WA Bucket List….Mule Deer Permit

[ShaneTyTrey]

Was fortunate enough to pick up the WA Mule Deer Permit and the Western Hunting & Conservation Expo today.  Love to hear from prior auction or raffle tag holders.

Jeff

[huntnphool]

Congrats Jeff, let me know if I can be of help.

[Karl Blanchard]

Huge congrats Jeff! I was gonna text you back this morning when I woke up but it would have been 3 a.m. for you since I'm in Georgia 

[boneaddict]

That’ll be fun!   Congratulations

[Ironhead]

Very cool, Congratulations!

[ShaneTyTrey]

Doug, Rob, you are both welcome to help.  Karl and a few others are already on the team.  I guess my main question is timing, do you think September or after mid November and into early December with the help of weather will be the most likely time to find a giant?  Will probably hunt most weekends of the season and be ready to go if someone sees a target buck.

[teanawayslayer]

Doug, Rob, you are both welcome to help.  Karl and a few others are already on the team.  I guess my main question is timing, do you think September or after mid November and into early December with the help of weather will be the most likely time to find a giant?  Will probably hunt most weekends of the season and be ready to go if someone sees a target buck.

you could fill that tag in any of those time frames. Just depends on how much time and effort into it. If I had a tag like this I would live to fill it in the wilderness area in September. Being involved in a raffle mule deer hunt it is fun from the end of October to the end of December. You’re going to have a blast. Congrats on winning the tag!

[fishngamereaper]

Cool tag
Id focus on hunting when very limited people will be hunting.
And I don't like bugs... ... besides Sept is elk season..
So late Nov would be my target. Find an old cagy timber mnt buck that only comes out of his hole a couple days a year...

[High Climber]

Awesome! Enjoy the hunt hopefully you can turn up a Big Nasty! What kind of buck would it take for you to drop the hammer on?

[hunter399]

Congrats
Should be super fun/epic hunt .

[Timberstalker]

Can’t wait for this one, Jeff. Congrats man.

[Ridgerunner]

Congrats!!!! Don't get caught up on score would be my advice and have fun chasing mule deer whenever you want for 4 months of the year.  Maybe start Sept 1 in the high country somewhere with a rifle. 

[Bone collector 13]

Let me know if you want to spend any time this summer in the desert unit! I would be happy to show you around

[syoungs]

I have no helpful info here, but congrats man! Thats gonna be an awesome tag to fill.

[TimberMuleys]

Doug, Rob, you are both welcome to help.  Karl and a few others are already on the team.  I guess my main question is timing, do you think September or after mid November and into early December with the help of weather will be the most likely time to find a giant?  Will probably hunt most weekends of the season and be ready to go if someone sees a target buck.

I’m sure Karl has already said this but I would assume Sept-Oct scouting would pay off the most and in my opinion, would be the most rewarding. Killing a buck in his area, on his terms, when you have scouted and learned him is the most rewarding hunt in my opinion. That has created the best memories for me. Also, looking at the muley bucks killed in WA this year (that I know of), most of the biggest were killed before November. I haven’t ever hunted the rut in WA, but from the pictures and stories I’ve been shown/told, it doesn’t seem to be what it once was.

I saw someone mention that Sept is elk season, and if I was in your shoes, I would forget elk and go all in on this tag. You can go get a general WA elk tag any other year. How many more times are you going to get to have this tag?

As already stated, I personally wouldn’t worry too much about score. Chuck Carpenter and Travis Hobbs had an excellent episode on the Rokcast after Chuck drew the Antelope Island tag. Chuck talked a lot about his mindset and how he was measuring “success” on that hunt and I think it’s a great mindset to have going into great tags like the one you acquired.

Best of luck to you, sounds like you’re getting a great team to help you find a giant. I hope to see some updates and some success pictures in the following months!


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