Mt. Hood Bucks

Salmo · 10-08-2003, 10:20 AM

Have you harvested any of these on Hood? Was it during the rut or early season? Spot/stalk, stand, or still hunting? Looking for some feed back. I'm trying to get fired up for my up coming hunt!

Salmo

wife&3kids · 10-08-2003, 04:00 PM

The terrain and the deer look different on Hood. Hunted last year near Cooper Spur and we harvested one spike for 5 hunters. Saw a wicked old 4 pointer, but got the shakes and didn't pull the trigger.

daydreamer · 10-08-2003, 04:15 PM

We've bagged some nice bucks up on hood, but it's awfull thick there. I prefer the drive south and hunt the west dixon

sliverpicker · 10-08-2003, 05:08 PM

I've killed some good bucks in the MtHood National Forest. But most have been in the late archery season. My favorite method has been rattling during the rut. I did rattle in a 140" buck on Oct 28 and get him during rifle season, but that was in the Clackamas drainage.

They start leaving the high country in a couple weeks, heading for the rutting grounds and winter range. Alot of the deer in the MtHood area proper head down White River for the winter.

I used to hunt around MtHood Meadows opening weekend of archery season. There's some toad's that summer up around timberline. But it's getting too thick with hiker's, treehugger's, and bunnyhugger's, so I quit hunting up there.

sliverpicker

pdxkevin · 10-08-2003, 11:43 PM

none of those during the season.... tons of these though!

Swamp Puppy · 10-08-2003, 11:47 PM

now THAT is a good lookin' squirrel....

Salmo · 10-10-2003, 09:34 AM

ttt