hatchetjack
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Any guesses on when the draw will happen
It's not becoming a joke it's already a joke. I second your thoughts.Even Archery season is becoming a joke.
Agree wholeheartedly, lifetime Oregon resident and I really could care less about the draw here.Wonder if ODFW even knows no one cares about their draw anymore? I didn't even apply this year. I just want to use my 11 deer points and 4 elk points and be done with that state. Problem is those points are worthless. Considering just letting them go.
After being an OR resident for 45 years I am now a NR. That's why I'm giving up on it. If I still lived in OR I would hunt it just because it would be cheap and close, but as a NR it's a waste of time.I'm also a lifetime resident and it's not that bad. I'm getting close to 60 now and I remember when the deer hunting was nothing short of fantastic and there were twice as many deer hunters as there are today. I also remember when seeing elk in the Ochoco unit was not a common event. when there were not huntable sheep numbers in very many places and you didn't know many people who'd ever drawn a pronghorn tag. when there was no turkey season in eastern Oregon.
While I agree our hunting sucks compared to some other states it's still worth trying for, with the possible exception of mule deer. but if you want to give up knock yourself out I need better draw odds that's for sure .
Uh oh...I’m insane?No sane individual pays the nr license and tag price to hunt OR unless he has good private ground to hunt.
Yes, that is the plan. I'll do a Hart mt early archery deer hunt just because it's a place I always wanted to hunt. Elk not many options that interest me with 4-6 points. Will probably just let them go. I also have 12 antelope points I will let go. I already antelope hunted twice in OR and will just do WY from now on. I am moving to WY in the next year anyway so it's all kinda mootIf you're looking at OR from a NR perspective then yes, walk away it's not worth it.
If you have points already burn them on the best hunt you can get and then walk away. it's a crime how poorly OR treats the NR hunter I wouldn't play that game .
I take it you have been applying for 24 years and haven’t drawn a sheep or mtn goat tag ? I’m in the same mindset as you, I purchase points because I’m hopeful to draw a sheep tag and that’s why I apply in Oregon and only reason I do.I dont really want to give up on oregon because of the sheep draw and will have 24pts for deer and elk,and the only reason I have those pts is because I usually have a full schedule of tags by the time of the deadline to apply. Oregon is also starting to limit otc tags and it could help maybe. I think I have about 19 pts in the 600 series as well and I am a nr. I never used to worry about buying the lic. because I always was up there for waterfowl,but I dont go up there anymore. Well eventually when I need a hunt I will have my pick of anywhere for deer or elk, and I have my fill of tags this season , so its pt only again, come on sheep .
I heard of this. I did not know it was that bad though. I really do not want the 5 of us to use 110 points on does. My 3 friends can wait but my wife and I need to burn our points while we are still residentsBefore you blow those points on a whitetail tag you should know there was a huge die off of whitetails. On my lease I have about 25 whitetails usually. I saw one small bucks last year. They all vanished, so I would wait a bit before I would spend those points.
Rich
There’s not a Roosevelt hunt here that’s controlled that’s better than a general tag imho.I’m in Oregon just until I draw a Roosevelt tag then I’m out. Sitting on 14 non res points and need to just pull the trigger because every year it feels like throwing good money after bad.
This is the unit I had always planned on drawingThe Powers Unit used to be worth the points, not sure these days.
And thats what I’m worried aboutNo doubt, there are controlled hunts that are still living on multiple decades old reputations and successes in our state. All the points and time invested in it, and barely a hunt that’s worth any points imho.
If you do draw, I may be able to help with info. The southern Oregon hunters like many out there don't post and such. Brush nast country, have seen some great Rosie bow kills.This is the unit I had always planned on drawing
Thank you. Do you think a guide is worth hiring if a guy was only going to hunt Oregon once for Rosie and be done or not worth itIf you do draw, I may be able to help with info. The southern Oregon hunters like many out there don't post and such. Brush nast country, have seen some great Rosie bow kills.
PM sentDrew the Indigo muzzle loader deer tag, any info would be apprecated hope to find a good blacktail, pms good luck to everyone
Yes, I do.Thank you. Do you think a guide is worth hiring if a guy was only going to hunt Oregon once for Rosie and be done or not worth it
any recommendations?Yes, I do.
Let me do some checking.any recommendations?
Yes and I’d call Ken Wilson with Spoon Creek outfitters.Thank you. Do you think a guide is worth hiring if a guy was only going to hunt Oregon once for Rosie and be done or not worth it
Look at Soon Creek Outfitters or Eden Ridge. Also call Powers Ranch and check on their small Powers Unit property.Thank you. Do you think a guide is worth hiring if a guy was only going to hunt Oregon once for Rosie and be done or not worth it