Lots of activity from the mulie does, especially down a bit lower, but no bucks in and around them. White-tail track and sign is everywhere’s, buck the bucks are remaining very elusive still. Temps are more moderate in the daytime, but nights are still dropping quite low.
A beauty mulie buck taken by guests during there late November stay.
Managed to get out today, clear and cool -18 this morning and deer activity was slow to start, but once the sun got up the deer started moving, quite a few mulie does and does/fawns to be seen but no bucks on them. The only buck this morning, was the one we helped drag out, a big, tall typical 4×4 mulie that a friend dropped. A long story, but after he missed it as it was being chased by a ‘yote, he managed to stalk up to it as it bedded down and he took it at only 10’! This big deer was hurting from some serious battle wounds during some pre-rut sparring, and just was plain exhausted after the mornings events.
This afternoon, we covered some different area, and saw lots of does again, but all mid afternoon, none at dusk. Again none of the ones we saw were being attended by bucks, we’ll see if there is still some rutting activity tomorrow morning, when we check on this area again. Hunting pressure was light again today.
In this area, WMU 3-18 & 3-19, the season for Mulie 4pt or better, and any buck white-tail, is still open till the Dec.10 closing.
Brad’s young, 4×4 mulie from the past weekend. Will be a great eatin deer!
This morning another guest dropped his personal best muley, an impressive 4pt with a great spread, good shootin Grant!!
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Heavy snowfall’s missed us at Tunkwa, and we just received a light dusting yesterday and last night. Weather was a much improved -6 this morning and the bright sunshine warmed us up to -3 this afternoon. Moon is at about half phase. From what I saw, deer activity was slower this morning, but from all the track in the snow, they sure where busy last night! Still managed to bump a handful of muley bucks this morning, but this time they were all solo, and not with does, and acting a bit more wary. Track in the areas the whitetail like to frequent, suggested that they are very busy moving about at night, and seem to be bedded down earlier then normal.
.We had one of our guests bring in a big bodied 4pt mulie today, a perfect accompaniment to there nice whitey buck hanging in the meat shed.
Pressure is remaining light out there, and hunting opportunities should remain good.
Both mule deer and white-tails are in the rut. We are seeing lots of activity out there, and at all times throughout the day. The bucks are all over the does, find the does, and the bucks will not be far behind them. We had guests harvest a couple nice white-tail bucks this past weekend, and couple nice big muleys were taken. It’s the time of the year when we see the big animals come in.
The rut definately getting into full swing today, a 3 point white tail,
4 X 4 and 6 X 4 harvested today.
Snow has started to fall, and the rut is definitely started. Activity in the bush is good in areas where the deer are rutting. Does are being attended by bucks, and they have been lettign there guards down. Small bucks have been observed clashing, and bucks have been following and sticking tight to the does that re ready. It’s a great time to be out there chasing big muleys.
Rich(Bushy) bagged himself a spiked immy moose today.
Snow we received yesterday, has for the most part melted, but there is more snow in the forecast.
Reports from the field are indicating that the deer are very active, and smaller bucks are actively chasing the does.
We are finally getting some snow, and temps are staying cooler and more seasonable.
Guest are reporting hunter activity is pretty quite out there.
Reports of quite a few moose being spotted, just the Immy’s bulls are remaining elusive!
Two Whitetail doe’s came in yesterday and a Whitetail buck and doe came in today.
Guests harvested a two more muley bucks last evening. Guests are reporting still seeing lots of does around, many in good sized groups.
Today it is sunny and calm, with some of the snow on the lower elevations, up from us, burning off.
Guests reported a fair bit of activity earlier in the week, but seems to have slow a bit through the week.
Some snow on the ground today, with it sticking around just a bit higher. This should enable hunters to get a better idea on what is moving around out there.
There have been some ducks taken on the lake, as we are seeing good numbers of northerns stopping on there way through.
Temps were a more seasonable -4 this morning, and staying around +4C this afternoon.
Here are a couple shots of nice muley bucks taken by guests the past week, that we we’re not able to upload until today.
It’s been a good week for some hunters, Wednesday evening a couple more bucks arrived at the game shed along with a white tail doe, yesterday one more buck arrived and a spiked fork moose was taken 3 km on the Tunkwa Lake Road. So far this morning a very large spike buck came in, big animals for the size of their antlers this year due to the wetter than normal summer that has made for an abundense of food after a mild winter, one guest saw 3 fawns with their mom, that shows how well they survived the winter/spring/summer in our basin.
Largest bodied/spread this year!
Well done fellow!!
-8 temps and clear skies this morning at 5:00a.m. Looking for a forked moose this morning everything was great except seeing one, saw 3 mule deer bucks with 4 does grouped together moving into the jackpines from the clearcut with the breeze at their backs. Tagged out, it was fun stalking them to see how close one got.
Guests had to get in line to the meat shed yesterday as bucks were showing up one after another with a total of 6, this morning 4 more came in, all mule deer, the elusive white tail in the timbers are still outwitting hunters including the does.
A couple of nice moose taken in the LEH last weekend.
We had guests get a big bodied 3×3 muley buck this morning.
Another cool crisp morning, and the deer on the move. Yesterday evening we saw 2 more 2pt mulies come in(the ladies score again!) and then a smaller 4pt muley in this morning. Things are happening up high.
Grouse still seem to be few and far between, but the warmer, dryer weather seems to be pushing them closer to the roads. I was out with our springer last Wed. morning, and he put 9 ruffies up in a few hours, which was good to see. Some big northern mallards have been taken this past week as well, lots of ducks stopping in on there way south.
Weather forecast is changing, and should be more favorable for the hunters.
Not much new to report this week.
Hunting pressure has been very light, with a few guests reporting just seeing a few does around, animal activity has been minimal. The weather this past week has been all over the place, with over 3″ of wet snow early in the week, followed by lots of rain, to the current sunny warm temps rising into the low 20’s. Some huge winds in the area this past weekend saw lots of new blowdowns, and a couple reports from people in the bush, saying it was an exciting time dodging trees(pack a saw!!!). It also seemed to push the deer into the open, out of harms way. Some scouting reports for moose, indicate they are starting to move around in anticipation for the rut to start any time now.
Oct.1 and the ‘any buck’ muley opener, pus the continuing ‘any buck’ white-tail season, will see more hunters out, and we will see deer starting to be harvested.
Hunting pressure in this area remained very light. We have seen some real swings in the weather, with some warm sunny day, fairly mild nights, then some incredible rain, even heavy wet snow!
Deer are moving around, and we are seeing a good number of muley bucks around. In my driving around here, I have a seen a big 4×4, a smaller 4×3, a big 3×3 and a small fork bucks, all in the last couple days. During the dryer days, we finally started to see and get some birds, mostly ruffies. Young birds seem to be very small for this time of the year, and are being passed on, better to wait till they get big next year. There have been quite a few moose sitings, mostly cow/calf, but a few respectable bulls have been seen as well. Some days we are seeing bears in our travels, last Wednesday I counted 8, probably the most I have seen in a single day.
We did have a 4×5 muley buck come in to camp 
this past Sunday.
The General opening hunting season has started. Deer appear to be moving the past few days throughout the basin and on the lower mountains, overnight temps are down to +4C in the lower areas and closer to freezing up on top of the mountains, unfortunately lots of unstable weather moving in this area. No snow on top of the mountains yet or for the foreseeable week, as temps remain moderate for this time of year. Hunting pressure was light in the area. A number of cow moose have been spotted, along with quite a few small muley bucks. Spruce and Ruffed grouse have been seen, but light in numbers at this time. Rich gets to sleep in now as he got a small 4 point muley this opening weekend.
Also, Brook age 16, got this nice muley buck this morning, to compliment his cinnamom bear taken a couple days earlier. He has been doing well on the ducks during the Heritage Waterfowl days as well.
The Junior season and archery season started on Sept.1.
Prssure is light to non-existant out there, but we had one father/son in taking advantage of the early jump-start to the hunting season, available to them. They were rewarded with a nice white tail buck, the second morning of there hunt. This was his son’s first deer, so a very exciting moment for both.
Also, both Clay and Cody Fox, two of the young lads that help us out at the resort in the off season, each bagged themselves a muley buck the first two days of the season. Looks like the fall is off to a good start!
The new printed regulations are now out.
Be sure to check out the big changes, with the new open season for whitetail does, and the revised dates on the immature bull moose season for WMU’s 3-18 and 3-19.
Or check them out on-line by going here:
www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife/hunting/regulations/1012/docs/Hunting-TrappingSynopsis_1012.pdf
Not too much new to report on the hunting scene.
LEH were all in a couple weeks ago, and hopefully hunters will know early this year, if they have been successful with there draws.
We are seeing lots of deer, both whities and muleys, around the area, but no fawns yet. Muleys have been steadily moving higher from there wintering areas. The low snow fall this winter, and the number of deer siting, sure indicates they wintered well. Bucks are well into velvet, and a few are shaping up to be trophy’s this fall. Moose are still being regularly in the area,but no calf’s been seen as of yet..A few hunters have been out looking for bears, taking advantage of the sporing bear hunt, with regular sitings of some beautiful cinnamon phased blackies in the meadows gorging on grass and dandelions. This nice bruin, at just over 6′, was taken locally, by our good buddy, Jim Fox, on the bow at 38 yds, made for an exciting stalk and hunt.
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