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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: tjgerm on February 24, 2011, 11:31:54 AM

Title: gmu 113 selkirk
Post by: tjgerm on February 24, 2011, 11:31:54 AM: Any info on this unit. I plan on hunting it this year general rifle. I'm coming from the Olympic peninsula. Any info at all would be great
Title: Re: gmu 113 selkirk
Post by: dawei on February 24, 2011, 03:12:42 PM: Quote from: tjgerm on February 24, 2011, 11:31:54 AM
Any info on this unit. I plan on hunting it this year general rifle. I'm coming from the Olympic peninsula. Any info at all would be great
Watch out for the Grizz.
Title: Re: gmu 113 selkirk
Post by: runningboard on February 25, 2011, 06:14:59 PM: mule deer higher up away from river, whitetails lower range-4000', before I get flamed I know they can be found higher just in general. stick closer to river bottom for whitetails. general season is good but if you wait til late buck for whitetails you can catch the rut, which you know helps make bucks stupid. are you gonna be able to scout at all? PM me if you want and I'll help you as much as I can.
Title: Re: gmu 113 selkirk
Post by: Pathfinder101 on February 26, 2011, 11:36:06 AM: Are you sure you can skin Griz, pilgrim...?
:chuckle:
Title: Re: gmu 113 selkirk
Post by: mack2255 on February 26, 2011, 11:38:43 AM: I thought only a bigfoot can skin a grizzy. :chuckle:
Title: Re: gmu 113 selkirk
Post by: BoomWhop on February 26, 2011, 12:14:57 PM: Good area, lots of places to choose from. Hard to hunt, thick brush in some areas. What are you after Mulie or Whitetail? Long drive from the OP, do you have an in or something?
Title: Re: gmu 113 selkirk
Post by: tjgerm on February 28, 2011, 10:53:40 PM: Don't plan on doing any scouting prior to season to far away. I'll just take the week to learn the area see what happens. I don't have any ins. On the map the majority of the GMU is forest service public land thats appealing to me. Just want to try something different. Whats it like for access?? Mountain bike, walk Quad ??? Roads?
Title: Re: gmu 113 selkirk
Post by: borntoslay on March 01, 2011, 12:15:05 AM: haha pathfinder, I can skin um as fast as you bring um in
Title: Re: gmu 113 selkirk
Post by: Hangfire on March 01, 2011, 04:24:35 AM: Unit 113 used to be my hunting area. The last 10 or so years the number of deer has steadily declined, even before the two hard winters. There is a lot of accessable land, much of it is thick. The higher elevations are more open. There is some beautifull country to hunt. There are mule and white tail, elk, caribou, bears, and cats, ruffed, blues and spruce grouse.

The remarks about grizzly bears are true. They are there. I talked to a biologist a couple of years ago. He said that they had over 40 hits on radio collared grizzlies. You will see many roads that are closed, with signs that say hunters know your bears, grizzly bear recovery area.

There is a confirmed wolf pack. I attended a meeting WDFW held last spring in Usk. The Biologist said that in a rough area from Sullivan lake south to Bead lake he would not take a pet dog in there. Wolves have been known to take a dog off the leash.

I used to see a cougar track a hunting season, now I would expect to see one nearly every time I hunt when snow on ground.

A friend of mine who has hunted it since the late 60's said after the hard winter of 08/09 they hunted a week and saw one doe.
Title: Re: gmu 113 selkirk
Post by: Schwag173 on March 01, 2011, 04:45:05 AM: Quote from: Hangfire on March 01, 2011, 04:24:35 AM
There is a confirmed wolf pack. I attended a meeting WDFW held last spring in Usk. The Biologist said that in a rough area from Sullivan lake south to Bead lake he would not take a pet dog in there. Wolves have been known to take a dog off the leash.

A friend of mine who has hunted it since the late 60's said after the hard winter of 08/09 they hunted a week and saw one doe.

A WDFW officer told me they know of 2 wolf packs up there. Yes, there have been a couple of hard winters. But I grew up in NE WA and we've seen hard winters before. I suspect the wolves are beginning to impact the deer population. The WDFW officer also told me they are responding to a lot of reports of "nuisance" moose, hanging closely around rural residences. Again, I suspect it's the wolves at the root of the problem.
Title: Re: gmu 113 selkirk
Post by: coachcw on March 01, 2011, 07:50:44 AM: I had a grizz take an elk in there three years ago east of sullivan lake . It's a very intrigring area and can claim you if your not prepared for weather . next time I bow hunt in there I will be packing for sure. I a nice whitey up hi aswell as mule deer.