251 mission?

[bankwalker]

anyone hunt deer in unit 251? looking for any tips or info on this unit. i usually hunt naneum but thats 3pt or better. and if i drive up the road a few more miles i can hunt anterless as well...


         

[DeKuma]

I been wondering the same thing.....  Kind of SOL for Archery deer this year as the wife will be going for her first hunt, so I will be taking her for modern.  Probably carry my bow along with me in case a great opportunity comes up.
Planning on Archery elk, but have not decided which side or where yet.........

[bankwalker]

yeah when i archery hunt deer i just hunt the same area as i do elk just because. i spend that first week of september just hunting deer scouting for elk. never really go anywhere strictly for deer unless its during the late season. but this year i wanna try a couple new areas on the eastside for deer. and with mission being right up the road and 3pt or antlerless i might as well give it a try.

[BC CHASER]

There are a few in 251, and as usual you have to get as far away from the roads as you can.  LOTS of road hunters.  Some of the private land is exceptional if you can get permission.  Here is a picture of my oldmans first deer he shot 4 or 5 years ago.  It was 242 dressed!  It makes all my 200-220 lb blacktail and whitetail look like roe deer.  This buck was in the heavy timber with a few others, he was still hunting and had an 80 yrd on the run shot.  The deer jumped off an embankment an was litteraly shot in mid air.  Good shot by my oldman but he has had plenty of government training.  Our family (extended) has been hunting there since the 40's.  Many giants back in the day I wish I had photos

[BC CHASER]

Another shot.

[bankwalker]

thats a nice buck.

ive seen some big ones in mission while driving from cle elum up to highway 2 but never hunted it.

i really dont mind getting a big buck this year though. i just wanna tag out early even if its a doe. so i can focus on elk...if i dont i spend alot of time looking for deer when i should be looking for elk.

[BC CHASER]

We see alot of big bulls and cows where we hunt.  Ive never seen any thing less than a 5x5 on the hoof.  All sheds we have ever found have all been 4's and up. Do you puy in for bull tags?

[bankwalker]

nah i dont...i was gonna this year but dont have the money to buy my lisence.

i use to hunt deer right in the lower southwest corner of the naneum unit and seen lots a very nice bucks but now that little area i hunt has been over run with elk and the deer seemed to have moved out.

[boneaddict]

Very nice looking buck.   The biggest buck I saw two years ago was crossing Blewitt, headed that direction.  I almost tagged him with the front of my Ram.  Like I got a real close look at him.

[CJ-5]

that mission unit is one that i would like to spend more time in.  too bad it would cost me and arm and a leg to get over there right now!

[Gobble]

My son had a doe tag a couple years back and we cold hunted it to no avail. I never thought we would have to eat a doe tag but we did that year, we just didn't see anything (granted we only were able to hunt 2 days due to some other commitments  ) It was cold and miserable when we did go and we were not able to scout it out earlier in the year. Iv'e hunted many times just over the pass on the Cle Elum side , just not there 

[bankwalker]

Very nice looking buck.   The biggest buck I saw two years ago was crossing Blewitt, headed that direction.  I almost tagged him with the front of my Ram.  Like I got a real close look at him.

my hunting buddie hit a 170+class buck coming down blewitt last year. it took off into the trees and he never found it. totaled his f350 lol

[Dman]

 Mission is a great hunt for scenery and a good workout, very up and down. I usually hunt it once or twice a year. You won't see as many deer as most other units, but the country grows big bucks. The biggest bodied muley I've ever seen was hanging in a camp back in there. Last time I hunted it I kicked out a 2 point with really good genetics, already tall and wide for a young deer, also the wife and I kicked out a really large buck with no shot opportunity, but it amazed me how he just zipped over a steep hill like nothing into an extremely thick bowl. Ditto on the road hunters, in my opinion the only way to hunt it is jumping into the timber away from the roads, I have never seen a deer off the road there.

[Skyvalhunter]

Did anyone see that big buck that was picked up by the DOT on Blewitt Pass?

[bankwalker]

Did anyone see that big buck that was picked up by the DOT on Blewitt Pass?

that was a monster. ive seen them that big around liberty in late winter.