Doe draw in 5-2?

[Davy Crockett]

Hi all.

My daughter has a doe draw in 5-02. I've never been to the area but we are up for an adventure and she's hoping to bag a deer before her dad.

Any general tips on where to start looking and is it worth a detour to 3-31 to look for a WT doe?

thanks :)

[shadowhunter]

Should be a gimmie, what region of 5-02? 5-02a? 5-02b? Etc...

[sarg]

I was up at valentine lake a few weeks ago moose hunting and I was surprised on how little deer we seen, I would say stay low (close to the hwy) or head over to the Fraser river side ,

[Davy Crockett]

Should be a gimmie, what region of 5-02? 5-02a? 5-02b? Etc...

We will be in 100 Mile. Just looking for a general area to start looking. We have four days so I figured we should have a good shot. If I'm lucky maybe I can get a nice meat buck too.

At the risk of sounding dumb, how is 5-02 split? Regs don't refer to a/b

[wsm]

Helena lake area, is where I'd start

[sarg]

Helena lake area, is where I'd start
Yup thats a Good start

[LYKTOHUNT]

We will be in 100 Mile. Just looking for a general area to start looking. We have four days so I figured we should have a good shot. If I'm lucky maybe I can get a nice meat buck too.

At the risk of sounding dumb, how is 5-02 split? Regs don't refer to a/b
Not a dumb question, the regs are split in regards to the LEH synopsis, if you look at the LEH synopsis you will see the divisions. If I am correct these divisions do not have much to do with regular seasons

[caddisguy]

I was hunting that area on the Helena side with a couple other guys on thanksgiving weekend. One had a doe draw, so we figured that would be a gimme, we'd pop the doe and move over to the Timothy side to find some bucks.

Sadly it was not a gimme. We hunted first light to last light for 3 days. Only does we saw were before first light, mostly near the highway or Wright street before it forks, despite covering every road, spur and goat trail from there to 100 mile house.

We talked to lot of hunters along the way. Nobody was seeing any animals except the wild horses and their stud piles that you'll bottom out the truck on. The guys I was with knew the area fairly well and were pretty confident road hunting is the way to go. That was certainly not the case then. Could be a different world now. My advice is that if you road hunt and don't see anything, look for fresh tracks and follow one of many obvious game trails. You can't stop your truck anywhere and not see a half dozen sets of deer and wolf tracks. Lots of moose sign too. The place is obviously crawling with deer, but two weeks ago none were stupid enough to be in sight of the road/slashes after 6:30am or bed down in sight of a road. Definitely ditch the truck if you're not seeing deer. It's easy terrain you can move through quietly.

Grouse on the other hand, normally there are lots of grouse but this year it was absolutely infested. We had opportunity to shoot at literally hundreds, but had to moderate ourselves in only taking a dozen big ones mid day to avoid interfering with the deer hunt.

Your daughter might have her work cut out for her. Or maybe the deer will be less careful. Interested to hear how it goes. Hope she's able to fill that take first day! Good luck to both of you :)

[TimberPig]

I believe the youth doe tags are not split into subzones, so her draw is for all of 5-2

[caddisguy]

I believe the youth doe tags are not split into subzones, so her draw is for all of 5-2The guy I was with was seemed pretty certain his was just for the Helena side and that's why we couldn't hunt Timothy. Now I'll have to check to see if he was pulling my leg!

[Davy Crockett]

Thanks for the help guys.

Her draw says 5-2 only. Maybe it's different because it is a youth draw.

[caddisguy]

Thanks for the help guys.

Her draw says 5-2 only. Maybe it's different because it is a youth draw.

I just checked the LEH synopsis and see these:

Regular:

7031 cariboo 5-02 A Oct 1-Oct 31 Antlerless only 24 13.1:1
7032 cariboo 5-02 A Nov 1-Nov 30 Antlerless only 45 6.0:1
7033 cariboo 5-02 b Oct 1-Oct 31 Antlerless only 29 15.9:1
7034 cariboo 5-02 b Nov 1-Nov 30 Antlerless only 23 7.4:1
7035 cariboo 5-02 c Oct 1-Oct 31 Antlerless only 50 9.9:1
7036 cariboo 5-02 c Nov 1-Nov 30 Antlerless only 189 5.6:1
7037 cariboo 5-02 d Oct 1-Oct 31 Antlerless only 48 7.6:1
7038 cariboo 5-02 d Nov 1-Nov 30 Antlerless only 129 4.4:1

Age restricted:

7056 cariboo Y 5-02 Oct 1-Nov 30 Antlerless only 350 0.9:1

I bet she has the 7056 and can hunt anywhere in 5-02 :D

[natebavis]

yes it is for all of 5-2. It would say other wise if it wasn't.

[coach]

PM sent. No need to burn a ton of gas chasing all over the place. Lots of good deer hunting close to 108 and 111. :-D

[shadowhunter]

I believe the youth doe tags are not split into subzones, so her draw is for all of 5-2

I must have misread what the OP was asking, sorry for the confusion.

[kodeman]

My boy had that draw and it took him 1day by tyee lake.

[barry6.5x55]

Hey just came back from 6 days at 5-2 -C around Big Lake, Likley area and seen about 30 does , seen em everyday
lots of side logging roads but need a 4x4 it was west an muddy at times.