Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 04, 2010, 06:59:50 PM
Post by: GUscottie on October 04, 2010, 07:57:21 PM
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 05, 2010, 04:57:04 AM
Post by: Buckblaster on October 05, 2010, 07:18:01 AM
Post by: bushmaster on October 05, 2010, 08:53:30 AM
Post by: bushmaster on October 05, 2010, 09:40:16 AM
Post by: Ballance1 on October 05, 2010, 11:13:18 AM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on October 05, 2010, 11:32:35 AM
Post by: bowhunterforever on October 05, 2010, 11:27:30 PM
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 06, 2010, 03:23:35 AM
I live here and hunt here but havent killed a buck here for 5 years cause all thats here is (small 1x1 and 2x2 mostly) and some 3's and 4x4, inmature bucks. This year all my bud's got there deer ( 4 out of us 5 got deer dinks) but they just want meat and a rack, not a mature buck.I'm the 5th guy waiting for that late hunt ;) Good luck if you hunt here and want a good buck :twocents:
I personally don't belive that is true. 2 years ago I shot a real nice 4x5 that was 24" wide and he scored 149 5/8". I have seen several bucks just as big and even bigger. I don't know how you hunt, but there is some large bucks out there.
Post by: Ballance1 on October 06, 2010, 09:27:31 AM
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 06, 2010, 09:34:45 AM
Lincoln County is big and I would agree with Bowhuntforever, there are a lot of dinks around. Not saying there arent mature bucks but you will see a lot of dinks and barely legals
Wouldn't that be the case anywhere you go?
Post by: bushmaster on October 06, 2010, 10:17:38 AM
Post by: bobcat on October 06, 2010, 10:26:02 AM
Did anyone see the pic at the to of the post! Does that mature 4x4 look like a dink???
Well, since you asked, the tines ARE kind of short. :dunno:
Post by: sagerat on October 06, 2010, 10:28:18 AM
Post by: C-Money on October 06, 2010, 10:29:44 AM
Post by: bushmaster on October 06, 2010, 10:37:26 AM
Post by: Ballance1 on October 06, 2010, 10:51:29 AM
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 06, 2010, 10:58:24 AM
Funny how the coasties want to tell the locals what to do.
Yah that is funny. Even though I live and work on the wet side, my heart is still with the Inland Empire. Born and raise over there and will probobly retire over there also. I just couldn't find a decent paying job over there. Not like the one I have here.
Post by: yelp on October 06, 2010, 11:03:23 AM
Did anyone see the pic at the to of the post! Does that mature 4x4 look like a dink???
Well, since you asked, the tines ARE kind of short. :dunno:
a mature lincoln county buck usually measured by the wear of teeth. this one from this year was only 4.5 years old..
Post by: sagerat on October 06, 2010, 11:05:29 AM
Post by: yelp on October 06, 2010, 11:07:50 AM
So what should we call guys from over there that head over here to hunt blacktails and rosies? Easties?..
Idiots :chuckle:
Post by: sagerat on October 06, 2010, 11:18:27 AM
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 06, 2010, 11:35:34 AM
Some guys do tire of shooting spike bulls and spindly mulie bucks, others do not.
I don't see anything spindly about the buck Yelp posted. That is about the same score as my 5x4 a couple of years ago. Nice buck Yelp. When I was a kid and hunted the county with my dad. There was an 18 year old boy who got his uncles deer rifle after he had passed. The first year he hunted he made the front page of the Davenport news paper. The buck he shot was a mature 4x4 that measured 29 1/2" wide. They are out there even though some people think there is nothing mature enough to shoot. It's a big county and tons of places to hide. Some places so thick that you can't walk through it.
Post by: sagerat on October 06, 2010, 11:40:33 AM
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 06, 2010, 11:48:07 AM
It is a dandy for this state, average elsewhere.
Soooooooo, you don't hunt in this state? Where do you go? Northern centeral Saskatchuwan? I know of an old timer that shot a muley in the Methow valley back in the 70's and I took that rack to the soportsman show to have it scored. It is a narly non-typical that scored 223 5/8's. At the time it was scored, it was #10 in the state record books. For Washington, that is a MONSTER. Ther are very large deer in this state. Over the last few years being on this forum I have seen huge deer that people have taken. For the record, I get that rack when he passes.
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 06, 2010, 11:51:17 AM
The first year he hunted he made the front page of the Davenport news paper.
Davenport has its own news paper? :chuckle:
Hey, they were the ONLY town in Lincoln county to have enough boys to play 11 man football in the 50's and 60's. They had to go out of county to play there games. It's not a big news paper, but they have one. :rolleyes:
Post by: sagerat on October 06, 2010, 11:55:20 AM
Post by: 400out on October 06, 2010, 12:12:41 PM
Post by: yelp on October 06, 2010, 12:15:29 PM
Post by: yelp on October 06, 2010, 12:16:46 PM
I have never hunted up there but might have to look into it :chuckle: thanks yelp for taking the last nice buck on the eastside! I was hoping he could do a little more baby making before he got smoked :bash: OH well I guess we will have to go chase blacktails..... ;)I shot the last buck in LIncoln county...no more bucks here! :twocents:
Post by: 400out on October 06, 2010, 12:22:37 PM
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 06, 2010, 12:23:41 PM
here is my spindly little buck from a couple of years ago
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 06, 2010, 12:25:05 PM
oh well I will shoot yotes they don't eat as well but they drag a hell of a lot easier!
That's what I am going to do to fill in some down time, after bambi's dad is going down.
Post by: yelp on October 06, 2010, 12:25:29 PM
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?action=media;sa=media;in=6534;preview (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?action=media;sa=media;in=6534;preview)
here is my spindly little buck from a couple of years ago
Why did you shoot that? Pathetic... :chuckle:
Post by: sagerat on October 06, 2010, 12:27:11 PM
Post by: testar77 on October 06, 2010, 01:12:23 PM
Post by: Sagebrushwilly on October 06, 2010, 03:26:30 PM
We have harvested many bucks as big or bigger than the last picture. There are many big bucks north of highway 28, mostly Mulies. There are Whitetails north of highway 2, from Davenport to the county line, mostly down by the river.
In the fifties there were three schools that played 11-man football. Odessa, Davenport, and Wilbur. I know because I play for Odessa. Never lost a game in 1958 and 1959. Even beat Shadle Park in 59.
Sagebrushwilly
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 06, 2010, 04:29:54 PM
Post by: GUscottie on October 06, 2010, 06:43:21 PM
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 07, 2010, 03:27:30 AM
Post by: Ballance1 on October 07, 2010, 11:12:20 AM
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 07, 2010, 11:51:34 AM
Post by: tgomez on September 30, 2015, 09:12:59 PM
I used to hunt in Lincoln County in the late 90's and early 00's, and I have seen some TOADS both Muley and WT there. I got a deer every year I hunted there. My then hunting partner has taken quite a few VERY nice deer from there over the last 20+ years. One WT he has measured out at 183 7/8" Washington or not, that is a big WT!
I've hunted here for years, and have seen deer that are absolutely HUGE. Were talking 200 plus inches and plus 270 lbs on the hoof. Yes there are a TON of small bucks, but that to me is always a great sign when you have a solid buck to doe ratio. The truly large mule deer are around and can be pursued if you know where they like to be when the presure starts. The cool thing about Linoln County is you never know if you will get a mule deer or whitetail, and there are opportunities for GIANTS either way you slice it. I hunt all public lands that anyone can access and see toads every year, and weather I used a rifle or bow I have never been skunked. If you put the effort in nessasary out here, you will be successful for sure. :tup:
Post by: 2labs on September 30, 2015, 09:20:21 PM
So what should we call guys from over there that head over here to hunt blacktails and rosies? Easties?..
Idiots :chuckle:
That was good. Blew a snot bubble... I hunt Lincoln. And Grant and that's all yer gettin >:(
Post by: Bango skank on September 30, 2015, 09:20:55 PM
Post by: MtnMuley on September 30, 2015, 09:33:18 PM
From reading his posts, I think the big shovel is permanently in his pack.:chuckle:
Post by: bobcat on September 30, 2015, 09:34:40 PM
I used to hunt in Lincoln County in the late 90's and early 00's, and I have seen some TOADS both Muley and WT there. I got a deer every year I hunted there. My then hunting partner has taken quite a few VERY nice deer from there over the last 20+ years. One WT he has measured out at 183 7/8" Washington or not, that is a big WT!
I've hunted here for years, and have seen deer that are absolutely HUGE. Were talking 200 plus inches and plus 270 lbs on the hoof. Yes there are a TON of small bucks, but that to me is always a great sign when you have a solid buck to doe ratio. The truly large mule deer are around and can be pursued if you know where they like to be when the presure starts. The cool thing about Linoln County is you never know if you will get a mule deer or whitetail, and there are opportunities for GIANTS either way you slice it. I hunt all public lands that anyone can access and see toads every year, and weather I used a rifle or bow I have never been skunked. If you put the effort in nessasary out here, you will be successful for sure. :tup:
Sounds great! Now I know where I'm going this year. :tup:
Post by: 2labs on September 30, 2015, 09:36:26 PM
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 01, 2015, 04:30:14 AM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi473.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Frr97%2Frdb241%2FIMG_0663_zpsvlxcedtr.jpg&hash=f09e709849b2e89983d21e718e57be2bc727952f) (http://s473.photobucket.com/user/rdb241/media/IMG_0663_zpsvlxcedtr.jpg.html)
Post by: tgomez on October 01, 2015, 06:01:44 AM
Wow gomez, you got the big shovel out didnt you?I used a bobcat! :chuckle:
Post by: Timberstalker on October 01, 2015, 06:08:33 AM
Gomez, approximately how many 200" mulies have you seen in Lincoln county?
Post by: tgomez on October 01, 2015, 06:11:51 AM
Post by: snowshoes22 on October 01, 2015, 06:14:28 AM
Post by: tgomez on October 01, 2015, 06:21:42 AM
The pumpkin patch is going to be thick this year.Not if you actually get a few miles away from the roads. :twocents:
Post by: Timberstalker on October 01, 2015, 06:25:26 AM
Post by: tgomez on October 01, 2015, 06:28:36 AM
Gomez, do you ever guide hunts? I may be interested in hiring you.
No I don't, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night! :chuckle:
Post by: jasnt on October 01, 2015, 06:41:21 AM
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 01, 2015, 07:08:48 AM
That's it! I'm hunting Lincoln county. It's riddled with 200" mulies!
Gomez, approximately how many 200" mulies have you seen in Lincoln county?
In the 20 some years I have been hunting the property I hunt. I have seen 3x 180"or better bucks. One was in the thickest deepest brush and timber areas where you literally can't get through. 2 of the bucks I saw were crossing wheat fields going from canyon to canyon. They were not together. There were two separate times.
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 01, 2015, 07:16:50 AM
I've seen some huge bucks in bluestem area. Seen some ok bucks at Swanson lake area last summer while coyote hunting.
I saw a 182" brute taken out at Bluestem in the back of a truck in Davenport one year. He was an very nice buck. The pic I posted of all the LC bucks I have. The mulley on the very far right next to the window was taken from Swanson Lake. He is a tall 3x3 that is 23" wide. Got him back in the early 90's. I have not hunted SL for 20 years.
Post by: cbond3318 on October 01, 2015, 07:52:30 AM
I've seen some huge bucks in bluestem area. Seen some ok bucks at Swanson lake area last summer while coyote hunting.
I saw a 182" brute taken out at Bluestem in the back of a truck in Davenport one year. He was an very nice buck. The pic I posted of all the LC bucks I have. The mulley on the very far right next to the window was taken from Swanson Lake. He is a tall 3x3 that is 23" wide. Got him back in the early 90's. I have not hunted SL for 20 years.
Love that lower right 3 point mount position!!! those are all nice bucks, I've only hunted Lincoln County once, my first year hunting, camped at Porcupine Bay, shot a little 3 point on a sliver of state ground near the park. Got a ticket for forgetting to notch the month on my tag. Park Rangers also made us lock our guns in the cases while in the park and wrap a tarp around our hanging deer so no one could see it. Weird place for sure, haven't hunted it since, no care too...
Post by: CAMPMEAT on October 01, 2015, 08:11:29 AM
Post by: snowshoes22 on October 01, 2015, 11:45:34 AM
Post by: Miles on October 01, 2015, 03:50:06 PM
Post by: Jonathan_S on October 01, 2015, 04:29:36 PM
The pumpkin patch is going to be thick this year.Not if you actually get a few miles away from the roads. :twocents:
How do you get a few miles away from roads in agricultural areas? :dunno:
200" is a big stretch but there are plenty of 150-170" bucks that come out of Lincoln County. Lincoln County is huge so it really depends on which part of it you are at in regards to trophy quality.
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 01, 2015, 04:36:54 PM
Post by: Jonathan_S on October 01, 2015, 04:41:12 PM
If everybody took the remote approach in Lincoln County, those "remote areas" would look just like Lone Pine Rd does in modern firearm season.
Post by: Jonathan_S on October 01, 2015, 04:42:49 PM
I know a rancher who has 23,000 acres bordering the north side of the Swanson Lake area....too bad I don't like any deer meat.. :tup:
His place doesn't hold any game animals anyway ;)
Post by: Miles on October 01, 2015, 04:45:15 PM
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 01, 2015, 04:53:26 PM
Hawk Creek is usually good for a couple 180" bucks.
True, over the years there has been a couple of 180 + bucks around the Hawk creek area. I know somebody who owns a bunch of land that buts right up to Hawk creek. I have seen a lot of deer in there. Hawk creek is about 10 miles west of where I am.
Post by: HuntNFish94 on October 01, 2015, 05:24:13 PM
Post by: E-Town Hunter on October 01, 2015, 05:52:52 PM
Post by: andrew_in_idaho on October 01, 2015, 05:59:40 PM
Here is a decent Lincoln county deer.Nice buck, love the cape on that one.
Post by: Miles on October 01, 2015, 08:20:49 PM
Post by: tgomez on October 01, 2015, 08:51:31 PM
Here's an average Swanson lakes area buck. Nothing like being out there in the scabs on opening morning.
Hell of a buck Miles! Show them what the real deal is in Lincoln County.
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 01, 2015, 10:10:44 PM
Here's an average Swanson lakes area buck. Nothing like being out there in the scabs on opening morning.
What's he score?
Post by: Timberstalker on October 01, 2015, 10:13:00 PM
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 01, 2015, 10:16:48 PM
Post by: Miles on October 02, 2015, 05:21:14 AM
Here's an average Swanson lakes area buck. Nothing like being out there in the scabs on opening morning.What's he score?
Enough. ;) I'm not even going to play that game on this forum.
Post by: GrainfedMuley on October 02, 2015, 07:00:31 AM
Here's an average Swanson lakes area buck. Nothing like being out there in the scabs on opening morning.What's he score?
Enough. ;) I'm not even going to play that game on this forum.
No one is playing any games "on this forum". I was sincerely wanting to know how big he scored. I wanted to compare with my 159" Lincoln county buck.