Late season Mt Emily

[georgew2]

Hey guys, been sitting on my points for a while and I should be able to draw late season Mt Emily.

I have talked to the local biologists every year for the past few years and getting some discouraging information. Do any of you guys have recent experience on that hunt?

I’m not looking for information on where to hunt I can scout it my self, I’m trying to decide if it’s worth burning 20 points on.

Thanks


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[trazerr]

Mt Emily as in Oregon Mt Emily?
Looking at Ron's data you should draw with 20pts if you are a resident.

100 Series – Buck Deer | Oregon Tag Draw Percentages

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100 Series by point level (Residents) | Oregon Tag Draw Percentages

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I have only heard negative things about the deer herd in Mt Emily, but I have never actually hunted that unit for deer.

ODFW data doesnt look good either.



Sorry I couldnt be more help. I just have only heard negative things for deer in there. Elk is another story.

 

[DRP]

The overall deer herd in mt emily is severely low. You will run into a couple issues with the late rut hunt in that unit. 1st will be access if the snow starts flying. If you have a capable vehicle, chains, winch, and maybe a four wheeler or side by side you will be ok. 2nd is finding a decent buck, they are still there but few and far between. Do a search on Ifish forum and you’ll find that quite a few people get discouraged and shoot 2-3 point bucks. 20+ points worth it? Depends on what you want to get out of the hunt. Is it only a big buck? Probably not worth it, it would be a really fun hunt if you like to hunt hard.

 

[DRP]

I hunted it 3 years ago for archery elk, had a archery deer tag too. Hunted 18 days and only saw a few bucks. I shot a small 3 pt which was the best buck I saw. My buddy runs quite a few trail cameras up there and he has a couple good bucks on cameras but again very few.

 

[Oregonhntfsh]

I've been in the unit elk hunting during that time, and the deer hunting is dismal. Unless you have some connections on something private where a good buck is hanging out, It would be hard for me to suggest that hunt. That goes for Oregon in general though when it comes to mule deer....

 

[CC11]

Not worth the points unless you have a bunch of time to scout and can figure out where a big one is living, or pay a guide. It's not what it used to be but there are still a few solid bucks around. A real good buck got shot last year during the first rifle hunt in early October but it sounds like was by a guy that basically lived on the mountain. Also run the risk of having a year like last year and get completely snowed out of a huge chunk of the unit.

 

[Andrew12gauge]

Everybody says it’s not worth the points but can anybody point to an Oregon deer hunt that is worth 20 points?


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[Diced]

Everybody says it’s not worth the points but can anybody point to an Oregon deer hunt that is worth 20 points?


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Nope. Maybe if they made a steens late hunt I could see burning 20 points but as of now I can't imagine anyone getting value for that amount of points.

 

[Oregonhntfsh]

Everybody says it’s not worth the points but can anybody point to an Oregon deer hunt that is worth 20 points?


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Juniper Muzzleloader.......................20 years ago.

 

[georgew2]

Juniper Muzzleloader.......................20 years ago.

That’s what I use to put in for every year…


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[Lwarner03]

Everybody says it’s not worth the points but can anybody point to an Oregon deer hunt that is worth 20 points?


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Solid… point. Sorry. Couldn’t help myself.

 

[Oregon]

I know quite a bit about that hunt. I also know there is a 99.7% chance the guy with 2 posts asking about the hunt will never be back and help anyone on this site.

 

[Kaseyfield]

Yeah this is why im not posting info lol.. i finally drew an elk tag in there so ill be trying to find a big boy during rifle season

 

[georgew2]

I decided against that hunt and went with trout creek mountains and beatys antelope, got them both so it should be a fun season. Headed down in a few weeks to start scouting.


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[Kaseyfield]

Now we are talking... good luck!@!!

 

[Tmac]

I decided against that hunt and went with trout creek mountains and beatys antelope, got them both so it should be a fun season. Headed down in a few weeks to start scouting.


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Smart. Congrats on two very good tags.

 

[georgew2]

Smart. Congrats on two very good tags.

Figured I’d give you guys an update as I’m trying to decide what to do with my elk points.


Both tags were fun and successful but overwhelmed with people.

Stayed up high on the east side of Trout creek, people and camps everywhere. Seen a lot of deer mostly does and smaller bucks, spotted one a little nicer than the one I killed but he was spooked by a jeep driving up a trail below him (the jeep had no idea he was bedded there). I am happy with the one I killed but it looked a lot bigger on the sky line when we first spotted him, the ground shrinkage was real.

Beatys had people running around everywhere and it seemed everyone was hunting the same part of the unit but we prevailed and killed a decent one on the first afternoon.

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[Kaseyfield]

How many elk points?

 

[georgew2]

How many elk points?

16 which puts me right in the middle of the gap.


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[Kaseyfield]

8 Years out for emily