Fishlake 1000 lakes general rifle deer

DonVathome · Feb 16, 2018

I have max points for general deer and I am looking at this hunt. What size buck can one expect for this hunt?

BIGJOHNT · Feb 16, 2018

I would say a quality two point. Maybe with a little sticker making it a 3 x 2.

elktaker · Feb 16, 2018

A 4x4 should be easiy doable with minimal scouting. I have seen some decent bug bucks but you will have to search a lot of get lucky. Only elk hunted there never deer because if the points needed.

DonVathome · Feb 16, 2018

Why is it so much harder to draw then all the other units? I don't need a huge buck. 160 is great.

Muley_73 · Feb 17, 2018

It was good, it's been hammered in recent years. I've been building points to hunt it. Family has killed some really good bucks the past 5 years. That being said, myself and brother who lives on the unit have moved to different units. There is not many deer total on the unit and the quality has slipped too much to burn points on.

DonVathome · Feb 17, 2018

Thanks I was hoping for great news. I already have a few sure tags this year so I guess I will pass.

BrowningRage · Feb 22, 2018

People were using this unit as a loophole to draw other units with their second choice before Utah started taking your Preference Points no matter which choice you used.

The PP required to draw do not truly reflect a "trophy general season unit".

"Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion!" 2 Ne. 28: 24

PleaseDear · Feb 22, 2018

LAST EDITED ON Feb-23-18 AT 05:46AM (MST)[p]The first year it went from LE to General, I applied with my Max Ressy points and I did bow season but Didn't draw.

Explanation was that the Lifetime License holders went for it and I think 1 person drew that wasn't a Lifetime License holder that year.

I have done only Pref Point code since and got a Leftover bow tag in a different unit most every year.

Muley_73 · Feb 23, 2018

When it first switched back to a general unit I believe the number of tags was 200. The unit produced some great bucks for a few years. The DWR then looked at the buck doe ratio (not the overall number of deer on the unit) and jumped the tags to 400. They also increased the number so landowner tags issued. The unit is now a shell of what it had been. More opportunity to have a tag in you're pocket but less opportunity to actually find a mature buck. The perfect Utah General Unit!

BIGJOHNT · Feb 23, 2018

Ok now I am a little confused here. Is Don asking about Plateau Fish lake or Plateau Thousand Lakes ? Because I was thinking he was talking about the Fish lake unit.

DeerHunter53 · Feb 26, 2018

what is max points for a general hunt? 2

Robiland · Feb 26, 2018

Yeah, what are max points? My brother has 10 general season points. I know, dumb. But he doesnt like to hunt anymore that much. We keep buying points for that day when DWR combines LE and Gen into 1 group. Because in actuality, all the hunts are LE. So why not?

Berg · Feb 26, 2018

Thousand Lakes once had only 25 rifle permits for the whole unit when it was LE. When it went to one of the general units 400 OIL and Dedicated went for it, so magically the biologist determined that the correct number of tags for the unit was 401! How lucky! After shooting out most of the good bucks most folks realized that it is not the second coming of the Henries and now about 200 of those folks take that tag and surprisingly the biology suggests that 200 is just the right number!
The truth is that it is a decent unit with probably less good bucks than most other general units. It is tough to hunt, extremely thick and the buck numbers are way off. They also have a big coyote problem on that unit along with a good cougar population. I saw three this summer on the unit and a bunch of yotes. It is thick enough that a few good ones will always survive but they are tough to find and tougher to hunt.

PleaseDear · Feb 26, 2018

Here ya go Mike M

https://wildlife.utah.gov/hunting/biggame/pdf/2017/17_general_deer.pdf

I wonder who the other two guys are with 15 as I am the 3rd guy.

Robb

BIGJOHNT · Feb 27, 2018

>Here ya go Mike M
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>https://wildlife.utah.gov/hunting/biggame/pdf/2017/17_general_deer.pdf
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>I wonder who the other two
>guys are with 15 as
>I am the 3rd guy.
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>Robb

So Robb you drew the tag I guess. I also hunted the unit last year.

Wiszard · Feb 27, 2018

What would make someone wait so long to hunt a Utah general tag? 15 years? Are the better general tags THAT much better? Just curious...

Steve

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