Good to hear from ya John! Hows the world treatin ya. I've been up to the same old same old. Knocked down some monster blacktail and big bulls since the last time we talked. This years bull went 380 gross, my best one yet. Man what a toad. Three of the points were over 20 inches and the mains...
1 pointer:*The Columbia blacktail deer, which lives only on the Pacific coast from northern California up through Oregon and Washington and on into British Columbia, is a deer that few hunters know much about. All things considered, taking a true trophy-class Columbia blacktail - not a hybrid...
Ya know...... The National Park Service doesn't have a licence fee for hunting on their land........So what I can't figure is why more people don't take advantage of a free ride like those of us on welfare. Why pay them when they'll pay you!!! Nothin better than a good drunk via food stamps and...
I'm glad we don't have these issues in washington. Hell there is a state or federal park right around every corner and the huntin doesn't get any better than that. Not much for competition either!! Just belly up to a couple of cold drafts and pull out the shootin iron and spotlight.
If you are just beginning to shed hunt and haven't hunted in washington before, I would look at when the animals drop their horns and then figure out where they will be at that time. For instance, as a general rule, elk usually start to drop their horns around mid march, some earlier and some...
shedyoda:
I didn't think they had wolves in that part of the state. Did they import some into this area? It sounds like we may be talking about different areas.
Shedyoda:
The tracks and howling you heard wasn't from wolves, it was from cyotees. They get relatively big in the area you described ( up to 80 pounds I've seen). Believe it or not, the deer are still in this area you described but are tucked in about one third of the way up from the bottom of...
shedyoda;
Ya he is a high country buck and we did get him in the cascade mountain range. There are people everywhere around this state hunting but most do not get back in very far. This buck may have never seen a human in there. It is very rugged getting to him as it is a huge drainage. We hiked...
john;
Sounds like a recipe for a chance at rolling one over in the clover. Keep me posted on the hunt!! The funny thing about this buck is I kept telling my two sons to be persistent in this area and they would knock a nice one down. They slacked off just a little and me and JR picked up where...
Quick Draw!! The answere is easy to that question. I woulda done exactly what Greeny woulda done and shot him right in the a$$. I figure that would eliminate at least 50 or 60 pounds of meat with a 300 ultra mag bullet right through the hams!! :D
Fun is what it's all about until some a$$hole...
We picked up his track about 8am and tracked him to his bedding ridge where he had trees torn up everywhere. I knew he was the dominant buck for this area so we stayed with him as long as we could. He finally worked his way downwind so we split off the track and dropped back down the ridge. We...