Chiwawa/ Swakane scouting

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All - we recently bought some property in the Chiwawa unit, so I'm planning to start focusing my deer hunting in the general area. I haven't hunted anywhere in the neighborhood since I was about 14 - we hunted Mud Creek a few years in the late 80's, and that's about the extent of my hunting knowledge of the area. Ever since, I've been hunting the Okanogan and the Palouse. I understand that a lot of the deer spend their summers in the high country of Chiwawa/Chelan, and migrate down the Entiat to winter near the Columbia...but other than that, I don't know much about hunting the area.

Well, I'm trying to get my scouting started so I know what I'm doing by the end of the summer. Today was my first day of true scouting...or at least of driving roads to explore the area. Several of the roads up into the mtns. haven't been cleared yet, so our options were limited. Ultimately we drove out Eagle Creek up towards Chumstick Mtn. Pretty dense stuff, and then we ran into some serious mud that we white-knuckled back out of. Probably still too early to be up that high! Then we came back down and went out Van Creek up to French Corral. Better roads, but still pretty dense cover.

I know a number of you hunt the Swakane/Entiat area for deer. Am I in the right neighborhood to intercept the migration? Or do they drop off the ridge into the bottom of the Entiat valley? Is this place a zoo during the season? I prefer to spot and stalk if possible...any areas with more open terrain than what I drove today? I've seen pics and heard stories of open glassing country...certainly not where I was today.

I've got the multi season deer permit, so I'm planning to archery hunt mainly, but will probably be up there for the general rifle hunt too. Depending on where the deer are in September, I was also thinking about the high buck hunt. I don't need anyone's favorite place...just trying to get some general information so I can learn the area, focus my scouting, and have a game plan by the time September rolls around. Send me a PM if you like...would be happy to trade notes of what I find. Thanks in advance.
 
You WON"T intersept ANY migration unless you draw a late tag or there is mass snow!!!Deer are few and VERY far between in Sept. You might look along the face.(Tyee west on the south side of the Entiat river)Good Luck
 
I have been riding dualsports around that unit for the last two weekends. We also have started riding the motorcycle trails in that area. So far we found an area with sooo much deer poo I was amazed...

Jim
 
I was drawn for the Chiwawa A Deer Tag Hunt No. 1039 in this last "official" special permit drawing fiasco. If anyone can give me some insight as to how to make the most of this tag I'd be obliged. Feel free to PM me. Best of luck to all.
Mike
 
>I was drawn for the Chiwawa
>A Deer Tag Hunt No.
>1039 in this last "official"
>special permit drawing fiasco. If
>anyone can give me some
>insight as to how to
>make the most of this
>tag I'd be obliged. Feel
>free to PM me. Best
>of luck to all.
>Mike


When are your hunt dates and I am assuming the A tag is a rifle. Correct?
 
Went ridding this last weekend. Man is there some places to hunt... If you PM me I will tell you what I saw... But I would go for a long walk up the Fox creek trail. Hint: Long walk.

BTW, we rode our motorbikes from Plan up through a look out down through the Fox Creek trail.

I need to find out the exact swakane boarder for myself.

Jim
 

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