Archery 1000 Lakes

[Hunter67]

Just wondering how the Archery hunt was on 1000 Lakes this year? Headed there for the Muzzle hunt. Thanks

 

[NeverStopHuntin]

Deer or elk?

 

[Hunter67]

Sorry I left out that we will be hunting deer. Thanks

 

[bbentley392t]

How goes it,
I drew the Plateau-Thousand Lakes Archery tag for the 07' season last year. And after years of hunting the general archery season along with tens of thousands of other hunters year after year...it was the best hunt I've ever had! Not only is the country absolutley gorgeous, a true desert mountain...it's also home to plenty of good deer. From the 3 months prior to the start of the season, up until the day I harvested my buck...we were cosntantly seeing deer, all over the place. It was fun to just see a lot of deer for a change, does & fawns...and quite a good number of decent bucks too.

Thousand Lakes doesn't have any "Monster" bucks...like we all hope to harvest one day and find ourselves on the cover of "Trophy Hunter" with. However the unit does have plenty of great & respectable bucks. Bucks that I think any hunter would be proud to harvest, at least I would be. While scouting for my hunt last year, the majority of the bucks that I had spotted were around the 24-26" range. An incredible amount of really solid 3x3's...like the one I harvested. However I also saw about 8 really good typicals that would probably score in the 160-170's...and one really great typical that looked to be about 29-30" wide.

A few years ago, one of my best friends drew the Thousand Lakes Muzzleloader tag as well. He ended up taking a beautiful 28" wide 3x4, with great length and decent mass...the buck ended up scoring 183. The other thing that I loved about my archery hunt, was the fact that the entire time I was there...I only saw one other hunter, that's it! I was also stopped by a DWR officer and had my tag checked...so be sure to have it on you.

Congrats on drawing the tag...take advantage of it. Both my dad and father-in-law have been putting in for that tag for quite a few years now, and still haven't been lucky enough to draw. I actually drew my archery tag with only 2 points! Have fun, and good luck to you!!!

Here is a photo of my 07' Thousand Lakes Buck:

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[Hunter67]

Thanks for the info. Headed down today for some more scouting.

 

[NeverStopHuntin]

How many points did it take you to draw?

 

[Hunter67]

He drew with 6 points. Hoping for some good luck next Wed.

 

[NeverStopHuntin]

Good luck, There isn't many but a few really good bucks down there. I hope you can connect with one of them.

 

[AspenAdventures]

So, did you have a good hunt?

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