Post by: Gentrys on March 19, 2018, 08:43:40 AM
Anyone been over there recently? Curious about the snow level.
Post by: Calvin Rayborn on March 19, 2018, 10:06:42 AM
Post by: bowhunterforever on March 19, 2018, 03:47:19 PM
Post by: C-Money on March 19, 2018, 03:56:11 PM
Post by: bowhunterforever on March 19, 2018, 04:06:23 PM
Good chance you will not get through. I went up last weekend to knock the cobb webbs out of the ATV and check on a friends cabin. Found a lot of snow still. Beacon RD from the Brushy turnoff north was snow covered. Still snowmobiles up there. This would make me believe that Colockum Pass is probably not passable on tires....yet. Cabin made it through winter well though!!Did you go up to the top of colockum pass on your atv?
Post by: C-Money on March 19, 2018, 04:11:55 PM
Did not put on very many miles, but was great to get out!!
Post by: deerhuntr4885 on March 19, 2018, 08:23:13 PM
Post by: ian_padron on March 19, 2018, 08:31:03 PM
Still a buttload of snow up top, had to park the 4Runner and walk to the ridge line. Looked like a couple guys had gone farther but I didn't want to risk it.
TONS of deer in the Naneum canyon, no bucks of course. Anyone know if there are ever bucks there lol?!
No elk or elk sign up high yet, they're still chillin down by the river and on the ranches.
By this coming weekend I'd anticipate that the snowline will be much higher. Be careful with the mud up there, you'll get stuck pretty quick if you're not watching things.
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Post by: eliandsky on March 20, 2018, 08:36:56 PM
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Post by: Gentrys on March 24, 2018, 10:45:28 PM
Post by: vandeman17 on March 25, 2018, 06:19:40 AM
I was up there last weekend. Went up Cooke Canyon.
Still a buttload of snow up top, had to park the 4Runner and walk to the ridge line. Looked like a couple guys had gone farther but I didn't want to risk it.
TONS of deer in the Naneum canyon, no bucks of course. Anyone know if there are ever bucks there lol?!
No elk or elk sign up high yet, they're still chillin down by the river and on the ranches.
By this coming weekend I'd anticipate that the snowline will be much higher. Be careful with the mud up there, you'll get stuck pretty quick if you're not watching things.
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There were bucks they had just already dropped the headgear
Post by: ian_padron on March 25, 2018, 11:38:01 PM
I had over 40 deer in my spotter that day and not a single one was a buck. No bases or anything, does does and more does.I was up there last weekend. Went up Cooke Canyon.
Still a buttload of snow up top, had to park the 4Runner and walk to the ridge line. Looked like a couple guys had gone farther but I didn't want to risk it.
TONS of deer in the Naneum canyon, no bucks of course. Anyone know if there are ever bucks there lol?!
No elk or elk sign up high yet, they're still chillin down by the river and on the ranches.
By this coming weekend I'd anticipate that the snowline will be much higher. Be careful with the mud up there, you'll get stuck pretty quick if you're not watching things.
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There were bucks they had just already dropped the headgear
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 26, 2018, 05:09:59 AM
Post by: vandeman17 on March 26, 2018, 10:58:55 AM
Hard to tell when antlers had already been shed
Unless your spotter zoomed in well enough to check to see if they had a twig and berries it would be darn near impossible to tell. :chuckle:
Post by: ian_padron on March 26, 2018, 11:31:36 AM
Are you guys serious? You can literally see where the pedicle was attached on a buck. With a spotter it's pretty easy at 500 yds. Every deer I looked over was a doe or fawn. I'd put money on it.Hard to tell when antlers had already been shed
Unless your spotter zoomed in well enough to check to see if they had a twig and berries it would be darn near impossible to tell. :chuckle:
Anyway, not as many bucks in that unit as I'd expect.
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Post by: Duckhunter14 on March 26, 2018, 11:46:46 AM
Are you guys serious? You can literally see where the pedicle was attached on a buck. With a spotter it's pretty easy at 500 yds. Every deer I looked over was a doe or fawn. I'd put money on it.Hard to tell when antlers had already been shed
Unless your spotter zoomed in well enough to check to see if they had a twig and berries it would be darn near impossible to tell. :chuckle:
Anyway, not as many bucks in that unit as I'd expect.
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Pretty easy to tell with a mature buck, the pedicle is much easier to see and their bodies are so much different. On smaller immature bucks it can be really difficult to spot. their hair can almost cover up the pedicle. I passed a large group of deer last weekend, glassed them quickly with my 15's and surmised they were all does and fawns. On my way back through the area they were closer to the road and I thought there was no way that a buck or two wasn't in the bunch. Glassed them again and sure enough, two shed bucks. Not saying you missed anything, but the bucks that would be with does right now would probably be tough to spot, especially at 500 yards.
Post by: ian_padron on March 26, 2018, 01:09:27 PM
Good point Duckhunter. Coulda been some lil squirts in the bunch.Are you guys serious? You can literally see where the pedicle was attached on a buck. With a spotter it's pretty easy at 500 yds. Every deer I looked over was a doe or fawn. I'd put money on it.Hard to tell when antlers had already been shed
Unless your spotter zoomed in well enough to check to see if they had a twig and berries it would be darn near impossible to tell. :chuckle:
Anyway, not as many bucks in that unit as I'd expect.
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Pretty easy to tell with a mature buck, the pedicle is much easier to see and their bodies are so much different. On smaller immature bucks it can be really difficult to spot. their hair can almost cover up the pedicle. I passed a large group of deer last weekend, glassed them quickly with my 15's and surmised they were all does and fawns. On my way back through the area they were closer to the road and I thought there was no way that a buck or two wasn't in the bunch. Glassed them again and sure enough, two shed bucks. Not saying you missed anything, but the bucks that would be with does right now would probably be tough to spot, especially at 500 yards.
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