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(if you are going to be in an area without cell service you can download a map for that area in advance)
Post by: Kc_Kracker on May 08, 2022, 06:26:12 AM
If you have a smartphone when the season starts download the onx app,you get a free 7 day trial.Trying to not be the guy that starts on it after hunting starts lol.
Post by: swanderek on May 08, 2022, 06:55:03 AM
Lots of people not much game.
I think you have a better chance with keep going East
Post by: Iveexcaped3 on May 08, 2022, 06:59:20 AM
With that said on x is your best friend. Obviously boots on the ground are going to be your best bet. Send me a pm and I’ll let you know where I’ve seen sign. It’s been a few years since I’ve been that way so it might be no good but at least something
Post by: HHPro on May 08, 2022, 07:26:44 AM
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on May 08, 2022, 10:09:14 AM
Go to wdfw harvest reports and look at most recent, unit by unit success for the specie you intend to hunt. Youd be doing yourself a favor to choose an area based on others success rather than your odometer. :twocents:Ever since they redid the website I can't seem to find squat!
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Post by: fishngamereaper on May 08, 2022, 10:13:38 AM
Having hunted the 335 and 336 my whole life I can tell you don't expect to see many legal bucks.If you need some pointers feel free to pm me.
:yeah:
Having spent the better part of 30 years hunting elk in and around that corridor there aren't allot of legal bucks walking around.
If you have a distance limit at least get into the burg and jump off north or south from there. You'll at least see more deer.
Post by: hunter399 on May 08, 2022, 10:22:08 AM
Last wild place in washington!!!
Every buck with a drop tine or double eye guard is a gift from God.
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Post by: time2hunt on May 08, 2022, 07:54:21 PM
I live in Ellensburg, there is lots of public land around. My only word of caution if you choose to go north of I90 is know where the nanium quilomine boundary is. I here of a few guys new to the area getting hit with tickets every year accidentally wandering across unit boundaries. There are a few guys in the area I have a lot of respect for that kill deer consistently around here. I personally choose to go elsewhere.Accident my arse lol what’s hard about colockum pass as a boundary line
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Post by: MtnMuley on May 08, 2022, 09:02:47 PM
I live in Ellensburg, there is lots of public land around. My only word of caution if you choose to go north of I90 is know where the nanium quilomine boundary is. I here of a few guys new to the area getting hit with tickets every year accidentally wandering across unit boundaries. There are a few guys in the area I have a lot of respect for that kill deer consistently around here. I personally choose to go elsewhere.Accident my arse lol what’s hard about colockum pass as a boundary line
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Isn't Colockum Pass the road that goes up and over from Vantage to Eburg?
Post by: time2hunt on May 08, 2022, 09:12:51 PM
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Post by: Jimmy33 on May 08, 2022, 09:39:41 PM
NoI live in Ellensburg, there is lots of public land around. My only word of caution if you choose to go north of I90 is know where the nanium quilomine boundary is. I here of a few guys new to the area getting hit with tickets every year accidentally wandering across unit boundaries. There are a few guys in the area I have a lot of respect for that kill deer consistently around here. I personally choose to go elsewhere.Accident my arse lol what’s hard about colockum pass as a boundary line
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Isn't Colockum Pass the road that goes up and over from Vantage to Eburg?
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Post by: MtnMuley on May 08, 2022, 09:43:28 PM
Post by: Jimmy33 on May 08, 2022, 09:51:27 PM
It was a joke.Thank goodness…
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Post by: huntnnw on May 08, 2022, 10:18:32 PM
With the price of fuel being what it is. The further your away, the better the hunting is going to be (think 200+ miles more)
that logic works if there was 0 cities east of the pass. there are alot of hunters on the eastside
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on May 09, 2022, 07:36:58 AM
The pride and joy of Washington is not the mule deer or whitetail hunting, its the blacktail hunting. You might as well just stay over there and get better at hunting the blacktails.I love it when members are so polite is to not only make assumptions but then be rude and tell me I should just stay here thanks next time maybe you should keep your comment to yourself or just not comment at all, got to love that eastsider hospitality can't even keep it to yourself when you're talking to group members can you
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Post by: Mtnwalker on May 09, 2022, 09:31:20 AM
I always laugh at these posts and the people everywhere, yet I somehow go to places and never see a single hunter
Normally I'd agree with you, I usually don't have trouble getting away from people either. I will say I hunted one of my old spots for the rifle opener last year and my mind was blown. I don't spend much time up the Teanaway anymore but I had a day to kill. It's a long ways in and off trail, steep with lots of blow down. Daylight came and I had orange on almost every knob around me. The amount of shooting going on was unreal, even by rifle opener standards. By 10 o'clock I decided I wouldn't kill a buck even if I found one I liked and walked out
Post by: Longfield1 on May 09, 2022, 10:22:57 AM
I always laugh at these posts and the people everywhere, yet I somehow go to places and never see a single hunter
Normally I'd agree with you, I usually don't have trouble getting away from people either. I will say I hunted one of my old spots for the rifle opener last year and my mind was blown. I don't spend much time up the Teanaway anymore but I had a day to kill. It's a long ways in and off trail, steep with lots of blow down. Daylight came and I had orange on almost every knob around me. The amount of shooting going on was unreal, even by rifle opener standards. By 10 o'clock I decided I wouldn't kill a buck even if I found one I liked and walked out
The only reason i say this is that the population density is much higher on the west side and everyone (including me) is looking for a better place to go. Everyone i work with except 1 person drives east looking for deer/elk to go to places where locals are already hunting. Also blacktail hunting has a steeper learning curve it seems like, you cant just hike around like you can in more open areas.
Post by: Jimmy33 on May 09, 2022, 10:35:21 AM
No rudeness meant…just a firm believer in that fact you can hunt and be more successful in your back yard than anywhere else.The pride and joy of Washington is not the mule deer or whitetail hunting, its the blacktail hunting. You might as well just stay over there and get better at hunting the blacktails.I love it when members are so polite is to not only make assumptions but then be rude and tell me I should just stay here thanks next time maybe you should keep your comment to yourself or just not comment at all, got to love that eastsider hospitality can't even keep it to yourself when you're talking to group members can you
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Post by: johnbmyersii on May 09, 2022, 10:37:11 AM
No rudeness meant…just a firm believer in that fact you can hunt and be more successful in your back yard than anywhere else.The pride and joy of Washington is not the mule deer or whitetail hunting, its the blacktail hunting. You might as well just stay over there and get better at hunting the blacktails.I love it when members are so polite is to not only make assumptions but then be rude and tell me I should just stay here thanks next time maybe you should keep your comment to yourself or just not comment at all, got to love that eastsider hospitality can't even keep it to yourself when you're talking to group members can you
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:yeah: you're always the most successful in the places you know the best and can spend the most time scouting
Post by: GASoline71 on May 09, 2022, 11:15:47 AM
No rudeness meant…just a firm believer in that fact you can hunt and be more successful in your back yard than anywhere else.The pride and joy of Washington is not the mule deer or whitetail hunting, its the blacktail hunting. You might as well just stay over there and get better at hunting the blacktails.I love it when members are so polite is to not only make assumptions but then be rude and tell me I should just stay here thanks next time maybe you should keep your comment to yourself or just not comment at all, got to love that eastsider hospitality can't even keep it to yourself when you're talking to group members can you
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:yeah: you're always the most successful in the places you know the best and can spend the most time scouting
True! I own property on both sides of the mountains, but reside in Western WA. I'm far better at hunting Blacktails than Mulies/Whitetails, as Blacktails are less than 30 minutes away, where my east side hunts are 6+ hours away.
Gary
Post by: huntnnw on May 09, 2022, 10:20:33 PM
I always laugh at these posts and the people everywhere, yet I somehow go to places and never see a single hunter
Normally I'd agree with you, I usually don't have trouble getting away from people either. I will say I hunted one of my old spots for the rifle opener last year and my mind was blown. I don't spend much time up the Teanaway anymore but I had a day to kill. It's a long ways in and off trail, steep with lots of blow down. Daylight came and I had orange on almost every knob around me. The amount of shooting going on was unreal, even by rifle opener standards. By 10 o'clock I decided I wouldn't kill a buck even if I found one I liked and walked out
Its astounding to me the laziness of so many hunters Id be willing to bet 90 out of 100 hunters wont walk a mile from their rig. I strictly bowhunted in WA until about 6 years ago and started rifle mule deer hunting again. I have gone to places opening week of rifle deer and never saw a single person out of their rig. One trip I was on a wildlife area open to anyone and relatively easy walking and lots to glass. I glassed up a 4x4 muley from the truck and my wife shot it. Not a single hunter anywhere. I live by an area thats thousands of acres of timber co land and hardly no one deer hunts it...why?... cause you gotta walk uphill 1 mile before you can hunt.
Post by: Kc_Kracker on May 09, 2022, 10:25:39 PM
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Post by: huntnnw on May 09, 2022, 11:18:16 PM
I don't care about other hunted, or walking, hiking, etc as long as there's animals. I mean, I don't know if I can pack 20 miles still but my problem is just knowing what areas are worth packing miles and miles helps!
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Every youtube hunt vid, podcast and hunt forum is you better be doing crossfit and hiking 20 miles deep yada yada... :chuckle: Probably the most overlooked country in the west is 1-3 mi in. If i see a bunch of stock trailers at a given spot and very few trucks with no trailers I am hunting under 5 mi from the truck.
Post by: Kc_Kracker on May 09, 2022, 11:23:36 PM
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Post by: HntnFsh on May 10, 2022, 05:32:26 AM
I don't think it is legal to let your wife shot 4x4 muley from the truck. Maybe you are the one that needs to hike a little further.
Maybe you need to take some reading comprehension classes.
Post by: huntnnw on May 10, 2022, 05:39:54 AM
I don't think it is legal to let your wife shot 4x4 muley from the truck. Maybe you are the one that needs to hike a little further.
a 4 poster troll... maybe you should learn to read :rolleyes: also I have optics to see alot further than one could shoot
Post by: Kc_Kracker on May 10, 2022, 05:40:07 AM
I don't think it is legal to let your wife shot 4x4 muley from the truck. Maybe you are the one that needs to hike a little further.
Maybe you need to take some reading comprehension classes.
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on May 10, 2022, 05:42:07 AM
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Post by: HntnFsh on May 10, 2022, 05:47:24 AM
He's not wasting any time
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I have a feeling he has more than one moniker on here.
Post by: Kc_Kracker on May 10, 2022, 05:52:43 AM
Not to sound like a *censored” but your picking just about the same corridor as 1/2 the west siders and some of the locals. Be ready for packed hillsides with no respect to who was there first. Keep in mind to have quality and abundance expectations low, I’ve heard constantly from talking with guys on the hillsides, meat in the freezer is better than nothing, so everything just about gets blown out and few get past the 2x2 phase.That's why I'm asking, so help me out direct me
With that said on x is your best friend. Obviously boots on the ground are going to be your best bet. Send me a pm and I’ll let you know where I’ve seen sign. It’s been a few years since I’ve been that way so it might be no good but at least something
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on May 10, 2022, 05:58:47 AM
There's not one post in this that says anything about a wife shooting a mulie out a window. Who is the tweeker talking to? (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220510/d32fb610f01df123a5415f19b489d999.jpg)He's not wasting any time
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I have a feeling he has more than one moniker on here.
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Post by: ThurstonCokid on May 10, 2022, 07:00:47 AM
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Post by: highcountry_hunter on May 10, 2022, 07:18:12 AM
I don't care about other hunted, or walking, hiking, etc as long as there's animals. I mean, I don't know if I can pack 20 miles still but my problem is just knowing what areas are worth packing miles and miles helps!
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Every youtube hunt vid, podcast and hunt forum is you better be doing crossfit and hiking 20 miles deep yada yada... :chuckle: Probably the most overlooked country in the west is 1-3 mi in. If i see a bunch of stock trailers at a given spot and very few trucks with no trailers I am hunting under 5 mi from the truck.
^^^this. Great hunting spots aren’t behind locked gates or on private property, they’re 1 mile behind a hill that’s so steep you’ve got dirt on your nose when you get to the top.
Post by: NOCK NOCK on May 10, 2022, 05:24:51 PM
BUT, Muleys migrate, and the 2 biggest herds in WA ST have to cross many roads in their journey.
Getting away from other hunters is wayyyyy more important than getting miles from a road. IMO
Post by: huntnnw on May 10, 2022, 10:03:42 PM
While yes, getting away from the roads can be better hunting, just got to find the right spot to do it.
BUT, Muleys migrate, and the 2 biggest herds in WA ST have to cross many roads in their journey.
Getting away from other hunters is wayyyyy more important than getting miles from a road. IMO
problem with that is most do not get to hunt the muleys migrating anywhere in the WA general season.
Post by: NOCK NOCK on May 11, 2022, 06:27:17 AM
Most yes, but the largest user group(modern) can get in on it.