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460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
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Last day im able to hunt ot tag soup... I want a deer but have an Elk tag too. Hunting with a Muzzy.
Where would you choose?
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Re: 460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
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460 without any doubt
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Re: 460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
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If it were me and deer were the priority, 460, if elk was the priority, 550.
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Re: 460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
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Quote from: JakeLand on December 13, 2012, 05:16:14 PM
460 without any doubt
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Re: 460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
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I don't know 460 at all, other than what I see of it when I go over the pass. But if you're just wanting to successfully fill one tag, the deer tag will be much easier. And I do know there are relatively few deer in the Coweeman unit. At least from what I've seen of it. So my vote would be for 460. I would think you might even see higher numbers of deer right now because some have probably migrated down to lower elevations. Also I believe you could have decent odds of finding a bigger than average buck, whereas in the Coweeman that would be very unlikely.
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Re: 460 Snoqualmie or 550 Coweeman?
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December 13, 2012, 06:40:50 PM »
Any preferred aces points? I have a snoqualmie day pass too. And I don't mind hiking in miles. I know the twin falls area a bit, and a few others I have driven too and scouted a bit. But nowhere I'm set on, and all my scouting was before the snow.
Thanks again to all the help I've received here on my first year hunting WA. I am really appreciative.
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550 hands down
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December 13, 2012, 09:32:57 PM »
Skyvalhunter, I was hunting the 1600 line and saw two deer. Is there a better area?
And does anyone know if the Tinkham rd area is good in 460? or should I go to the tree farm?
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2011 success rates
460: muzzleloader 16% modern firearm 16%
550: muzzleloader 5% modern firearm 10%
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hwy 2 hit the snow there needs to be a ton of snow to bring them down good luck
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I was in the 550 off the Headquarters Road, near where it is gated at the east end. I saw more deer than elk, including one legal buck, no legal bulls.
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Stay with it Jantti
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last week saw a nice BT sniffing tail of a doe so keep your eyes open as some does did not get serviced earlier might be coming into heat now.
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