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know any good GMU's for white tail?
« on: September 03, 2014, 05:02:55 PM »
 :hello:I'm new to hunting and I plan to go white tail hunting next year but I have no idea where I will go. I would prefer it in western Washington but I'll go anywhere that has great hunting. Thanks! :tup:
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Re: know any good GMU's for white tail?
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2014, 05:11:23 PM »
Whitetails will be a tough order on the westside.  :twocents:
What weapon choice?
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Re: know any good GMU's for white tail?
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2014, 05:13:53 PM »
Whitetails will be a tough order on the westside.  :twocents:
What weapon choice?

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Re: know any good GMU's for white tail?
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2014, 05:19:13 PM »
Good choice of rifle. If it is whitetails you are after you are gonna have to head east a ways.
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Re: know any good GMU's for white tail?
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2014, 05:25:38 PM »
Yeah did a lot of research then found the perfect one. K, thanks I thought I might have to.
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Re: know any good GMU's for white tail?
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2014, 05:39:55 PM »
In all seriousness there really isn't a hunt able population of whitetails on the westside.  You will have to go East and then go east some more. Blacktails are what you will find here on the westside. Whitetails and mule deer in the middle and a mix of whitetails and mule deer on the east.

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Re: know any good GMU's for white tail?
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2014, 06:36:47 PM »
Good whitetail hunting can be had in the northeast corner and the southeast corner of the state.  Start looking in GMU's 113, 117, and 124 in the northeast.  Tucannon river and dayton area produce good whitetail deer in Southeast Washington; GMU'S 162, 166, 175, etc.  In the blues you had best wear your kevlar hunting vest because there are a TON of rifle hunters.  Northeast part of the state has less people but is much more thick.  Good luck in your research!.
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Re: know any good GMU's for white tail?
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2014, 06:53:46 PM »
In all seriousness there really isn't a hunt able population of whitetails on the westside.  You will have to go East and then go east some more. Blacktails are what you will find here on the westside. Whitetails and mule deer in the middle and a mix of whitetails and mule deer on the east.
Good whitetail hunting can be had in the northeast corner and the southeast corner of the state.  Start looking in GMU's 113, 117, and 124 in the northeast.  Tucannon river and dayton area produce good whitetail deer in Southeast Washington; GMU'S 162, 166, 175, etc.  In the blues you had best wear your kevlar hunting vest because there are a TON of rifle hunters.  Northeast part of the state has less people but is much more thick.  Good luck in your research!.

thanks for the tips  :tup:
I guess Eastern Washington is the place to go.
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Re: know any good GMU's for white tail?
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2014, 08:41:59 PM »
More or less....  Draw a line from Tonasket to Ritzville to Walla Walla.  Then stay North and East of the line.

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Re: know any good GMU's for white tail?
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2014, 09:50:02 PM »
:yeah: thanks!
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Re: know any good GMU's for white tail?
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2014, 10:30:44 PM »
I would hunt north of Spokane. Most land in the SE is private and land owner permission can be difficult to obtain. The Tucannon River area is nearly 100% private. Most of the "once hunt-able land" has been leased to Broughton Land and Cattle Company. Only their employees are permitted to hunt. Dayton also nearly all private, but you can hunt the national forest. I have been told the Goldendale area south of Yakima offers some great white tail hunting, which is open to the public. I have never hunted there, so you will want to do you research.

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Re: know any good GMU's for white tail?
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2014, 11:20:15 PM »
There's no whitetail around goldendale. The deer in that area are a cross between mule and black tail.

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Re: know any good GMU's for white tail?
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2014, 11:33:01 PM »
There's no whitetail around goldendale. The deer in that area are a cross between mule and black tail.

Why that is mostly correct there is a few from time to time. My family has been here well past 100 years and we have only taken a few whitetails or bench leg/whitetail crosses. For sure not a whitetail hunting destination  :chuckle:
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Re: know any good GMU's for white tail?
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2014, 10:59:18 AM »
I would hunt north of Spokane. Most land in the SE is private and land owner permission can be difficult to obtain. The Tucannon River area is nearly 100% private. Most of the "once hunt-able land" has been leased to Broughton Land and Cattle Company. Only their employees are permitted to hunt. Dayton also nearly all private, but you can hunt the national forest. I have been told the Goldendale area south of Yakima offers some great white tail hunting, which is open to the public. I have never hunted there, so you will want to do you research.

 :yeah: thanks! I have been thinking of hunting in the National forest.
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Re: know any good GMU's for white tail?
« Reply #14 on: September 04, 2014, 11:01:28 AM »
Dayton area? or up north?
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