Post by: sirsnap on June 15, 2011, 04:33:57 PM
I finally drew a tag after years of trying. I'm looking forward to a great hunt with my dad and daughter. Hopefully we will see a lot of deer and maybe even get a chance at a big buck. I would like to beat my biggest which is 169 gross. Not sure what to expect that time of year some early snow would be nice. Nov. 21-30 hopefully they will still be in the rut. If anyone has any tips I would love to hear them. Most of all I'm just looking forward to a great hunt with my family.
Rich
Post by: gasman on June 15, 2011, 05:47:01 PM
Expect snow and cold. The high for the week we were there was about 33* down to single didgets. The snow gets crunchy and the deer get skiddish.
It is possible to fill that tag with a nice buck but just hope that it's not as cold as when I was up there, it made it a bit harder to hunt. I can not tell you how many blown stalks we had that week due to crunchy snow :bash:
Walk the ridges, looking down on the ravines and each sage brush. There is always a buck behind the sage brush watching you just walk by :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: MtnMuley on June 15, 2011, 05:51:27 PM
I would not expect them to be rutting. I drew that tag some years back and there was no rut activity at all. All the bucks were in bachler groups milling around.
Expect snow and cold. The high for the week we were there was about 33* down to single didgets. The snow gets crunchy and the deer get skiddish.
It is possible to fill that tag with a nice buck but just hope that it's not as cold as when I was up there, it made it a bit harder to hunt. I can not tell you how many blown stalks we had that week due to crunchy snow :bash:
Walk the ridges, looking down on the ravines and each sage brush. There is always a buck behind the sage brush watching you just walk by :chuckle: :chuckle:
Are you kidding me? I spent a day there taking pics during the bow hunt last year and saw lots of rutting bucks, as did all of the other tag holders I spoke with. :dunno:
Post by: sirsnap on June 15, 2011, 05:53:02 PM
Post by: Whitenuckles on June 15, 2011, 05:54:24 PM
Post by: benhuntin on June 15, 2011, 05:55:49 PM
Post by: GOcougsHunter on June 15, 2011, 05:56:55 PM
Post by: gasman on June 15, 2011, 06:00:34 PM
I would not expect them to be rutting. I drew that tag some years back and there was no rut activity at all. All the bucks were in bachler groups milling around.
Expect snow and cold. The high for the week we were there was about 33* down to single didgets. The snow gets crunchy and the deer get skiddish.
It is possible to fill that tag with a nice buck but just hope that it's not as cold as when I was up there, it made it a bit harder to hunt. I can not tell you how many blown stalks we had that week due to crunchy snow :bash:
Walk the ridges, looking down on the ravines and each sage brush. There is always a buck behind the sage brush watching you just walk by :chuckle: :chuckle:
Are you kidding me? I spent a day there taking pics during the bow hunt last year and saw lots of rutting bucks, as did all of the other tag holders I spoke with. :dunno:
Not the year we (dougedoug) drew tags :bash:
So how did you do? Did you end up getting a buck?Nope. Stalked a monster from 400 yards to 45 and had a 2x1 bedded by the tree next to him I did not see. When I drew back for the shot, he jumped from his bed and the big daddy took off heading for Cananda :'(
And I mean "belly dragging", "coat rack", BIG DADDY :bash: Biggest buck I have ever seen :bash:
I had to treck through snow drifts that were nutt-sack deep (and I am not short at all) to get to him :chuckle:
Post by: MtnMuley on June 15, 2011, 08:44:30 PM
Post by: coldsteel3d on June 15, 2011, 09:14:17 PM
Post by: Elkstuffer on June 15, 2011, 09:21:33 PM
Post by: coldsteel3d on June 16, 2011, 06:48:44 AM
Post by: MtnMuley on June 16, 2011, 07:56:30 AM
So the more research I do, the more excited I get! One thing that caught my eye though is that there is only 5 tags given out. I thought there was a lot more than this but i guess I was wrong. Either way I got the hard part out of the way by drawing the tag, now it's time for the fun part!
??? 48 tags given out.
Post by: finnman on June 16, 2011, 08:02:19 AM
Post by: Elkrunner on June 16, 2011, 09:10:15 AM
Post by: coldsteel3d on June 16, 2011, 09:37:05 AM
Post by: coldsteel3d on June 16, 2011, 11:38:25 AM
Post by: FullDraw on June 18, 2011, 08:32:12 AM
Post by: muleracks2 on June 19, 2011, 12:19:42 PM
Post by: jstone on June 19, 2011, 04:44:31 PM
Post by: Prime Time on June 19, 2011, 06:03:41 PM
Post by: Huntnphish on June 22, 2011, 10:20:51 PM
Post by: shedcrazy on June 22, 2011, 10:26:06 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 22, 2011, 10:47:12 PM
Post by: huntnnw on June 22, 2011, 11:08:40 PM
Post by: spin05 on June 23, 2011, 01:28:56 AM
Post by: Huntnphish on June 23, 2011, 02:23:17 PM
Post by: MtnMuley on June 23, 2011, 02:25:29 PM
Post by: Huntnphish on June 23, 2011, 02:39:35 PM
I'm pretty sure snow machines won't be legal for your hunt - during your dates anyway. ;)
There were some in there last year while we were in there, perhaps illegally but never the less still there.
Post by: jackelope on June 23, 2011, 02:53:45 PM
Post by: Huntnphish on June 23, 2011, 03:13:06 PM
Last year they were pushing for new laws re: snowmachines on the winter range. Fingers crossed.
We were stalking that palmated buck in the pics when we heard some machines coming in the distance. Even though they were still a long way off, the buck heard them and was listening to them while I snapped these shots, he took off in a hurry not to long after this, at that point we had been stalking him for about 2 hours and had gotten to about 100 yards, pretty upsetting actually.
Post by: jackelope on June 23, 2011, 03:28:55 PM
Post by: Huntnphish on June 23, 2011, 03:45:10 PM
No doubt that would drive a guy to drink... He's got 9 lives.
Doubtful my partner would have hit him had we got within shooting distance anyway. :chuckle:
Post by: jackelope on June 23, 2011, 03:47:26 PM
Post by: MtnMuley on June 23, 2011, 03:47:42 PM
Post by: Huntnphish on June 23, 2011, 03:49:20 PM
Post by: MtnMuley on June 23, 2011, 03:51:36 PM
Post by: Elkrunner on June 24, 2011, 09:47:17 AM
Post by: sirsnap on June 25, 2011, 12:43:19 AM
Post by: elkslare on June 25, 2011, 07:37:25 AM
Post by: Alan K on June 25, 2011, 08:11:09 AM
Post by: sirsnap on June 25, 2011, 05:20:04 PM
Rich
Post by: WAmuleyHunter on June 25, 2011, 05:36:43 PM
Post by: 400out on June 25, 2011, 05:55:32 PM
Post by: Hunting Cowboy on June 25, 2011, 06:04:12 PM
Post by: coldsteel3d on June 27, 2011, 08:43:43 PM
Post by: jstone on June 27, 2011, 08:54:59 PM
Post by: Tbar on June 27, 2011, 08:58:13 PM
Post by: Huntnphish on June 27, 2011, 09:13:38 PM
So everyone is talking about chains for the snow, which I understand, but does anyone have any advice on where to buy chains for 35 inch tires?
http://tirechains.com/ (http://tirechains.com/)
Post by: sirsnap on June 27, 2011, 10:28:29 PM
Rich
Post by: gasman on June 28, 2011, 04:56:25 AM
So everyone is talking about chains for the snow, which I understand, but does anyone have any advice on where to buy chains for 35 inch tires?
Les Schwab.
i have Semi truck chains that I use for my jeep.
Post by: Rainier10 on June 28, 2011, 08:02:41 AM
Post by: 257 Wby Mag on June 28, 2011, 08:02:54 PM
Post by: jburkett on June 28, 2011, 11:01:36 PM
Post by: coldsteel3d on July 10, 2011, 03:06:24 PM
Post by: jstone on July 10, 2011, 03:11:31 PM
Post by: wehunt on July 10, 2011, 05:00:06 PM
Post by: Bigshooter on July 10, 2011, 06:20:45 PM
I have hunted this unit four times now and have always seen bucks in the 190 class, but the largest I have gotten is 189. I have hunted it with and without snow and the only difference is the bucks are much harder to spot without the snow. You will see lots of small heards of does and most will have a mature buck close by. Spend lots of time glassing and you will see lots of nice bucks. With the wet spring we had there should be some real dandys this year. Good luck
Post a pic of that 189 buck.
Post by: UBA on July 10, 2011, 08:40:19 PM
Post by: wehunt on July 10, 2011, 08:47:52 PM
Post by: Armadillo on July 10, 2011, 08:50:50 PM
Post by: Elkstuffer on July 10, 2011, 08:56:04 PM
me, my dad , and my brother also were drawn for this hunt this year. it is the first time for me and my dad but my brothers drew it in 06. and both harvested good bucks including a 150" with a 26" spread. also in 08 a hunting buddy drew the tag and i spent a couple of days in the entiat with him. we will be relying on the snow fall, in 08 we didnt see any bucks untill the snow fell, after that they started moving in. and the road conditions were terrible even with only about six inches on the ground. 4 chains are a must, if your having trouble finding your size, you could always add links to a set of 33 inch chains.
Welcome to the site James.
Coldsteel3d, I would lower your goal to about 150, otherwise you may be terribly disappointed if your holding out for a 170 buck. I'm not saying that they aren't there. They are, I've seen them. BUT two different seasons I had a tag and was holding out for a 150 goal and was prepared to eat my tag and that's exactly what happened. It's a great tag to have it can be the best hunt that you've ever been on. Just don't set yourself up for disappointment by setting that high of a goal. Remember it's archery and many things can go wrong trying to close the distance within bow range. Have a great time and keep us posted. I can't wait to draw that tag again.
Post by: Bigshooter on July 10, 2011, 09:00:39 PM
Hopefully I did it right. I know of a 198 buck shot on the gov tag up there a few years back. The year I shot this buck my hunting partner shot a mid 170's and I got footage of a other buck in the low 190's. The year after I got it on video, we drew again and my partner missed it twice. There are two area's we have found that always hold big bucks, snow or not and one other area that is dependent on snow and it comes there are deer everyware.
Thanks for posting. Those are some nice bucks.
Post by: 3dvapor on July 10, 2011, 09:01:21 PM
Post by: wehunt on July 10, 2011, 09:02:53 PM
Post by: deerdog on July 10, 2011, 09:19:57 PM
Looking forward to hunting it again sometime, but will be helping some friends out this year!
Post by: jburkett on July 11, 2011, 03:32:23 PM
me, my dad , and my brother also were drawn for this hunt this year. it is the first time for me and my dad but my brothers drew it in 06. and both harvested good bucks including a 150" with a 26" spread. also in 08 a hunting buddy drew the tag and i spent a couple of days in the entiat with him. we will be relying on the snow fall, in 08 we didnt see any bucks untill the snow fell, after that they started moving in. and the road conditions were terrible even with only about six inches on the ground. 4 chains are a must, if your having trouble finding your size, you could always add links to a set of 33 inch chains.james is my brother i am joe
Welcome to the site James.
Coldsteel3d, I would lower your goal to about 150, otherwise you may be terribly disappointed if your holding out for a 170 buck. I'm not saying that they aren't there. They are, I've seen them. BUT two different seasons I had a tag and was holding out for a 150 goal and was prepared to eat my tag and that's exactly what happened. It's a great tag to have it can be the best hunt that you've ever been on. Just don't set yourself up for disappointment by setting that high of a goal. Remember it's archery and many things can go wrong trying to close the distance within bow range. Have a great time and keep us posted. I can't wait to draw that tag again.
Post by: grundy53 on July 11, 2011, 03:37:53 PM