Post by: bornforhorns on November 07, 2019, 05:43:06 PM
Post by: spin05 on November 07, 2019, 06:18:45 PM
Post by: bornforhorns on November 07, 2019, 07:24:16 PM
Post by: Jharristealth on November 07, 2019, 07:33:02 PM
Post by: bornforhorns on November 07, 2019, 08:17:29 PM
Thank you guys, I’m gonna try and help him as much as I can. I also told him maybe look high so he went up pass Mazama today but you would think snow or not when the rut is on the big boys should be lurking.
Post by: davew on November 08, 2019, 06:34:19 AM
I've got a cabin near Wolf Creek with a trail cam hanging on an apple tree in my backyard. 6+ years ago, I'd get hundreds of deer pictures a month in fall. Now, I get a couple dozen pictures a month, and they're mostly whitetails.
I think the key to this hunt now is about managing your expectations. It's not the hunt it used to be, although there are still a very few really big bucks around.
Other guys on this forum know the unit much better than me, so maybe they'll join in.
The next week is prime time. Good luck!
Post by: KP-Skagit on November 08, 2019, 07:12:31 AM
I am not very familiar with Gardner and have never hunted a late tag over there but I hear people having the most success down lower, Frost Mountain, Elbow Coulee, Thompson Ridge. Actually even Patterson Mountain.
Post by: mountainman on November 08, 2019, 07:19:01 AM
Friend filled his tag on a bruiser first morning in Chewuch not far from the line. They are out there.Best advice right here👆
I am not very familiar with Gardner and have never hunted a late tag over there but I hear people having the most success down lower, Frost Mountain, Elbow Coulee, Thompson Ridge. Actually even Patterson Mountain.
Post by: bucknut69 on November 08, 2019, 09:28:02 AM
The second day (first Saturday of tag) we were in a much higher woodland location than the first day and had a very slow morning even with a great amount of country to glass. Around noon, we peeked a wide, tall-antlered, mature buck making moves on a doe at a great distance away at the top of a ridge. We put in a stalk but could not find the same buck again. Instead, we found immature bucks bedded in the fireweed (do not be afraid to use your binoculars in areas of dense vegetation). On our walk back to the pickup, a mature 3x4 w/o e.g. hopped in front of us with two does but it was decided that there would be no trigger action.
The third day we went low and close to town. No glances on mature bucks, but there were a handful of little guys flirting with does. The critters disappeared at noon (the temp warmed substantially).
It seemed the best chance for a buck of any nature was lower in elevation on southern facing slopes at first light. There were bigger bucks to be seen in higher areas, but they were fewer and further between. This pattern is likely to be the case until there is a greater amount of snow in the high country. If it is success that your cousin is most focused on, I would suggest spot & stalking lower elevation areas next to drainages where he/she can really get some good glassing time in. If it's the bruiser he/she wants, glass higher elevations in the AM then find a game trail and still hunt through the high cover areas until you happen on "big boy".
Post by: Southpole on November 08, 2019, 09:37:48 AM
Post by: bucknut69 on November 08, 2019, 10:30:42 AM
Gardner buck is any whitetail isn't it?
Yes, the Buck Deer tag is for any white-tailed buck and Quality tag is for any buck.
Post by: KP-Skagit on November 08, 2019, 10:33:30 AM
Post by: Igor on November 08, 2019, 10:47:12 AM
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on November 08, 2019, 12:08:13 PM
Post by: huntnphool on November 08, 2019, 12:16:11 PM
Hiking low around Lime Creek could be good for a whitetail buck right now too.
Post by: Southpole on November 08, 2019, 04:20:10 PM
Well I double down on my "hunt down lower" statement if its the whitetail tag. :chuckle:That’s what I was thinking
Post by: bobcat on November 08, 2019, 04:25:02 PM
Post by: huntnphool on November 08, 2019, 04:27:21 PM
I don't think he has the whitetail permit.
Gardner Buck is a whitetail tag. Does he have Gardner Quality?
Just going by the header.
Post by: dwatkins on November 09, 2019, 01:07:20 PM
Post by: bornforhorns on November 10, 2019, 10:25:47 PM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on November 11, 2019, 05:10:02 AM
Post by: Piscatory_5 on November 11, 2019, 10:27:13 AM
So the Gardner buck permit is for any whitetail deer!? Looking at regs now, doesn't say any whitetail buck. And quality is any buck including whitetail?I don't think he has the whitetail permit.
Gardner Buck is a whitetail tag. Does he have Gardner Quality?
Just going by the header.
Post by: huntnphool on November 11, 2019, 01:04:58 PM
So the Gardner buck permit is for any whitetail deer!? Looking at regs now, doesn't say any whitetail buck. And quality is any buck including whitetail?I don't think he has the whitetail permit.
Gardner Buck is a whitetail tag. Does he have Gardner Quality?
Just going by the header.
Buck Hunt Gardner #1210 “any whitetail deer”
Quality Deer Gardner #1027 “any buck”
Assuming the OP titled his thread according to his tag, it would be for whitetail.
Post by: bornforhorns on November 11, 2019, 07:58:37 PM
Post by: huntnphool on November 11, 2019, 08:02:30 PM
He has the 1027 tag. Any buck
Then in this weather he should hunting the snow line if he is looking for something bigger than the little local bucks. :twocents:
You might change the header to “Quality” too. :twocents:
Post by: Mt-Man on November 16, 2019, 12:27:45 PM
Post by: bornforhorns on November 16, 2019, 05:26:56 PM
Post by: Sutherland on November 16, 2019, 05:53:04 PM
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on November 19, 2019, 05:11:14 AM