Post by: Surfr716 on July 10, 2018, 05:53:08 AM
I'm not asking anyone to divulge any of their personal hunting spots but if someone could point me in the direction of a map that shows the actual boundaries of the high buck hunt wilderness areas I would be very appreciative. I would really like to not run afoul of the game wardens come opening morning. Any info on the wilderness areas themselves would also be greatly appreciated, again not specifics or anything just general info on what to expect. It seems from reading this forum that a lot of people start on hiking trails and then spur off from there on their own to get away from the crowds but that's about as far as I've gotten.
Post by: bobcat on July 10, 2018, 06:19:41 AM
Find Glacier Peak and Alpine Lakes and you'll have pretty much all the high hunt areas. The Forest service also has an online map you could use to look at wilderness boundaries:
https://www.fs.fed.us/ivm/
Post by: Bob33 on July 10, 2018, 06:27:52 AM
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Post by: grade-creek-rd on July 10, 2018, 08:07:00 AM
Good luck...this will be the first High Hunt I've missed in 10+ years...unless I get too depressed and go for a quick trip...as my son drew a mudflow youth cow permit and I drew a White River bull permit so we are concentrating on those hunts (and both my boys drew muzzy doe permits).
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Post by: Surfr716 on July 11, 2018, 06:46:45 AM
Thanks for wishing me luck, best of luck on your draw tags as well
Post by: jackelope on July 11, 2018, 06:57:10 AM
Google is your friend. Open this link, then if you open up the map, it will show all of the wilderness areas in the state.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/okawen/recarea/?recid=79427
Post by: boneaddict on July 11, 2018, 08:05:05 AM
Post by: jackelope on July 11, 2018, 08:08:21 AM
Not sure how it works but Id be worried about cell service in most of the wilderness areas I frequent. Is onyx a cell thing or a satellite thing? If I could give you any help, I think that most areas seem to follow a ridgeline or some sort of geographic feature. Another hint would be dont be confused if you see other people hunting. I find people hunting outside the boundary all the time. Apparantly they werent smart enough to ask, and do their homework like you are trying to do, or they just dont care and like to cheat.
OnX is a GPS thing or a phone app thing, but with the phone app, you download maps before you leave cell service and then it works without service.
Post by: X-Force on July 11, 2018, 09:22:12 AM
New to rifle hunting for deer in the PNW and am really interested in trying the high buck hunt this season. I'm planning to do some scouting this July into August and September while getting some bear hunting in, but for the life of me I cant understand the wilderness area boundaries. I can see the rough areas of where the wilderness areas are but I have no idea of whats legal to hunt and the reg book is about the most vague thing ever written.
I'm not asking anyone to divulge any of their personal hunting spots but if someone could point me in the direction of a map that shows the actual boundaries of the high buck hunt wilderness areas I would be very appreciative. I would really like to not run afoul of the game wardens come opening morning. Any info on the wilderness areas themselves would also be greatly appreciated, again not specifics or anything just general info on what to expect. It seems from reading this forum that a lot of people start on hiking trails and then spur off from there on their own to get away from the crowds but that's about as far as I've gotten.
On your scouting trip get off the trail as much as possible. Lots of areas will have no one in the summer and as soon as season starts you could wake up to a basin full of hunters.
I would look at Henry Jackson or Glacier Peak because of your proximity to them and the ability to get more scouting in.
Don't expect success but you will have great views, fall colors and probably want to carry a bear tag.
I like to use wilderness.net it outlines the wilderness boundaries and has multiple layers.
https://umontana.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=a415bca07f0a4bee9f0e894b0db5c3b6 (https://umontana.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=a415bca07f0a4bee9f0e894b0db5c3b6)
Post by: Surfr716 on July 15, 2018, 02:42:38 AM
Post by: yakimanoob on July 16, 2018, 11:09:39 AM
CalTopo (https://caltopo.com/map.html (https://caltopo.com/map.html)) is, imo, by FAR the most underappreciated map tool out there. For the wilderness areas, I find the new/2016 USFS maps to be the easiest to read.
If you're an iphone user, check out TopoMaps+. It has loads and loads of maps, and the MapsPass is worth its weight in gold.
Post by: teanawayslayer on July 16, 2018, 08:08:11 PM
The hunt is only in Wildness which makes it easy....the USFS has those maps advailble for 7-10 just drop by a office in the general area.in some wilderness areas all of the wilderness isn’t included in the high hunt area. I know for a fact that the pasayten and glacier peak are that way
Post by: yakimanoob on July 16, 2018, 10:30:47 PM
The hunt is only in Wildness which makes it easy....the USFS has those maps advailble for 7-10 just drop by a office in the general area.in some wilderness areas all of the wilderness isn’t included in the high hunt area. I know for a fact that the pasayten and glacier peak are that way
Care to elaborate? I don’t remember seeing anything to that effect in the regs
Post by: bkaech on July 16, 2018, 10:46:19 PM
The hunt is only in Wildness which makes it easy....the USFS has those maps advailble for 7-10 just drop by a office in the general area.in some wilderness areas all of the wilderness isn’t included in the high hunt area. I know for a fact that the pasayten and glacier peak are that way
Fact?????
Where in the regs does it say that. The regs tell you which wilderness areas are open and say nothing about limitations within those areas.
Post by: bobcat on July 16, 2018, 10:50:05 PM
What may cause some confusion is that the boundaries for the high hunt are not the same as certain GMU boundaries, such as GMU 203 (Pasayten) and GMU 249 (Alpine). A person might think that the GMU with the same name as a particular Wilderness Area would have the same boundary, but they don't. For the high hunt you simply need a Forest Service map that shows the wilderness boundary.
Post by: X-Force on July 16, 2018, 11:33:14 PM
Use OnX with the wilderness setting and that will give you the areas open for high buck.
I wish the new WDFW mapping system had high buck as an option.