12, 13, 23, 24 4th season deer

fuzzyvelvet · Oct 7, 2020

I just picked up a 4th season reissued deer tag; any ideas on good places to start looking, what to expect in terms of numbers and size of bucks? Good camp spots, etc? Thanks.

bowhuntinnut · Oct 8, 2020

Terrible deer numbers and very few mature bucks! It’s so bad I didn’t even try for that tag and i live in the units. They give out about half a million elk tags for that season so you will have plenty of company! Wish i had better news to tell you! Good luck!

fuzzyvelvet · Oct 11, 2020

bowhuntinnut said:
Terrible deer numbers and very few mature bucks! It’s so bad I didn’t even try for that tag and i live in the units. They give out about half a million elk tags for that season so you will have plenty of company! Wish i had better news to tell you! Good luck!

From what I can tell they give 500 bull tags and 55 buck tags. I know they give a bunch more in 2nd and 3rd seasons but doesn't seem horrible during the 4th.

bowhuntinnut · Oct 12, 2020

500 bull tags and 2000 cow tags 55 buck tags and PLO’s on top of that!

hunter · Oct 15, 2020

Me and a friend of mine hunted the 3rd season several years ago, I took the biggest buck I found in 7 days of hunting, 18"4x4.
But my buddy mist a 25" buck that looked to be close to 170" so there is a chance???

fuzzyvelvet · Oct 20, 2020

bowhuntinnut said:
500 bull tags and 2000 cow tags 55 buck tags and PLO’s on top of that!

Oh, ok its all those cow tags.

fuzzyvelvet · Oct 20, 2020

hunter said:
Me and a friend of mine hunted the 3rd season several years ago, I took the biggest buck I found in 7 days of hunting, 18"4x4.
But my buddy mist a 25" buck that looked to be close to 170" so there is a chance???

Hey good to know they are at least there and maybe during the 4th season I can get lucky and find a decent buck with less pressure.

outdooraddict · Oct 21, 2020

Bro- hunt the buck tag and have fun! I remember (back in the day) hunting deer every year. Then they changed it to the first 3 days of the season. Then you had to draw. I'm lucky to hunt bucks every 2 years. You drew a tag where you might not shoot a huge buck, but you're going deer hunting! Good luck!