Post by: Athomas0314 on July 25, 2011, 05:34:21 PM
Post by: shedcrazy on July 25, 2011, 05:41:41 PM
Post by: Athomas0314 on July 25, 2011, 05:58:04 PM
Post by: remington300mag on July 25, 2011, 06:05:28 PM
Post by: turkey slayer on July 25, 2011, 06:08:47 PM
Come on up and join the other 10,000 people!! Should be a blast!!! Had good luck as a kid up there but now it is over run with people! If you are lookin' to bag yourself a pumpkin.....you got the spot!!!
:chuckle: :chuckle: and thats why I don't hunt the west side of the river
Post by: Athomas0314 on July 25, 2011, 06:49:12 PM
Post by: Goomsba on July 25, 2011, 06:59:45 PM
:yeah:Come on up and join the other 10,000 people!! Should be a blast!!! Had good luck as a kid up there but now it is over run with people! If you are lookin' to bag yourself a pumpkin.....you got the spot!!!
:chuckle: :chuckle: and thats why I don't hunt the west side of the river
Post by: muleracks2 on July 27, 2011, 11:40:23 AM
Post by: WA hunter14 on July 27, 2011, 11:52:57 AM
Post by: Buckmark on July 27, 2011, 12:08:21 PM
Post by: SkookumHntr on July 27, 2011, 12:27:32 PM
Post by: Armadillo on July 27, 2011, 01:45:11 PM
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,3411.0.html (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,3411.0.html)
Post by: remington300mag on July 27, 2011, 02:56:26 PM
But ya, that buck was actually killed in the Entiat!!!
Post by: bankwalker on July 27, 2011, 02:57:29 PM
There was a pic on here awhile back, heres the link
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,3411.0.html (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,3411.0.html)
thats my favorite washington buck, sad that it got hit by a car. but glad there is at least a picture.
Post by: SkookumHntr on July 27, 2011, 03:45:47 PM
Ya that deer was actually hit in the Entiat unit....but they were taking it over Blewett pass to get it looked at by a WDFW officer..........A tiny little inbred doe jumped out in front of their truck and when they swerved to miss it.....the big buck fell out of the truck.....Just before loading it back up someone decided to stop and take a photo.......-Thats what I would say too! :chuckle:
But ya, that buck was actually killed in the Entiat!!!
Post by: Athomas0314 on July 27, 2011, 09:52:05 PM
Post by: vandeman17 on July 27, 2011, 09:57:04 PM
As for Blewett, I drive it alot and the other night when I was coming home I saw two mashers right along the side of the road. It was about 11 o'clock and I was tired or else I might have turned around to try and get pictures. They are out there but know the deep dark places to hide come hunting season.
Post by: predatorpro on July 27, 2011, 10:05:16 PM
i dont know about you but i dont like being in someones scopedont worry the safety is on :chuckle:
Post by: remington300mag on July 27, 2011, 10:07:58 PM
Pumpkin patch is what it looks like when all the hunters cover the hillside in their blaze orange and it looks like pumpkins. :chuckle:I was driving up the Alta the other day....and right next to the road there were 3 bucks averaging 190"!! Then about a half mile up the road there were 2 more that were even bigger! I cant believe how many shooter bucks are in the Alta unit this year!!!! Most of them are standing right off the road too!!! Should be a GREAT year up there to kill an easy buck!!! I cant wait......
As for Blewett, I drive it alot and the other night when I was coming home I saw two mashers right along the side of the road. It was about 11 o'clock and I was tired or else I might have turned around to try and get pictures. They are out there but know the deep dark places to hide come hunting season.
Post by: Armadillo on July 27, 2011, 11:03:39 PM
Pumpkin patch is what it looks like when all the hunters cover the hillside in their blaze orange and it looks like pumpkins. :chuckle:I was driving up the Alta the other day....and right next to the road there were 3 bucks averaging 190"!! Then about a half mile up the road there were 2 more that were even bigger! I cant believe how many shooter bucks are in the Alta unit this year!!!! Most of them are standing right off the road too!!! Should be a GREAT year up there to kill an easy buck!!! I cant wait......
As for Blewett, I drive it alot and the other night when I was coming home I saw two mashers right along the side of the road. It was about 11 o'clock and I was tired or else I might have turned around to try and get pictures. They are out there but know the deep dark places to hide come hunting season.
:bow: :bow: thank you!! Im driving past all the other places to go to alta this season :chuckle:
Post by: Armadillo on July 27, 2011, 11:05:13 PM
Post by: remington300mag on July 28, 2011, 07:12:49 AM
i cant believe I wasted so much time, I should pay you for this advice!! Really!!
That's the plan!!! :chuckle: Just remember....ALTA...Huge bucks standing right in the road....EVERYWHERE!!!!
Post by: hirshey on July 28, 2011, 11:15:36 AM
-One of the Biggest Wa Bucks I ever seen was actually hit by a car on blewett pass! I got a e-mail about it with a DOT worker standing next to it. It was a 31" Non-Typical! There may have been a pic of it here on huntwa aswell!
If that was the one that was hit in 2009 I stopped to look at it... terrible shame... it was a bruiser for sure!
There are a lot of good bucks up there, but they are generally migrating through, making it very difficult to "scout" and even more difficult to time, hunting-wise.. the majority of them could have passed through or not come through the area during the hunting season. Its more dumb luck running into a nice animal than anything else... and like everyone else has said... be prepared to have a few scopes checking you out as you take a mid-morning snack break.
Happy hunting.
Post by: Skyvalhunter on July 28, 2011, 12:06:55 PM
Post by: SkookumHntr on July 28, 2011, 12:09:53 PM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on July 28, 2011, 12:11:50 PM
Post by: hirshey on July 28, 2011, 12:14:10 PM
Yea it was a real beauty!!
Dang! Gorgeous buck... the one I was thinking of was killed in 2009 in velvet... I think it was roughly this time of year by the slow vehicle turnout before the curves on the North side of the pass before the major curves and ascent (if you were headed South). It was a gorgeous non-typical. Definitely some whoppers up there someplace.
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on July 28, 2011, 02:47:45 PM
Post by: remington300mag on July 28, 2011, 04:18:19 PM
Blewett is the toughest place to hunt I've ever been, including Montana in mid-winter. It's straight up and down country, thicker than snot on the north slopes. It does grow big bucks, but all the more accessible area's are hit hard, but usually only near the roads. We would hike in a mile at least from any road and saw plenty of deer, missed an opportunity as a bruiser with too many branches in the way the last time I hunted it. Used to be lots of cats up there. You do have to be a little careful, it's really rocky on top and some of the rock faces are covered with pine needles and are not visible until too late, then you're sliding on your butt 300 yards.And that is what I love about it!!! :tup:
Post by: wsucowboy on July 28, 2011, 04:23:45 PM
Post by: TheHunt on July 28, 2011, 04:59:43 PM
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on July 29, 2011, 11:11:52 AM
Post by: Co on July 31, 2011, 12:43:45 AM
Post by: Deep Forks on July 31, 2011, 01:52:54 AM
Back when the season closed in Nov. there were some nice bucks shot each year up there, but now very few for the amount of hunters.
Post by: Goomsba on July 31, 2011, 12:43:22 PM
You've got to realize that the buck was hit in early Jan. and had migrated out of another area. The buck had been living in this area since early Dec. and had moved off the mountain to go on to the winter range when he was hit.:yeah:
Back when the season closed in Nov. there were some nice bucks shot each year up there, but now very few for the amount of hunters.
Post by: boneaddict on July 31, 2011, 02:13:25 PM
Post by: HoofsandWings on July 31, 2011, 02:32:35 PM
Post by: Deep Forks on August 01, 2011, 03:14:14 AM
Hit in the Entiat and fell out of a truck. THats FUNNY! and 190 bucks, 5 of them stnading on the hi-way in Alta. Not selling any oceanfront in AZ are you?Bone, None in AZ but I think he has a couple acre's up Alta he wants to sell. ;)
Post by: Deep Forks on August 01, 2011, 03:17:50 AM
I am not sure if it was the same buck, but I was at that DFW office near Entiat when a buck like that was brought in by the guy who hit it. He had a whole bunch of pictures take of him with the buck.In what year and time of year did this happen/ :dunno:
Post by: MLBowhunting on August 01, 2011, 08:10:05 AM
Post by: remington300mag on August 02, 2011, 12:44:09 PM
Hit in the Entiat and fell out of a truck. THats FUNNY! and 190 bucks, 5 of them stnading on the hi-way in Alta. Not selling any oceanfront in AZ are you?
LOL....Bone....I was waiting for ya to chime in....Ok, so it wasn't in the Alta....Slide Ridge is more like it! lol