C.Smith
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Well I actually drew an antlerless elk tag for the state of Washington. Kind of excited it was my first pick too. How has anyone else done in Washington?
Corey
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Guy Miner
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Congrats Corey!
My son and I both struck out, again. Sigh... That's okay, we're planning on a good general season hunt.
Best of luck on your elk hunt!
Guy
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Congratulations, Corey. That sounds great. Guy and Joe, I hate to hear you got goose eggs. Here's to general season for you both.
Guy Miner
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There are "easier" tags to put in for - but I REALLY want to hold out for a "quality buck" tag, so I can hunt mule deer bucks in the rut, in the mountains right above my home... That just sounds very, very cool to me. We get some big, migratory bucks here, but they're pretty much a late season, or post-season deal. Don't see many of them here in August & September, they're still up in the high country.
I think this is eight years of putting in for that tag though. Phooey.
The cow elk thing bugs me a bit though - dang - gooseggs on that for six years now. Never figured it would be so hard to draw a cow elk tag for the local area. Man was I wrong!
Ah well, no big deal, we'll hunt the general seasons. It's usually good enough to put some venison in the freezer and enjoy. Do have some decisions to make though, about which of the general seasons to put our biggest effort into:
September "high buck" hunt for mule deer up in the Wilderness Areas
October general season for mule deer here in the local hills
November late season for whitetail over in the northeast part of the state
We'll figure it out and make something interesting happen!
Guy
I think this is eight years of putting in for that tag though. Phooey.
The cow elk thing bugs me a bit though - dang - gooseggs on that for six years now. Never figured it would be so hard to draw a cow elk tag for the local area. Man was I wrong!
Ah well, no big deal, we'll hunt the general seasons. It's usually good enough to put some venison in the freezer and enjoy. Do have some decisions to make though, about which of the general seasons to put our biggest effort into:
September "high buck" hunt for mule deer up in the Wilderness Areas
October general season for mule deer here in the local hills
November late season for whitetail over in the northeast part of the state
We'll figure it out and make something interesting happen!
Guy
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C.Smith
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Yikes Guy sorry you did not draw anything. I won't tell you how many points I used to get the cow tag :wink:. That quality buck does sound like a fun hunt. My cow tag is in GMU 162 Dayton area. should be interesting.
Joe sorry you did not draw anything either. This is only the second time in my hunting life I have drawn anything. Last time was a doe permit my wife and I put in for and got.
Corey
Joe sorry you did not draw anything either. This is only the second time in my hunting life I have drawn anything. Last time was a doe permit my wife and I put in for and got.
Corey
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C.Smith
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Cool where are you going to be?
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Sounds fun.
Corey
Corey
Corey,
Congrats on that draw! I know how you feel, as the wife and I finally pulled antelope tags for NM. It's been a long time coming, about a life time now I guess. We finally came to our senses and will leave the boy (almost two) with his grandparents and only haul my little girl (almost four) for the hunt. We figured that out on hike last weekend. Then it's on for bow elk. I'm excited, as I'll be shooting Slick Tricks this year. This is the first time I've been able to get my hands on them. I've never heard anything bad about them, so I've got my fingers crossed! Starting to get the itch to put a new barrel on my jacked up FN Mauser in .243 with too small a barrel. I'm starting to kick around the idea of a .260. Lapua makes some nice brass and there are worse things than a 140gr 6.5 at a little over 2800fps!
Joe
Congrats on that draw! I know how you feel, as the wife and I finally pulled antelope tags for NM. It's been a long time coming, about a life time now I guess. We finally came to our senses and will leave the boy (almost two) with his grandparents and only haul my little girl (almost four) for the hunt. We figured that out on hike last weekend. Then it's on for bow elk. I'm excited, as I'll be shooting Slick Tricks this year. This is the first time I've been able to get my hands on them. I've never heard anything bad about them, so I've got my fingers crossed! Starting to get the itch to put a new barrel on my jacked up FN Mauser in .243 with too small a barrel. I'm starting to kick around the idea of a .260. Lapua makes some nice brass and there are worse things than a 140gr 6.5 at a little over 2800fps!
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Congratulations, Corey
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C.Smith
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Joe you are a braver person than I. Not sure I could have taken my kids that young out with me. I think its great don't get me wrong, just think I could do it. .260 sounds like it would be a good all around rifle caliber. I've never played with one.
Corey
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Guy Miner
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That's great! You could fill a freezer and then some!
Congrats on the draws, and best of luck on the season!
Guy
Congrats on the draws, and best of luck on the season!
Guy
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C.Smith
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Very nice. Sounds like your family did well this year.
Corey
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