Malher River Unit

[Flyguy]

Anybody have any experiance hunting the Malher River Unit outside of Drewsey, Oregon. I drew my first tag for this unit, so I am headed over the cascade to try the eastside. How is the hunting generally and is there lots of pressure?

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[Crayfin]

WELL...........DEPENDING ON WHERE EXACTLY YOUR HUNTING-THIS IS PRETTY OPEN COUNTRY WITH ALOT OF SAGE BRUSH THAT IS HEAD HIGH. HAVE GOOD GLASS? I WOULD SUGGEST USING THEM. I HUNT NORTH OF THERE(ARCHERY) AND WE TYPICALLY START SEEING MORE DEER THE CLOSER TO THE END OF THE SEASON THAT AT THE BEGINNING--YOU WILL BE WANTING TO CONCENTRATE ON THE "FRINGE COUNTRY" THAT IS, WHERE THEY ARE COMING TO FEED FROM THEIR BEDDING AREA--FIND A SADDLE--YOU WILL HAVE COMPETITION. CLOSE TO SOME AG LANDS IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA

THERE ARE SOME TRULY MONSTER BUCKS RUNNING AROUND IN THAT COUNTRY, BUT YOU WILL NEED TO LOOK HARD(OR BE LUCKY). FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, DURING RIFLE SEASON AND FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN DURING ARCHERY SEASON IS YOU WILL WALK ALOT OF COUNTRY AND NOT SEE ALOT OF DEER OR YOU WILL SEE A TON OF DOES--KEEP YOUR CHIN UP--ALOT OF BUCKS ARE STILL RUNNNING IN BACHELOR GROUPS AND YOU'LL HIT THE "MOTHER LOAD" ONE DAY OUT OF THE BLUE! I TALKED TO A LOCAL BURNS GUY LAST WEEK AND HE SAID THAT THEY HUNTED FOR 3 DAYS WITHOUT SEEING A BUCK AND THEN KILLED 6 OUT OF A GROUP OF 9 RUNNING TOGETHER ON THE FOURTH MORNING.

HOPE THAT HELPS

CRAYFIN

[Crayfin]

What are you hunting deer or elk?

[Flyguy]

We will be hunting Deer.

[Crayfin]

Any luck?