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Title: bowhunting little Naches
Post by: bowmen on March 04, 2011, 07:05:52 PM

new to bowhunting I heard that the Little Naches GMU was good for rifle. But have know idle were to start scouting . So if anyone has any great spots or tips it would be greatly appreciated. Wish everyone the best this season and love this site!!

Title: Re: bowhunting little Naches
Post by: adamR on March 04, 2011, 07:58:50 PM

are you talking deer or elk? little naches is a huge unit that ranges from sage brush to thick thick timber so it all depends on what you want to hunt and how hard you want to work... keep in mind there are a ton of hunters including myself ...
and during late season archery, virtually half of the unit is inaccessible due to snow

Title: Re: bowhunting little Naches
Post by: yajsab on March 05, 2011, 10:45:42 AM

There's no elk or deer in there. ;)

Seriously, that unit just opened for bowhunting last year.  Not much success if you ask me.  Wait until the report comes out to make a decision.  And like adamR said, late season is pretty much inaccessible.

Title: Re: bowhunting little Naches
Post by: Austrian Hunter on March 05, 2011, 10:52:02 AM

I heard that they killed a ton of Elk in there last year "Archery" 

Title: Re: bowhunting little Naches
Post by: ribka on March 05, 2011, 11:06:43 AM

There's a definite learning curve when hunting the Little Naches.

Get a map, pick a FS road and start driving back to the remote areas. Find food, water, thick steep, nasty areas and start scouting.
No real secret areas back there

Title: Re: bowhunting little Naches
Post by: gasman on March 05, 2011, 11:50:36 AM

Yeah there is ribka.

The darkest, steepest, nastyest place you can find holds all the elk. I watched them from a distance remember  :bash: