Post by: Bigshooter on April 08, 2008, 05:10:55 PM
Thank you ahead of time for the help.
Post by: MichaelJ on April 09, 2008, 12:01:37 PM
Post by: Bigshooter on April 09, 2008, 04:59:09 PM
There are a ton of roads up the entiat unit. Lot of deep canyons that hold some good deer. Good luck getting away from the crowds during the general though and there are some resident deer there but the herd is really hurting for mature bucks...
We saw all the roads. But we had heard that there were a lot of gates and trails in the unit. Are there trails and gates in the unit or were we just misinformed?
Thanks,
P.S.
Bone what do you know about this?
Post by: boneaddict on April 09, 2008, 05:38:56 PM
Post by: Rhinoron247 on April 09, 2008, 05:51:04 PM
There are still lost of pockets that two hold animals, nothing like the past.
Post by: Bigshooter on April 09, 2008, 07:32:36 PM
There are tons of trails and lots of roads. We covered more than 2/3rds of the unit on horseback last year and cleared blow downs off many of the old established game trails from years gone by. I did however, seem to be a giant pumpkin patch during the general rifle season. There was a pumpkin sitting on every ridge glassing our horses through their scopes. CREEPY FEELIN" :bdid:
There are still lost of pockets that two hold animals, nothing like the past.
Where are all of these trails at? Do these trails cross roads? Do these trails get away from the roads? Do these trails start in the entiat and go in to the slide ridge unit? Why I ask is because I was in the unit last year and saw one trail and one side of it was the slide ridge unit and the other was the entiat. You said you covered 2/3 of the unit on horse back. I bet we cover 3/4 of the unit by truck. And only saw one trail. I have also heard there are gates every where we saw one and it was open. Are there any gates in this unit that stay closed?
Thanks for the help.
Post by: HardCorpsHuntr on April 09, 2008, 08:18:04 PM
Spent 4 years in your area, lived off the Birley Road in Mossyrock. Bet we've crossed paths.
I know of one trail in the Entiat unit (E/W on top of the main ridge). Lots of roads and old over-grown logging roads. There's a few closed roads / gates mainly the private access stuff.
You don't rerally want to come over and joint the crowd for a muley when you have those great blacktails in your backyard do you!!!! Diesel's $4.19 in Wenatchee anyhow!!!!!
Semper Fi
Post by: muleracks on April 09, 2008, 09:45:14 PM
Because of the great browse, some deer do spend the summer in the Entiat. Mostly though the Entiat is a winter range unit. The backcountry migrators usually do not arrive until after the General Season has ended. A good way to hunt the unit is to get dropped off at the top of the highest ridge you can find and hunt down roadless canyons to the Columbia, Lake Chelan or Entiat River. Be prepared to bone-out and pack it to the road.
Post by: Bigshooter on April 09, 2008, 10:11:41 PM
Hello Tye, We do a lot of drop camp in the Entiat Valley but not in the Entiat GMU 247 because it has excellent road access. We do guide hunters in that unit. Sometimes we cover some ground on horseback but mostly we hunt down ridges and canyons in areas away from the roads. The deer tend escape hunting pressure by moving into spots where very few hunters go. We are pretty successful with our clients in the Entiat.
For drop camps we would go into the North Fork of the Entiat River (Slide Ridge GMU 246), up the Entiat River trail from Cottonwood into the Glacier Peak Wilderness (Clark GMU 244) or into the Chiwawa River area (Chiwawa GMU 245). The exact camp location may not be determined until we see what the weather is doing in October but usually camp is at about 4500 feet and around 7 to 11 miles from the trailhead. You should expect to hunt in solitude. We require camps to have at least two hunters; three is better.
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Bigshooter
I am looking into doing a drop camp this year or next year. I see that you do hunts in the entiat unit. Do you due drop camps in the entiat by horse back? Why I ask is because I have hunted the entiat and have not seen but one trail that head into the slide ridge unit. Is there a place in the entiat that has some trails in it and not a bunch of roads. Every where that I have been in the entiat unit there where roads every where and I did not see any trails. What unit would you suggest doing a drop camp in? I would like to do one in the entiat if I can get away from the roads.
Thank you for your time.
Tye
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Post by: ICEMAN on April 10, 2008, 06:01:33 AM
Are you looking for someone to give you exact trailhead locations or what?
Just take a drive this summer and spend time comparing maps against what you see, and you will find areas you can hunt, or atleast gain access to more remote areas...
Post by: coastalghost on April 10, 2008, 10:19:10 PM
I'll support that fact that the Entiat is heavily roaded. Nearly all of it is public land and ungated. It is also mostly open country; thanks to the fires of 1970 and 1994. The pumkin patch on roads and nearby ridges must be waiting for me to chase a deer out of the spots where deer hold up.
Because of the great browse, some deer do spend the summer in the Entiat. Mostly though the Entiat is a winter range unit. The backcountry migrators usually do not arrive until after the General Season has ended. A good way to hunt the unit is to get dropped off at the top of the highest ridge you can find and hunt down roadless canyons to the Columbia, Lake Chelan or Entiat River. Be prepared to bone-out and pack it to the road.
+1 muleracks....