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I had that same hunt few years ago and went with what was supposed to be a good local outfitter in the area. It was clear as soon as I showed up in Pie Town that it wasn't the hunt I thought it was going to be. My guide had never hunted the unit outside of archery season so sadly the first 3...

You have to use the backdoor. MYFWP MENU - Click Search Hunters. Click Enter Hunter Search Criteria and then input your DOB, Zip Code and phone number. It will spit out raw data in an excel spreadsheet that shows your current status.

Results are up for first round of the general draw.

The landowner tags are different. They are only valid on their land but they can sell/donate up to half of the amount they are authorized to get to either resident or nonresident hunters. The guide/outfitter tags are taken from the non-res pool and are only good for non-residents. Those...

Please come and harvest a bear or two and bring a friend to do the same. It's really quick and easy to get the head checked in. They just remove a small tooth and the skull doesn't need cleaned up at all. They just request that if you freeze the head to prop the mouth open so they can...

Another thing to remember with Oregon's messed up wildlife agency (ODFW), there are guide tags for non-residents. Outfitters can get up to half of the small allocation of non-resident tags to sell to their clients before the normal big game draw in June. Once you burn your points, or even before...

I wouldn't burn 24 points on any of our Roosevelt units, they just aren't that great. I've seen some dandy 300-340 bulls come out of OTC units though almost all of them came off of private ranches. I've taken one over 300 and screwed up on several others. With 24 points, I'd be holding out for...

The McKenzie has great trout fishing and even summer steelhead.

I bought the girlfriend both the slik-sling and the gunbearer for Christmas prior to her New Mexico aoudad hunt last winter. Based on our field testing them, it looks like I'll be buying a gunbearer before mule deer season this fall. Both were a huge improvement over the standard shoulder...

I went with a friend a few years ago and it was a pretty cool area to hunt. We went on a guided hunt with a guide that wore axe body spray and only wanted to road hunt so you can guess how well that went. I will say we did see 75-100 bucks a day but very few over 150-160 class. We hunted...

If you have a portion of the coast in particular that you are interested in, let me know and I might be able to give you a few leads.

This website has the most current info usually. https://ofic.com/private-forestland-closures/ The PDF summary hasn't been updated since last fall but here's a link to it. https://ofic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-OFIC-Closure-Form-10_08_21.pdf It's a good starting point at least.

I'd highly recommend finding another outfitter. Had a real bad experience with this outfit a few years ago.

I had the late rifle season tag. We hit it hard but honestly saw more bucks and much larger bucks in a Colorado hunt a week later in a unit that only took 1 point to draw. I was shocked how poor the buck numbers were in Unit 13. The biologist was really helpful though, he said the odds of...

That helps a lot and confirms what we've been seeing. Lots of does on the private ag fields at the 6 /318 junction but no decent bucks even.

So far its been slim pickings. We didn't see a single deer the first two days but we were checking some of the northern parts of the unit and it seemed like most of the deer already migrated. I finally located some does in the southern portion of the unit tonight. 2 small bucks were nearby...

Anyone have any updates on early rifle or the first week of late rifle? Headed down to 131-134 tomorrow morning to hunt the last week of the hunt. I have a few places in mind from the biologist but I think it's the same information I've seen elsewhere that most of the deer are near the highway...

Yikes, that's not very encouraging to hear. I drew the late rifle tag this year and it will be interesting to see what's left after all the other hunts.

Get ahold of Dallan with Shane Scott Outfitting. That guy lives close and knows the unit well. Hell of a nice guy as well!

I'd be very wary of hiring a certain outfitter with a mullet in this unit. I had a horrible experience with one a couple years ago. The outfitter advertised trail cam photos of all these great bulls but it turns out, those were on a small piece of private ground that only his highest paying...

I helped a friend with the big bull tag last year during the rifle season. Guessing by the 660 tags you mentioned, you have the rifle tag. We saw numerous spikes every day in different parts of the unit. We saw them bedded within 400 yards of a main road and even pointed one out to some spike...

It can be good depending on the year but have a backup plan in case fire season is worse than normal. Are you in the resident or non-res application pool? Archery or Rifle? Here's links to the travel management areas that most people focus on...

Great bull!!! We are hunting the same hunt and have hardly seen anyone on the western part of the unit.

I don't want to sound discouraging but either hunt will be tough unless you are in the woods often before season. I'd recommend looking over the success rates of the various units to see how many hunters we successful and the general amount of pressure each unit gets. Here's a link for the...

Bow or rifle?

I grew up there and spend a lot of time in the fall in SW Oregon. If you are willing to hike a few miles, I have a few spots I can send you where you should see a number of nice bucks. Good fishing in the area for steelhead and chinook too. I'm off to a wedding here in a bit, but send me a PM...

Huge buck, Congrats! I drew the rifle tag this year and I can't wait to hunt Utah for the first time!

I'll send you a private message

I went there blind last year as well. We saw over 50 bulls in the week I had available to hunt (didn't expect to draw the tag I got and was low on vacation leave) and would be more than willing to exchange some information with you.

Are you going with a rifle tag? I can help line you up in Southern Oregon with some starting points.