Post by: gooeydruid on August 15, 2009, 12:17:38 AM
Looking to do some high buck on Sep 18-19 in the Lake Chelan area, and curious what sections of it are considered "high buck" hunting.
Looking on this page, under Chelan Wildlife Area, http://wdfw.wa.gov/lands/wildlife_areas/search/search_region.php?searchby=region&search=2&orderby=wla%20ASC, are all of these sites (Chelan Butte, Entiat, Pateros, Swakane, and White River) considered legal to hunt high buck? Which species are considered high buck?
Sorry for the seemingly dumb questions, never deer hunted in WA before and just curious about some of this high buck.
Post by: boneaddict on August 15, 2009, 06:15:56 AM
Post by: mossback91 on August 15, 2009, 08:11:19 AM
No, all those areas aren't in the high hunt. Thanks for asking before doing something stupid. You'll need to pick up a set of regs, you know the ones with the cool whitetail pic on the front and read through it thoroughly. Its defined as the Lake Chelan Recreation area, or park. You have several others to choose from as well such as Glacier Peak.
:chuckle:
Post by: Armadillo on August 15, 2009, 08:12:54 AM
Post by: boneaddict on August 15, 2009, 10:24:07 AM
By the way, you'll note on a map that the Chelan Recreation area isn't easily accessible or you can't reasily drive to it. You'll need a boat, horse or a good pair of boots.
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on August 15, 2009, 10:13:48 PM
Post by: muleracks on August 16, 2009, 05:48:44 PM
The Chelan National Recreation Area is also good and has easy access from Moore Point northwest to Mock and McGregory Mountain. Cascade Corrals also packs into that area but, realistically, are probably booked. Plan on backpacking your hunt.
Post by: actionshooter on August 16, 2009, 05:52:07 PM
Post by: boneaddict on August 18, 2009, 06:16:19 AM
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It is very easy to backpack from Stehekin.
I don't remember that being easy. :chuckle:
Post by: ICEMAN on August 18, 2009, 06:32:59 AM
You can easily access the Lake Chelan Rec Area by taking the Lady of the Lake ferry out of Chelan. You can also access the Glacier Peak Wilderness via the same ferry, to Holden Village, then the bus up to Domke. That puts you within hiking distance.
This is easy?... :chuckle:
Post by: boneaddict on August 18, 2009, 06:56:20 AM
Post by: runamuk on August 18, 2009, 03:27:13 PM
They know you are a redneck when you board the lady of the lake next to the little gal from Seattle and have a deer strapped to your back. LOL
Oh I wanna see that :chuckle: :chuckle:
I hadn't thought of going up into that country for high hunt......hmmmmmmm...adding to list of things to do before I die ;)
Post by: jstone on August 18, 2009, 03:48:07 PM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on August 18, 2009, 03:55:22 PM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on August 18, 2009, 03:56:34 PM
No, all those areas aren't in the high hunt. Thanks for asking before doing something stupid. You'll need to pick up a set of regs, you know the ones with the cool whitetail pic on the front and read through it thoroughly. Its defined as the Lake Chelan Recreation area, or park. You have several others to choose from as well such as Glacier Peak.
:chuckle:
By the way, I think I submitted a huge whitetail picture they didn't use on the cover. I wonder who or what you have to do to get that cover... ;)
Post by: alecvg on August 18, 2009, 04:04:57 PM
They know you are a redneck when you board the lady of the lake next to the little gal from Seattle and have a deer strapped to your back. LOL
That would be awsome!
Post by: DeerHarvester on August 20, 2009, 02:51:57 PM
Post by: ctwiggs1 on August 20, 2009, 03:12:58 PM
Post by: DeerHarvester on August 20, 2009, 04:07:19 PM
Post by: Scheindogg on March 12, 2017, 08:05:15 PM
I'm not considering any ferries in talking drive, park, hike.
Post by: bigtex on March 12, 2017, 08:07:46 PM
Anyone figure out a feasible way to get to the national recreation area? Or is it the same several years later? I understand having to hike but is there a way that it's about 2 miles not too difficult or is the only way 5+ miles of hiking?Geography doesn't seem to change very often....
I'm not considering any ferries in talking drive, park, hike.
Post by: Scheindogg on March 12, 2017, 08:10:49 PM
Thanks for assuming I'm a moron tho :P ;)
Post by: bigtex on March 12, 2017, 08:16:09 PM
Lol!!! I mean my dad volunteers with national trails association and they make trails where there weren't before. So as far as I knew they could have made a more accessible trail to the area since '09 when this post started.It's National Park Service land, you have a better chance of seeing a moose in that area than a newly established trail. :twocents:
Thanks for assuming I'm a moron tho :P ;)
Post by: cougforester on March 13, 2017, 06:18:41 AM
Lol!!! I mean my dad volunteers with national trails association and they make trails where there weren't before. So as far as I knew they could have made a more accessible trail to the area since '09 when this post started.It's National Park Service land, you have a better chance of seeing a moose in that area than a newly established trail. :twocents:
Thanks for assuming I'm a moron tho :P ;)
I've seen moose tracks and droppings for the last 6-7 years consistently on the north shore of Lake Chelan, and my hunting buddy saw a cow and calf in August of last year. Pretty cool.
Post by: bigtex on March 13, 2017, 07:34:00 AM
Seen any new trails? :chuckle:I've seen moose tracks and droppings for the last 6-7 years consistently on the north shore of Lake Chelan, and my hunting buddy saw a cow and calf in August of last year. Pretty cool.Lol!!! I mean my dad volunteers with national trails association and they make trails where there weren't before. So as far as I knew they could have made a more accessible trail to the area since '09 when this post started.It's National Park Service land, you have a better chance of seeing a moose in that area than a newly established trail. :twocents:
Thanks for assuming I'm a moron tho :P ;)
Post by: jackelope on March 13, 2017, 07:35:19 AM
Lol!!! I mean my dad volunteers with national trails association and they make trails where there weren't before. So as far as I knew they could have made a more accessible trail to the area since '09 when this post started.It's National Park Service land, you have a better chance of seeing a moose in that area than a newly established trail. :twocents:
Thanks for assuming I'm a moron tho :P ;)
Probably better be careful with that comparison there, Tex. We'll have trails in the NPS lands in no time.
I will add to that that a 5 mile hike to access quality high hunt country is the norm. Or even less than the norm.
A 2 mile hike during the high hunt in September would be like a hike to Bellevue Square at noon on a Saturday.
:twocents:
Post by: bigtex on March 13, 2017, 07:37:08 AM
Well maybe not a legally established trail :chuckle: Anybody who knows the NPS knows it take half a lifetime to get anything approved.Probably better be careful with that comparison there, Tex. We'll have trails in the NPS lands in no time.Lol!!! I mean my dad volunteers with national trails association and they make trails where there weren't before. So as far as I knew they could have made a more accessible trail to the area since '09 when this post started.It's National Park Service land, you have a better chance of seeing a moose in that area than a newly established trail. :twocents:
Thanks for assuming I'm a moron tho :P ;)
Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 13, 2017, 07:37:42 AM
Post by: grade-creek-rd on March 13, 2017, 09:21:47 AM
No motorized vehicles allowed inside the National Recreation Area (except the one established road through the Stehekin Valley just before the National Park it cuts through part of the Recreation Area).
All of Domke, Holden, and surrounding areas burned extremely hot a in 2015...Wolverene Creek Fire...so watch for sink holes, blow downs and widow-makers... and no trail maintenance due to "budget" and safety concerns out of the Entiat RD. As for coming in via boat to Lucerne and up to Holden...no problem, just plan for a full day to get to Holden and a full day out...boat, bus, hike/hike, bus, boat...add in that in Sept is still hot out and your in a blackened wasteland for a few more years...but hey, the snow "might" be gone by then...Lyman Lakes has a record snow year!
And honestly, it really is easy to get into the LCNRA...just jump off the boat at Moore Pt, take the lakeshore trail towards Purple Pt and "bingo" your in! Oh, but the deer are just above you, only about a mile or two away...6,000 ft above you! :)
Your better off driving to the top of Snoqualmie Pass and hiking the PCT into the Alpine Lakes Wilderness...
Grade
Post by: ctwiggs1 on March 13, 2017, 09:27:43 AM
Post by: boneaddict on March 13, 2017, 01:35:52 PM
Post by: RB on March 13, 2017, 02:25:14 PM
Grizz are already there. Few of those mutts too and no, still no easy way there
Ride the helicopter in with the new Bear transplants :chuckle:
Post by: Ellensburg on March 15, 2017, 11:34:45 AM
Post by: Eric M on March 15, 2017, 12:02:30 PM
Post by: Eric M on March 15, 2017, 12:07:31 PM
Is there any EASY way to find a map of Washington's wilderness areas? The regs suck and Im not seeing anything online.
I bought one for the Alpine Lakes at Sportsman's warehouse. You can also buy GMU maps there. I suggest you pick up a Delorme Atlas and Gazeteer for Washington. Page 99 of the regs from 2016 has a large list of where to get maps also.
Post by: Knocker of rocks on March 15, 2017, 12:10:57 PM
Post by: Sakko300wsm on March 15, 2017, 12:14:00 PM
Post by: Knocker of rocks on March 15, 2017, 12:15:33 PM
Is there any EASY way to find a map of Washington's wilderness areas? The regs suck and Im not seeing anything online.
This works too
https://www.nationalforestmapstore.com/category-s/1514.htm
Post by: bobcat on March 15, 2017, 12:19:23 PM
https://mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4-free-online-topo-maps.html
Also, the "GoHunt" interactive map on the WDFW site can be useful.
Post by: cougforester on March 19, 2017, 11:25:14 AM
1. Download Major Public Lands file from the DNR https://fortress.wa.gov/dnr/adminsa/DataWeb/dmmatrix.html
2. Convert that shapefile to a KML/KMZ using this website http://www.mapsdata.co.uk/online-file-converter/
3. Upload into Google Earth or Garmin Basecamp. Basecamp will allow you to download that information onto your handheld GPS unit for field navigation. http://www.garmin.com/en-US/shop/downloads/basecamp
End result will look like this.
Post by: The Weazle on March 22, 2017, 07:32:04 PM
There is a long process I just went through to get a map of all public lands and be able to navigate it in Google Earth for scouting.Tagging to do this later
1. Download Major Public Lands file from the DNR https://fortress.wa.gov/dnr/adminsa/DataWeb/dmmatrix.html
2. Convert that shapefile to a KML/KMZ using this website http://www.mapsdata.co.uk/online-file-converter/
3. Upload into Google Earth or Garmin Basecamp. Basecamp will allow you to download that information onto your handheld GPS unit for field navigation. http://www.garmin.com/en-US/shop/downloads/basecamp
End result will look like this.
Post by: Hockey21 on March 23, 2017, 07:55:27 AM
Even worse, try coming back from the San Juan Islands with a deer on your back. Talk about getting the eye. Been there done that. At least Chelan has a few rednecks.
That reminds me when I hunted Lopez Island and it was the weekend of the harvest festival. My buddy and I, with a buck in the truck, surrounded by hippies. :sry: It was classic. Lots of dirty looks and a few hippy tears. :'( :IBCOOL:
Post by: baker5150 on March 23, 2017, 08:10:19 AM
Even worse, try coming back from the San Juan Islands with a deer on your back. Talk about getting the eye. Been there done that. At least Chelan has a few rednecks.
That reminds me when I hunted Lopez Island and it was the weekend of the harvest festival. My buddy and I, with a buck in the truck, surrounded by hippies. :sry: It was classic. Lots of dirty looks and a few hippy tears. :'( :IBCOOL:
I was working on Lopez a few years back, got in the ferry line behind a guy and his son who had a buck in the back of their truck.
I got out and tried to take a closer look and approached his door, the guy hops out of the truck and starts rambling on about how it was a legal kill, he had a permission slip for the land he hunted, etc, etc.
I told him I was a hunter and congratulated him on a nice buck (for an island deer). Ends up is 13 year old son got it with his new bow. We shot the breeze for an hour, and he said he encountered a few "not so happy" locals at the market in town who weren't afraid to show their displeasure, so he was quick to defend himself.
Post by: JimmyHoffa on March 23, 2017, 08:21:20 AM
There's a hippy lady out at Clallam Bay, that I've heard was the instigator behind the hound bill, that ran up to a truck at the gas station with a dead cougar in it. She started balling and hugging it, talking about how a cougar is her totem animal and kindred spirit. Then told the guys they needed to go hangout with the Makah to lose their evil, greedy white ways and appreciate the cougar. She didn't know the guys that shot the cougar were Makah on their way back to the rez. :chuckle:Even worse, try coming back from the San Juan Islands with a deer on your back. Talk about getting the eye. Been there done that. At least Chelan has a few rednecks.
That reminds me when I hunted Lopez Island and it was the weekend of the harvest festival. My buddy and I, with a buck in the truck, surrounded by hippies. :sry: It was classic. Lots of dirty looks and a few hippy tears. :'( :IBCOOL: