Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: wackmaster on November 15, 2007, 09:26:31 PM
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:drool: I more day of waiting. I have scouted for the last 6 weekends. I also got the season off . They are rutting something fierce. I also have seen a few monsters.I saw 1 3 by 3 I estimated him at 28 inches with nice height and lots of mass.Saw 2 big bucks pushing 30 inches hope to find them sat morning.
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Nice,,, hope u slay a monster.
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Thank me to
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Good luck, interested to hear how it goes. I am hoping to draw that tag next year with six points going in.
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Have fun, I wish I could draw another tag there. I probably have a long wait ahead of me though.
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good luck keep us posted. had that tag last year and had a great time. Just hope the areas you saw the bucks in are open.
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PLEASE POST a picture when you bag one of those deer, people always talk about the huge deer out there yet no one ever posts a thing when it comes to pictures, please be the first and start a thread so that we can all drool over the bucks that you guys are killing :)
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Whackmaster,
4 of my buddies also got drawn for the Firing Center this year. They are all dreaming of ol mossy horn stepping infront of them. Good Luck
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I will start the pictures, here is my deer from the firing center last year, not the biggest buck but am happy with it.
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Nice buck Jackjr, The area I wanted to hunt is closed till Monday. Today we saw 6 bucks and 11 does. 1 spike 3 forks, a nice 3*4 and a 4*4. Nice deer but not first day shooters. Hope it don't come back to bite me later. I also got great pics of a 5*5 bull elk. We will try again tomarrow . Today it rained a lot and was foggy but it is supposed to get cold Monday night. I will give an update tomarrow night.
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Nice buck Jackjr. Waiting for those pics wackmaster.
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P.s. I just ran into a guy that had a 90 inch shed PURE TYPICAL(saw the antler and stretched a tape myself) from out there Of course no GPS coordinates. DUDES thats a 200+ inch buck EASY! Goodluck!
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Thanks Bone, I will post pics as soon as I can. Today started out great until light then you could see the fog rollin in. But we as soon as the fog hit us it started to snow. As the day progressed it got more foggy and kept on snowing. We pushed draw and saw 2 nice 4*4s , 14 does, 3 3*3s we passed on them with 7 days left hoping to see a bigger one. I know they are there. By the time we left at dark the ridge tops had a good 3 inches of snow, and the valley had about an inch and a half and snowing hard. It snowed all the way home to selah and is still going. I have a good felling about tomarrow the area that we saw the 2 big ones in finally open tomarrow. I will post again tomarrow. :hello:
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Good luck. Sound like with the weather tomorrow it should be good. Have you heard of any good ones shot yet? Seems like after the first couple of days it thins out a bunch. There is alot of people that shoot whatever. I quess they dont know what kind of tag they got.
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Good luck tommorrow on the big one and the weather. Used to hunt that area when I first started and before it went draw only. There is some big ones out there.
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The first 2 days were slow but I heard of 6 bucks and 10 does on the opener at the check station. I saw one hunters deer he shoot this morning it was a nice 4*4 about 22 inches. I have talked with a few people that will shoot a nice 3 or 4 point if they get the chance. I have also talked with a few guy's that have not even seen a deer, and said they would not put in for that again that there is no deer out there. I just agreed with them. More chance for us sportsmen that actually leave our trucks and try to find deer. 90% of every body out there are driving the roads wondering why there are not seeing any deer, with 100 rigs give or take a few driving around I do not think the deer are going to be standing in the road. Sorry about the complaining but I can't believe some people. At least you guy's understand. :dunno:
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Some people dont realize either that there are some good deer pretty close to the impact area. I saw a hooter 3 point about 100 yards away from the border the day before the hunt in area 5. It was about 24-26 wide with long points.
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Hey,
i am asking for help from sheer disgust. i have hunted very very hard for three days and have seen two bucks. One small 2 point and a shootable four point this morning at about 10,000 yards ha ha. I tried to locate the buck with no success. i have been walking the draws up and down and sideways and haven't seen nearly what i have seen in the past. A couple Buddy's of mine have doe tags and they are running across bucks left and right. I believe that is called the doe tag law of physics? Anyways any help from anyone in a good direction to go would be great. i have been hunting low in 7, high in ten and high and low in 4 and 16. i am hunting by myself which makes it a tad more difficult. I do not want to resort to driving around and hopefully i will have better luck tomorrow. Please any information would be great. If anyone has any luck for sale please let me know! Thanks Fireguy
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How was the snow this morning. I hvent been out there at all yet this year, so have zero hints for you.
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The snow wasnt bad. There was probably 1-3 inches down low and 6-8 up top maybe a little more. The roads were managable for the most part. I am hoping tomorrow is the turn around day. Should be nice tomorrow.
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Well 1 down 1 to go. Today was great hunting conditions. We saw 20 does, 3 elk , 4 bucks. My huntin partner shot a 8*11 at 10:45 this morning 24 inch's wide ,22 tall, 11 inch bases. Basically 4*4 with double eye guards and lots of kickers around the bases. Story and pics soon I promise.2 bucks today were shot over 30 inches saw pictures of them. Fireguy run the ridges first thing in the morning glassing every draw even if you have to walk over the edge. About 8:30 start walking down ridges. I am driving a dark red f-350 4 door if you see me stop me . :IBCOOL:
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I believe everything but the eleven inch bases....must be talking burrs, not circum. Congrats. I can't wait to see. Yep, I stared longingly outside today. Came home today for family time and teh wife was pissy as hell. SHOULD have stayed in the woods.
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You are right bone the burrs were measured one at 11 1/2 and one at 12.The measurements 1 inch above the base are 9 5/8 and 10 inches.Sorry about the mix up.Well today was slow saw 1 about 23 inch 4*4 2 forks and a lot of does I lost count.The said 46 deer were shot so far on ytc and 1/3 of those were does.I still am in high hopes for a nice one. I have been doing alot of walking.Will update yawl tomarrow. :hello:
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Saw 1 shooter tried to get on him and failed.Saw a lot of does and 2 3*3's.Tired going to bed talk to ya tomarrow.
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Good luck Wackmaster!
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Hey wackmaster do you know what the web site is that gives what training areas are open and closed. The outdoor recreation one i used last year does not work any more. Just wondering if they got the ages of the deer from the tooth samples posted yet from last years deer? Hope you connect on a good one.+
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Hey are you guys seeing any elk out there? I'm going to try to pull a cow out of there after the deer hunt ends.
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Got my buck today not as big as I hoped for but with season end tomarrow I was looking for any buck today.We haven't seen any rut activity in 4 days.After Tuesday we started finding less bucks.All the buck I have seen the last few days are alone.My buck has digressed horn and his teeth were worn below the gum line.He is a 3*3 21 inches wide.I passed on 23 nicer bucks in 8 days but I am more than happy with him.I had a great time.I also saw 3 cow elk in area 3 and a bull in 15.I just looked on ytc site and they don't show the closed area and I am not sure about the teeth.He said they will post age for this year in July.Well let the pictures begin. Give me a day or two to figure out how. :IBCOOL:
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I had been following your hunt, sorry you didn't get what you were hoping for. Beats tag soup! Congrat's on notching the tag! Will wait for the pictures!
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Any deer is a nice deer in my book. You sure did earn it. Thanks for sharing your hunt with us. It was fun to follow along. Do you know what web site they will put the age of the deer on. They told me the same thing last year. I could never find it . Cant wait to see some pictures.
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This is my buddy's firing center buck.
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Here is another pic
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cool
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a couple more
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Awesome buck thanks for posting the pictures. I love the lil knobs gives the animal character!!
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Here is my firing center buck not big but I am proud of him I hunted hard no tag soup for me
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sorry i am new at posting pics
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Nice looking buck but your camera seems to be focusing on the grass and leaves. Still congrats on the deer.
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I tried to take pics on a timer I was all by my self and they didn't turn out so good lets try these ones
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here is a couple pic of a rg horn out there a true rag horn the first pic is when we saw him
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Well this is my first time posting pic I think I have it figured out I have alot of fishing and hunting pic I would like to show you
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Perfect. Great bucks Guys. Your buddies the best I've seen for a long time.
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Thanks alot I love this site everybody's real helpful and alot of great photos
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Thanks for sharing wackmaster. Looks like your buck is a old timer. What areas did you get your bucks in? I saw a buck there last year With alot of trash at the bases but it was only about half the size of the one your buddy got. was the big 3 you saw before season in area 5? Just curious saw one there last year.
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Nice bucks. I may be going over to the YTC to look for a cow elk soon. Did any of you see in elk besides the raghorn? Not sure if there is enough snow to push them down out of the mountains yet or not. Thanks
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Cool!! Way to finish off your season with a coupla' nice bucks. You put in you time for sure. Thanks for all the updates and photos.
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Great pictures all, thanks for posting them!
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We got the bigger buck in area 4 and mine in area 6. There is elk the seemed to be moving around the day after it snowed we saw 3 cows in area3. If you drive the ridge road between 4 and 3 and glass down into 3 thats were we saw the cows.
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thanks for the elk info. if i can get the christmas stuff put up maybe i can get iver there and give it a shot.
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Wack, congrats on the success. sorry that your drive and determinatin didnt pay off with a bigger buck. however there will be no tag soup for you this year!. i ended up getting a 19" two point later in the season. saw another couple of small bucks and finally after 25 minutes of thought decided to take the one i did. Hopefully next time i draw the tag i will have luck on my side.
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Thanks can't win all of them
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Well two big problems with this area.
1. They are more restrictive in movement Have to now stay in the YTC to get to the areas. No gate 11.
2. Most areas were closed last weekend and this one. There is plenty of military action for the dec 1-8 hunt.
3. They new require you to make 3 (yes 3) stops before entering the area.
I can deal with 1 and 3, but 2 put a damper on the scouted areas.
Figures.
