Post by: WapitiTalk1 on November 05, 2019, 05:34:07 PM
Post by: fishngamereaper on November 05, 2019, 05:36:55 PM
Post by: Turner89 on November 05, 2019, 05:40:27 PM
I'll be out on the late hunt. They don't have one in my area, so I'll be hunting a place I'm vaguely familiar with.
Post by: Skyvalhunter on November 05, 2019, 05:41:41 PM
Post by: flyfishWA on November 05, 2019, 05:51:53 PM
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on November 05, 2019, 06:20:55 PM
Post by: Bullkllr on November 05, 2019, 06:41:41 PM
Ok, some of us :rolleyes: didn’t notch our BT tags in early season. Who’s hitting the woods in the upcoming late rifle season? I’ll be out for at least 3 days (God willing and the creeks don’t rise).
I'm all in. Hopefully starting Thursday and all 4 days if I can swing it.
Post by: fishnfur on November 05, 2019, 11:29:15 PM
Post by: Pacific Ghost on November 06, 2019, 03:35:52 PM
Post by: HunterofWA on November 07, 2019, 09:25:10 AM
heres one that survived early season :yike:
:o nice one! I'll be hunting the late season as much as possible.
Post by: hawksfan75 on November 07, 2019, 10:53:04 AM
Post by: Griiz on November 07, 2019, 12:03:11 PM
Post by: Griiz on November 07, 2019, 12:08:30 PM
Post by: Griiz on November 07, 2019, 12:10:58 PM
Post by: Old Man Yager on November 08, 2019, 08:18:52 AM
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on November 08, 2019, 08:22:39 AM
Looks like the weather is shaping up to be good for the late BT season. Hope the forecast doesn't change
Agree :tup:
Post by: slowhand on November 09, 2019, 01:49:41 PM
Starting to pack the trailer tomorrow and We roll out Wednesday after work. I have service in camp and will Keep you all updated. 505 and 510 can't wait!
Post by: slowhand on November 09, 2019, 03:56:19 PM
Hard to stop watching it. LOL
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on November 09, 2019, 03:58:02 PM
Post by: Mudman on November 09, 2019, 04:04:41 PM
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on November 09, 2019, 04:22:32 PM
Post by: slowhand on November 09, 2019, 04:50:31 PM
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on November 09, 2019, 05:00:13 PM
That's a nice buck right there. Any daytime pics?
No, just put this cam out a bit over a week ago. Gonna check it on Monday again.
Post by: ljsommer on November 09, 2019, 06:48:03 PM
Post by: dilleytech on November 10, 2019, 01:54:31 PM
Post by: fishnfur on November 11, 2019, 10:36:17 PM
RE: rattling in late buck season: Rattling can be productive into December. The dates of this late season are the best that I've seen since I started hunting - seems like four days earlier than typical. Should be good hunting, especially with some rain coming in. Good luck out there!
Post by: Crunchy on November 12, 2019, 06:53:28 AM
Post by: Tinmaniac on November 12, 2019, 07:04:42 AM
Post by: bobcat on November 12, 2019, 07:11:01 AM
Late modern Blacktail has been a 4 day Thursday opener for 30 years.
only 30?
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Post by: Tinmaniac on November 12, 2019, 07:15:09 AM
Post by: slowhand on November 12, 2019, 07:51:10 AM
Post by: Crunchy on November 12, 2019, 08:14:51 AM
Late modern Blacktail has been a 4 day Thursday opener for 30 years.
Agreed, it just somehow I got the 12th stuck in my head and didn't think of the day of the week.
Post by: fishnfur on November 12, 2019, 11:16:50 AM
The 80's were a bit fuzzy for me!
:chuckle: :chuckle: You too??
So if you believe in lock down, then I would say the last two days was a prime example of decreased deer activity during the peak of the rut. I got zero deer on my cams in the last two days, which hadn't happened previously since early October. Shouldn't last long (hopefully!).
Post by: Whitenuckles on November 13, 2019, 02:05:01 PM
I agree, I haven't gotten more than 2 or 3 bucks a day on my cameras. But this morning I went to the property and saw 2 bucks and a doe stand in a 30 yard circle for an hour. The bucks are definitely on lock down with the does in my area. Should be a fun hunt tomorrow!The 80's were a bit fuzzy for me!
:chuckle: :chuckle: You too??
So if you believe in lock down, then I would say the last two days was a prime example of decreased deer activity during the peak of the rut. I got zero deer on my cams in the last two days, which hadn't happened previously since early October. Shouldn't last long (hopefully!).
Post by: Crunchy on November 13, 2019, 02:46:37 PM
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on November 13, 2019, 02:50:40 PM
The 80's were a bit fuzzy for me!
:chuckle: :chuckle: You too??
So if you believe in lock down, then I would say the last two days was a prime example of decreased deer activity during the peak of the rut. I got zero deer on my cams in the last two days, which hadn't happened previously since early October. Shouldn't last long (hopefully!).
I'm still fuzzy from the 70s and the 80s :chuckle:. Checked a few cams on Monday and had absolutely nothing on them, I mean nothing... no does, no bucks, no yotes, no bobcat, no blue jays. Nothing had moved on the old skid road in for probably two days either... Definitely a lull in the action in the deer woods in my area also. I betcha a buck (see what I did there) that'll they'll be out about in force starting.... NOW. Here we go boys, let's go getsum late season BT bucks in the late season!
Post by: Whitenuckles on November 13, 2019, 03:22:54 PM
Post by: Whitenuckles on November 13, 2019, 03:28:04 PM
Post by: JasonG on November 13, 2019, 05:53:44 PM
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on November 13, 2019, 05:58:34 PM
Hopping to have my son get his first deer! It will be one hell of a year since I took my first deer this year!
Good luck Jason. I have a good feeling about your upcoming hunt :tup:
Post by: brew on November 13, 2019, 07:07:22 PM
Post by: b0bbyg on November 13, 2019, 08:35:20 PM
hope someone hangs out around the Kapowsin Tavern....there's a dam 3 or 4 pt hanging around within 100 yards of there I've almost hit driving to work twice this past week. getting tired of dodging him. he's not real tall only topping his ears but he's got enough horns for someone to shoot. pretty cool this morning as he stood in front of me with his breath/vapor coming out of each nostril kinda like a locomotiveHeading out in the morning,
Last year had a doe stare me down at 10-15 yards in the cold. Blew out a huge bunch of vapor trying to get my scent but the wind was wrong for her. The last one she blew out and walked right through it into the bushes. Was buck only unit so I could just watch and wait to see if there was a follower. but it was cool being that close getting to see the snorting that I have heard in the past, usually before they run away.
Post by: LeeRay on November 14, 2019, 02:21:34 PM
Post by: Buckewe on November 14, 2019, 02:35:56 PM
Post by: HunterofWA on November 14, 2019, 05:07:50 PM
Looking back I probably could have shot him in the butt with my 7mm just to slow him down and then finish him off... There is a good reason you're not allowed to talk to yourself in the past, else this morning's me would be strangled.
You never realize how much you want a blacktail buck until he just barely escapes your grasp!! >:(
Post by: Squatch633 on November 14, 2019, 06:06:21 PM
I went out this morning and will be back this afternoon; wash, rinse, repeat for the next three days. Starting tomorrow I may stay out all day long (if its rainy). My husband already filled his tag, so he's with me for the company :). Saw absolutely nothing this morning and heard no gunshots (GMU 627). I took work off for this.I couldn’t get today off but went and pulled my camera out of the woods in the dark. My cam is right on the 633/627 boundary. It had been out since Halloween. There was a serious lull in activity from about November 8th until the 11th. The majority of my pictures are between 7:00 and 11:00 AM. Had a forky come in about 10 min after 3 does at 8:45 this morning. Good luck! I’ll be out there in the morning.
Post by: Crunchy on November 14, 2019, 06:50:38 PM
Post by: PeninsulaPariah on November 14, 2019, 06:56:41 PM
Post by: Crunchy on November 14, 2019, 07:05:20 PM
Post by: PeninsulaPariah on November 14, 2019, 08:27:57 PM
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on November 14, 2019, 08:39:50 PM
Post by: pd on November 14, 2019, 09:08:33 PM
I went out this morning and will be back this afternoon; wash, rinse, repeat for the next three days. Starting tomorrow I may stay out all day long (if its rainy). My husband already filled his tag, so he's with me for the company :). Saw absolutely nothing this morning and heard no gunshots (GMU 627). I took work off for this.
Of course you took work off for this. Would you rather be working now??
Keep at it, the rain will help.
Post by: fishngamereaper on November 14, 2019, 09:14:56 PM
Post by: slowhand on November 14, 2019, 10:07:51 PM
No shots on the hill I hunt, 5 trucks plus mine at the gate.
Three does spotted today. They don’t seem to be moving around much. The weather was beautiful so it sucked for hunting.
Going to try 505 tomorrow
I hope this weather change helps tomorrow.
Guiding for My son and Friend.
Wish us luck
Post by: Skyvalhunter on November 15, 2019, 05:02:19 AM
Post by: Dark2Dark on November 15, 2019, 05:36:05 AM
Post by: fishnfur on November 15, 2019, 06:33:18 AM
Hit the woods this morning. Spotted 2 does in a cut I was sitting on at dawn, they went and bedded next to the woods. I went down to them and got a little to close. They blew a little and trotted a little ways away. I then hit the timber and walked parallel to them as they were out in the cut. They are oblivious to my new location and the wind is perfect. I'm sitting there behind a tree about 80 yards from em and then they start moving up the cut. I'm scoping them and then all out of nowhere there is a fork buck trotting right on their tails. I almost squeezed in a neck shot but the timber blocked my view. My heart was racing and I sprinted to get a better view. Sadly the deer never did stay still long enough for me to get a clear shot.'
Looking back I probably could have shot him in the butt with my 7mm just to slow him down and then finish him off... There is a good reason you're not allowed to talk to yourself in the past, else this morning's me would be strangled.
You never realize how much you want a blacktail buck until he just barely escapes your grasp!! >:(
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Nice post. Got a good laugh.
Two doe at 0800 crossing the cut, looked to be going nowhere purposeful Just walking. Lots of fog till 1000. Saw zip the rest of the day. Changed cuts - didn't help. No squirrels chattering at intruders. Nothing. Very quiet. A doe with a fawn came out at last light to make me feel better. I'm not sure that I heard any shots by hunters all day. That must mean sumthin.
Gotta go!
Post by: savagehunter on November 15, 2019, 11:54:22 AM
Post by: ljsommer on November 15, 2019, 12:36:44 PM
Post by: WSU on November 15, 2019, 12:56:06 PM
Post by: PeninsulaPariah on November 15, 2019, 06:29:49 PM
Post by: brew on November 15, 2019, 06:34:01 PM
Got this guy at about the 5000 ft level in the Buckhorn wilderness this morning. Lots of action, rut just getting going up there.that's a tank....this little turd keeps hanging around eating the wife's roses. showed up again at 3:30 this afternoon. She keeps threatening to buy an archery tag. He comes right up on the back patio to eat her plants
Post by: fishnfur on November 15, 2019, 07:20:55 PM
Post by: Sutherland on November 15, 2019, 07:23:39 PM
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on November 15, 2019, 07:58:37 PM
First success! Writeup here: https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=244379.0
Nice non lj, helluva first buck mister.
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on November 15, 2019, 07:59:55 PM
Got this guy at about the 5000 ft level in the Buckhorn wilderness this morning. Lots of action, rut just getting going up there.
Great buck, congrats!
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on November 15, 2019, 08:02:17 PM
Post by: wadu1 on November 15, 2019, 08:28:04 PM
Post by: Turner89 on November 15, 2019, 08:44:41 PM
This morning I get into my spot at about 730. I've never been there before, so I had to hold up at the tree line until I could see and wouldn't scare any deer off in the dark.
It was totally fogged in. At around 9:30ish the fog gave me a short window to actually see the tree line. As I started glassing a deer sounded the alarm. I thought it was at me, but when I looked over to my left I saw a very nice buck charging a smaller buck. I quickly grabbed the gun and was trying to reposition on the stump I used for a rest. Just as I got on him it was starting to fog up again. I could still make him out , but visibility was fading fast and he wouldn't stand still.......then it was all white :bash:
I could here them every now and then. The fog kept teasing me, (most blacktail hunters know how much fun that is >:()I thought it was going to clear up again at any moment.
Finally it did for a few minutes and I saw the 2 point, but not the big guy.
Eventually around noonish it cleared up for the rest of the day. Didn't see anything till after closing time. I broke a few sticks climbing back up to the road. All of a sudden I heard a deer running. I assumed it was running away from me, but it was actually coming right at me in a hurry. That same 2 point must have thought I was a doe and wasn't going to be last to the party. He stopped about 30yards from me. thats where he stayed as I kept heading up to the road. Long story short, they were pretty active in that cut. I might try a little rattling tomorrow if it feels right. :yeah: :bdid: :dunno:
Post by: Scheindogg on November 15, 2019, 09:14:40 PM
Too bad it’s right next to lake Sammamish where I can’t hunt with a gun >:(
Post by: slowhand on November 15, 2019, 09:30:43 PM
Spotted two cow elk today and three does after dark.
Pretty slow in 505
Back to 510 tomorrow
Fingers crossed the action picks up tomorrow.
Wish us luck. 3 tags in camp now
Post by: fishnfur on November 15, 2019, 10:16:32 PM
Had to run into Federal Way for girls swimming state meet, then rushed back out to catch the evening hunt. Two hours in the box and nothing moved. Worst day of the season? I heard no other shots all day. No deer on the roads all the way back to "camp". Tying to find something different to do that may change my luck. Ir can only get better. :IBCOOL:
Post by: Squatch633 on November 15, 2019, 10:36:30 PM
Still really slow in 633 and 627, Deer are playing hard to get. Tried some still hunting in the timber hoping to find a doe being tended by her buck. Nuthin! Out in a cut, around 1030, found a doe, yearling and fawn feeding looking very relaxed. Watched them for a half hour till they went off to bed. Heard a possible shots on deer around 1000 - seven quick shots in two seconds or so - AR or handgun fire.Saw more than I did in that neck of the woods. My son I drive the boundary road of 627/633 almost every night after dinner in the dark(I live 5 min from the main clear cut I hunt) The past week we haven’t seen a single deer on probably 4 drives. These usually yield 6-10 deer a night. Kind of strange.
Had to run into Federal Way for girls swimming state meet, then rushed back out to catch the evening hunt. Two hours in the box and nothing moved. Worst day of the season? I heard no other shots all day. No deer on the roads all the way back to "camp". Tying to find something different to do that may change my luck. Ir can only get better. :IBCOOL:
Post by: Dark2Dark on November 16, 2019, 12:01:46 AM
Not a monster by any stretch of the imagination, but he was bird dogging hard instead of being on the lookout for hunters.
It took him a bit to stand still long enough for a shot! It was a longer drag than I would have liked, I definitely should have cut him up!
Good luck to everyone this weekend.
Post by: fishnfur on November 16, 2019, 01:19:33 AM
Got 'er done though, Good job.
Post by: HunterofWA on November 16, 2019, 10:45:48 AM
Post by: PeninsulaPariah on November 16, 2019, 10:47:17 AM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191116/55df4bebcb5dbd02c8752c5f0e15b3dd.jpg)
Not a monster by any stretch of the imagination, but he was bird dogging hard instead of being on the lookout for hunters.
It took him a bit to stand still long enough for a shot! It was a longer drag than I would have liked, I definitely should have cut him up!
Good luck to everyone this weekend.
Hey man, no worries. No monster required. That’s a classic forky, and this is crunch time! Really nice buck 👍🏻
Post by: HntnFsh on November 16, 2019, 01:55:29 PM
Got one yesterday!
Congratulations! You'll get some fantastic eats out of that one!
Post by: LeeRay on November 16, 2019, 03:20:58 PM
Ironically, on the way home last night on Old Belfair Rd we clipped a buck with the corner of the SUV!! The buck was mosying across the road, not a care in the world, my husband hit the breaks, the anti locks kicked in and we very slowly hit his rear right haunch. We got out to find him, but he vanished into the woods. Hope he’s ok.
Post by: slowhand on November 16, 2019, 10:18:22 PM
First in and last out
Sounded like the 4th of July with all the gun shots in then morning.
I’d venture to say quite a few Deer went down.
No luck for us. jumped a few does but that was it.
Late hunt has been quite disappointing.
1/2 day hunt tomorrow morning then head home to start the unpack, clean, put hunting gear away process.
Fingers crossed for a last minute buck for one of our group.
We now have four tags in camp.
Post by: fishnfur on November 16, 2019, 10:29:40 PM
I'm guessing the early dates for the late season put us hunting just after the peak of the rut, when the majority of the breeding that there was to do is done, at least for the low land deer. The doe population has some misses that didn't get bred or didn't conceive, but they need time to get to the next cycle. While I heard almost no rifle fire on Thurs. or Fri. I did count something like 8 - 10 shots this morning between 0830 and 1100. Most were on the early side of those times. I had a couple of doe come into the cut I was on at 0830 with a spike in tow, frantically smelling the air in hopes of some sign of a hot doe. They busted me when I was trying to get my phone out of my pocked to video them. They left. I left.
Hit the woods for awhile and then went to my (prison) elevated blind. Heard two shots late in the day but I get no feeling that bucks are cruising for doe in any number. The ones that are out looking, are doing it at night. I think tomorrow morning should be better, same times as above. Good luck.
Edit - Slowhand's report shows that it's better at elevation. If you have a chance to hit the hills, probably above 2000 feet (Stormking elebation??) a change of plans might be in order.
Post by: LeeRay on November 17, 2019, 09:11:02 AM
Post by: tgray on November 17, 2019, 09:13:29 AM
Post by: 2MANY on November 17, 2019, 09:15:07 AM
Post by: ljsommer on November 17, 2019, 09:53:59 AM
Post by: BiggerMcGuire on November 17, 2019, 10:03:10 AM
Well, I got there too early guess, which i am kicking myself for, now. So I continued my "step, step, wait, and observe" across it. 40 yards later I turn to see a deer behind me. I brought up my binos, studied its head. I could see antlers, I believed it, but wasn't positive as it was still twilight. If it were a buck, its antlers were low and tight to its ears.
I may be young, but I have observed my share of deer. The body was long and not very leggy. Probably about three, maybe four years old. The deer was skiddish and its muscles were ready to explode. I felt so positive it was a buck. I raised my rifle, I told myself to shoot, and if it were a doe I would turn myself in. I didn't take the shot. I watched its chest walk out of my crosshairs and into the thick, dark woods.
There isn't a game animal alive worth my hunting privilege, and my future opportunity to pass my love and knowledge of hunting on to my son. I find it funny how all this went through my head in a matter of ten seconds.
Post by: JasonG on November 17, 2019, 10:19:17 AM
Found this guy Friday morningWow!!! Congrats!!
Post by: Skyvalhunter on November 17, 2019, 12:21:47 PM
well there is an animal alive and it's the wolf. The animal rights groups will do all they can to make sure you lose that privilege unless something is done.
There isn't a game animal alive worth my hunting privilege, and my future opportunity to pass my love and knowledge of hunting on to my son. I find it funny how all this went through my head in a matter of ten seconds.
Post by: LeeRay on November 17, 2019, 12:31:47 PM
Post by: Dark2Dark on November 17, 2019, 12:52:39 PM
Well, I went out to a local hunting spot for the morning hunt. I was hoping to take advantage of the rain. Started in at dawn and planned on getting to a major crossing by visible light.
Well, I got there too early guess, which i am kicking myself for, now. So I continued my "step, step, wait, and observe" across it. 40 yards later I turn to see a deer behind me. I brought up my binos, studied its head. I could see antlers, I believed it, but wasn't positive as it was still twilight. If it were a buck, its antlers were low and tight to its ears.
I may be young, but I have observed my share of deer. The body was long and not very leggy. Probably about three, maybe four years old. The deer was skiddish and its muscles were ready to explode. I felt so positive it was a buck. I raised my rifle, I told myself to shoot, and if it were a doe I would turn myself in. I didn't take the shot. I watched its chest walk out of my crosshairs and into the thick, dark woods.
There isn't a game animal alive worth my hunting privilege, and my future opportunity to pass my love and knowledge of hunting on to my son. I find it funny how all this went through my head in a matter of ten seconds.
I’d have quite a few more legal bucks and bulls hanging on my wall if I was hunting in either sex units and only trying to harvest bucks and bulls as my own preference versus the law requiring it. Lots of instances where I have passed on an animals because I was only 98% sure they were legal!
Post by: lewy on November 17, 2019, 01:27:23 PM
Post by: Okanagan on November 17, 2019, 05:25:07 PM
Got one yesterday!
WTG! Love the pic. It tells a story.
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on November 17, 2019, 05:35:14 PM
Post by: b0bbyg on November 17, 2019, 08:34:07 PM
Got one yesterday!
That ones antlers are bigger than mine!! I had to hit him with the binos before I was confident enough to shoot. Found him in his bed and thankfully he just stood there and gave me the time to check and then get a shot.
Post by: fishnfur on November 18, 2019, 10:34:49 AM
Dandy Tgray! :tup:
Very nice. Love those bases!
Post by: fishnfur on November 23, 2019, 10:06:07 AM
Bucks indeed were following the does around down here in the middle of the nights a few days ago. Had a small three-point that I'd never seen before suddenly make an appearance one night, then the next day he followed a mom, daughter and fawn in during broad daylight. The camera time is off by an hour in the pic - the sun is still up. Many, many deer in the yard nightly picking up the last of the apples -
Had a couple good laughs watching this familiar buck standing on his hind legs hopping around to pick the apples out of the tree. I got some great vids of this activity.
Rut should be pretty well done by the time late archery gets going on the 27th. Had a fun year though. Lots of memories.
Post by: fishnfur on November 23, 2019, 01:06:23 PM
Post by: birddogdad on November 27, 2019, 01:25:22 PM
Post by: HunterofWA on November 27, 2019, 01:26:40 PM
Post by: birddogdad on November 27, 2019, 01:38:22 PM
Nice work birddogdad! Late archery buck?
modern, just getting chance to post up