Post by: GreggHunts2hard4u on October 18, 2010, 03:09:17 PM
Post by: bobcat on October 18, 2010, 03:15:03 PM
They're probably in there in December killing them on their winter range. :peep:
Not sure if hair loss has been much of a problem yet that far north.
Post by: GreggHunts2hard4u on October 18, 2010, 03:24:23 PM
Post by: Dustin07 on October 18, 2010, 04:10:41 PM
I went to the 328 for YEARS before giving up. There used to be a TON of game up there, but it got really bad like 5-7 years ago because an asian louse (tick) wiped out the local deer herd. game department says the herd has still not recovered fully I believe. I'll check for the review and post.
i used to see huge herds of elk up there too. been 5+ years though I think? roughly.
there used to be so many deer in 328. my brother drew a doe tag one year right when the hairslip first started. we thought "oh man easy pickins!" we were wrong, that next year we actually came close to not even filling a doe tag. we used to count 50-100 easy opening weekend while trying to find a boy deer.
Post by: Dustin07 on October 18, 2010, 04:14:41 PM
but this includes not just the nanuem, but a larger region that goes south of it. I know when I was in Yakima it was like a barren wasteland in one of the wdfw lands down there. no deer, birds or anything a month ago. (of course I know there is lots of wildlife in the general area, but there is also a decline in areas where it used to be great).
http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/prospects/files/2010/district08.pdf (http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/prospects/files/2010/district08.pdf)
Post by: Bigtine96 on October 18, 2010, 07:03:09 PM
Post by: pjmcbride on October 18, 2010, 08:09:14 PM
Post by: Bigtine96 on October 18, 2010, 09:11:23 PM
Post by: whiteeyes on October 19, 2010, 08:36:29 AM
Cougars and hair loss is pretty much whipping the deer population out in that area. Find a new deer kill every 4 days on the ranch that happens to be very close to the Naneum.
Post by: labguy on October 19, 2010, 09:10:18 AM
Post by: littlemac on October 19, 2010, 09:38:18 AM
Heard theirs a bunch of elephants up there as well. You idiots and your hear say gets old.
Cougars and hair loss is pretty much whipping the deer population out in that area. Find a new deer kill every 4 days on the ranch that happens to be very close to the Naneum.
That's my take for the past 5 to ten years. I hunt mostly from the Deer Gulch side and consider it a family tradition and camping trip. Great to be out there but little concern of getting bloody cleaning an animal.
In talking with the local miners and a few that live year round above Liberty the cats have been all over the place up there. Easy to see in the snow of winter. I have hunted with family there for the past forty years and we used to get deer annually, but that was a long time ago.
Occasionally the elk harvest rate goes up but usually the harvest is pretty low.
I guess as the deer and elk die out the cats will move on, but it is a long and arduous process that isn't helped at all by the WDFW IMHO.
Post by: pjmcbride on October 25, 2010, 09:48:05 PM
Post by: bankwalker on October 25, 2010, 10:45:49 PM
but cle elum/ellensburg is over run with cougars. every year i see more and more cougar kills (around 15 on an average year for the 5 areas i hunt) i would say its 500% increase over the last 5-6 years in the areas i hunt. not to mention i have seen 5 in the last 6 years while elk hunting in that general area
unit 460 is also getting hit extremely hard by the cats
Post by: bobcat on October 25, 2010, 11:11:14 PM
Post by: bucknbulls on October 25, 2010, 11:17:17 PM
Post by: jstone on October 26, 2010, 07:37:58 AM
Post by: bankwalker on October 26, 2010, 10:51:12 AM
I think I'm going cougar hunting over there in January or February. :IBCOOL:
you wont be disapointed. i shot a 200ish pound cat up there 4 years ago, ended up losing it...made a bad shot. :bash: :bash: the valley i shot the cat in had 2 different cats in it (seen tracks) and about 10 kills ranging from 2 weeks to 2 hours old. 3 days before that there was a 160lb cat shot in the joining valley. i got to see pictures of it and the cat i shot dworfed that 160lb cat
tons of sign around teanum creek road/elk hieghts area. 2 years ago during late elk hunt i cut 3 sets of cougar tracks and had to leave due to my girlfriend getting scared.
Post by: Dustin07 on October 26, 2010, 10:56:28 AM
what kind of access is it at that point? snowmobile, snow shoe? or just boots? I know the gmu well but have not ventured up in anymore than an inch of snow. I've been told by elk season it can already get very deep.I think I'm going cougar hunting over there in January or February. :IBCOOL:
you wont be disapointed. i shot a 200ish pound cat up there 4 years ago, ended up losing it...made a bad shot. :bash: :bash: the valley i shot the cat in had 2 different cats in it (seen tracks) and about 10 kills ranging from 2 weeks to 2 hours old. 3 days before that there was a 160lb cat shot in the joining valley. i got to see pictures of it and the cat i shot dworfed that 160lb cat
tons of sign around teanum creek road/elk hieghts area. 2 years ago during late elk hunt i cut 3 sets of cougar tracks and had to leave due to my girlfriend getting scared.
Post by: bucknbulls on October 26, 2010, 11:17:33 AM
Post by: Red Ryder on October 26, 2010, 07:03:32 PM
Post by: bucknbulls on October 26, 2010, 07:48:53 PM
Post by: fremont on October 26, 2010, 08:42:12 PM
Post by: GreggHunts2hard4u on October 26, 2010, 10:59:20 PM
Post by: Elkaholic daWg on October 27, 2010, 04:59:05 AM
what kind of access is it at that point? snowmobile, snow shoe? or just boots? I know the gmu well but have not ventured up in anymore than an inch of snow. I've been told by elk season it can already get very deep.I think I'm going cougar hunting over there in January or February. :IBCOOL:
you wont be disapointed. i shot a 200ish pound cat up there 4 years ago, ended up losing it...made a bad shot. :bash: :bash: the valley i shot the cat in had 2 different cats in it (seen tracks) and about 10 kills ranging from 2 weeks to 2 hours old. 3 days before that there was a 160lb cat shot in the joining valley. i got to see pictures of it and the cat i shot dworfed that 160lb cat
tons of sign around teanum creek road/elk hieghts area. 2 years ago during late elk hunt i cut 3 sets of cougar tracks and had to leave due to my girlfriend getting scared.
Some great snowmobiling area in the Naneum area,whereas most of the Quilomine is closed for wintering elk. you must stay to the north of the Brewton area power line
On the Wenatchee side of the Colockum,(Mission GMU) there has been a drastic drop indeer and elk numbers since the early 90's, when the number of orchards in the Stimilt basin increased and thier workers started thinning the herds. before then we used to see numerous herds from the blacktop....no more!!
Post by: littlemac on November 03, 2010, 05:42:46 PM
We did se a monster 6X, only one side the other either got knocked of or never came in. His main beam was as long a 6 as I have seen and he was older than dirt, nearly white. He was with a 5X?, couldn't make out the right side as it was a twisted weird thing that looked like only a single point.
Saw four spikes hanging up top through Sunday.