better one to have in your pocket than the general season tag though so if you draw any of them you shouldn't be complaining.
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I would like the desert tag again mainly because I could sleep in my own bed at night...but I will take any rut hunt I can get my hands on...not too picky here just draw me!
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Washington statewide deer raffle hunt! Does that count as a permit? If not Desert A, no brainer! I hunted with my son on his Desert youth muzzleloader hunt, awesome experience, hot as hell (90-95 degrees)and the best bucks were all nocturnal but still a great youth hunt!
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I would like to draw a Entiat archery tag.
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I pulled an Entiat Archery permit two years ago.. Very nice tag, saw a ton of deer. However, I would love to pull an Entiat A (rifle) tag. There are some hawgs up in them Entiat hills. When I spoke with the local biologist for the area, He stated that 5-6000 Mulies winter in the unit. I do not doubt his figures. Saw enormous bucks down low in the private orchards and high up (well away from the roads). Next time I pull a tag, I'll go knock on some doors and promise my first born.
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I think WAMULEYHUNTER would agree with you, since his dads tag ended up in the ear of one of those low bucks.
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The state wide wa raffle permit, is an amazing tag, but get ready for high stess levels, high blood pressure, and a bunch of other problems, physical and mental. haha, i think dad is just now recovered. Those big bucks start high, and come down low, especially like winters that we had last winter. Hey Coug!! stay out of my orchards!! just joking, there wasnt as many monsters down in the orchards this year as years in the past, still a few though:) let me know if you draw.
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MuleyHunter... Yeah... I stayed out of the orchards and the private lands. I'm a huge proponent of shooting trespassers. I own a little bit of land and my blood boils every time I see where someone's been on it without my knowledge.
The bruiser bucks I saw in the orchards were on my drive in and the drive out. I could've sworn they were flippin' me the bird as I was driving past knowing they were safe.
