Heads Up On Deer Unit in Oregon

In 2008 my father was the only non-resident to draw the North Juniper Muzzeloader hunt in Oregon. He had 13 points and went home empty handed. If you look at the stats in Eastman's, and The Huntin Fool they say this is one of the better unit s in the state. The area is rather small in size and we covered it all. for five day I looked through a spotting scope trying to find a good buck. We saw plenty on deer on the refuge area but none that we could hunt. We were very dissapointed with the hunt but thats just the way it goes sometimes. So for anyone out there saving their points to hunt this unit I would be a little leary. Just thought I would throw the advice out there.
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MuleyMadness
Thanks for the info, may help someone out in the future. Sorry you guys couldn't connect.
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hound_hunter
My dad's got 11 points for deer and.... elk maybe? in Oregon. He says any year I want to go we'll put in for tags instead of just a point, so I'll definately keep that in mind for when we decide to make the trip. Thanks for the heads up, and DEFINATELY sorry for your experience. That would be rough to save up that many points and have a hunt go the way it did, regardless of not getting anything, but to not even see bucks on huntable ground!
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Hound_Hunter, I think if you and your father want a really good hunt with the chanc to kill a monster I would look at either the Trout Creeks rifle hunt or the White Horse Muzzleloader tag. Personally I have been saving up my point for the Steens rifle hunt but I still have a few years.
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killerbee
that stinks to hear. that is deffinatly considered one of the top deer hunts in our state. i have a buddy,[well, friend of a friend..] who has taken the oregon govenours tag hunter over there and chased some toads. i'll have to try and get some info on how their season went.
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hound_hunter
I appreciate the info "for the love of it" I'll have to look into those areas.

Killerbee; Let us know what you find out about how other peoples hunts go on that unit if you dont mind :)
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Sorry for draggin up this post which was dead a few months ago. But I have two friends whom drew this tag approximately approx 8 years back. They came home with one buck a decently heavy and high 3x4 but not what they or anyone would expect from a hunt that takes so many years to draw. They were both disappointed. I would be very cautious before dropping a bunch of points on this hunt. If I had the points I would drop them on the late Mt. Emily tag. My .02 cents.
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