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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: predatorpro on June 09, 2010, 08:56:52 PM

Title: Desert Unit
Post by: predatorpro on June 09, 2010, 08:56:52 PM: hey did anyone put in for the desert unit this year?
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: rb2506 on June 09, 2010, 08:58:30 PM: yeah, where is it :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 09, 2010, 08:59:59 PM: yeah i am sure there are a few thousand anyones that did. but not me i thought about it but decided to say hell with it and not worry about drawing a buck tag when i can hunt my own ground.
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: predatorpro on June 09, 2010, 09:05:44 PM: Quote from: carpsniperg2 on June 09, 2010, 08:59:59 PM
yeah i am sure there are a few thousand anyones that did. but not me i thought about it but decided to say hell with it and not worry about drawing a buck tag when i can hunt my own ground.
lol good point, well the desert unit is like my back yard i coyote hunt it all the time, i got a spot near it my buddy farms and has seen a cougar run out of their junk pile so that will be fun this year too, getting ready for bait stations!
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: bobcat on June 09, 2010, 09:08:20 PM: No, odds are too low. With only two choices I wouldn't waste one of my choices on a permit with impossible odds like that one.
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 09, 2010, 09:16:00 PM: yep good luck with the predators, i know some guys that do real well over there yote hunting
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: predatorpro on June 09, 2010, 09:17:35 PM: yeah those dogs out there are really call educated, too many people hunt it, if you hike way out with a shotgun tho you have pretty good chances
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 09, 2010, 09:19:46 PM: nothin like shotguning yotes :tup: love the tall sage when you see them 75% of the time i can shoot them :chuckle:
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: predatorpro on June 09, 2010, 09:24:23 PM: haha yeah its fun they will come in right on top of you if you can keep the ticks and mosquitos off you without moving, i go like 100% covered up out there
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on June 09, 2010, 09:25:55 PM: If i draw it can i get a hint on where to hunt it i have never been there???
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: bonecrusher on June 09, 2010, 09:26:48 PM: put it in for my second choice. i figure if its going to be luck it might as well be full on BS luck
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: lokidog on June 09, 2010, 09:27:43 PM: Yep, just to make it harder for everyone else.... Basically I started with 0 points thanks to drawing my second deer (100% chance) last year and our illustrious game department's decision to start all categories with last years' points. So, instead of applying for points only I put in for Desert only. Maybe I'll be lucky, I drew a Margaret archery with only one point many years ago....
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: predatorpro on June 09, 2010, 09:29:02 PM: Quote from: WDFW Hates ME!!! on June 09, 2010, 09:25:55 PM
If i draw it can i get a hint on where to hunt it i have never been there???
of course! for the right price! ;) lol j/k definately ill let you know some good spots to go its a big area! if you do you will definately have to come over and do some scouting
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 09, 2010, 10:06:57 PM: Quote from: bobcat on June 09, 2010, 09:08:20 PM
No, odds are too low. With only two choices I wouldn't waste one of my choices on a permit with impossible odds like that one.

:yeah:
I had the exact same thinking. This is the first year I haven't had Desert A as one of my choices.
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: Copperwood on June 09, 2010, 10:08:34 PM: yep sure did, I figure if I will ever get luck one time in my life then that will be it.
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 09, 2010, 10:23:45 PM: Quote from: LazyLab on June 09, 2010, 10:08:34 PM
yep sure did, I figure if I will ever get luck one time in my life then that will be it.

Well, if the other 5,000+ people that usually apply for it are thinking like me and Bobcat, this MAY be your year... :chuckle:
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: Copperwood on June 09, 2010, 10:33:25 PM: Haha ya and I heard that hell just froze over. :chuckle: Better luck next year :'(
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: Magnum_Willys on June 09, 2010, 10:36:10 PM: Yea, put in with a group of two so we have a better chance of being struck by lightning on the drive over there. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: wastickslinger on June 09, 2010, 11:04:51 PM: Nope and I never will. If I want to shoot a 160 buck I might as well put in for easier units to draw that have plenty of that caliber buck to chose from.
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: videoman on June 11, 2010, 03:51:58 PM: Quote from: wastickslinger on June 09, 2010, 11:04:51 PM
Nope and I never will. If I want to shoot a 160 buck I might as well put in for easier units to draw that have plenty of that caliber buck to chose from.
I don't know the big deal about the desert unit is you can kill just as big of buck elsewhere.
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: PLBoy on August 22, 2010, 09:51:27 PM: I drew a tag last year. Doesn't live up to the hype. You can get close to 30" but its a 3 pt with crab claws. Saw lots of deer every day, but no monsters. Most wide bucks have weak forks and no mass.
Title: Re: Desert Unit
Post by: C-Money on August 23, 2010, 09:25:58 PM: I live next to it as well. I see a few monsters out there every year, but I put in els where. I never have put in for the desert. Low odds of drawing a tag is a big reason.