lac le jeune - stump lake hunting

[twoSevenO]

How's the hunting between these two lakes? Looks like some nice unlogged country on google earth at least. Cant tell how thick it is, or if there are ATV trails cut all throughout, or if there's decent game numbers though :lol:

I'm assuming it gets a lot of pressure, but seems like the large unlogged area between the two lakes would allow one to get away.

Looking to take the old man out somewhere other than his usual Tunkwa trip.

Thanks. Cheers!

[TexasWalker]

Lots of private land.
Most of the deer stay on the private land and the area outside the private is heavily pressured.
Personally, I'd rather hunt Tunkwa.

[twoSevenO]

Lots of private land.
Most of the deer stay on the private land and the area outside the private is heavily pressured.
Personally, I'd rather hunt Tunkwa.

noted. Thanks! Appreciate it.

[lovemywinchester]

All posted ranch land it seems where the deer are. Stump lake ranch to the south, Napier ranch ,posted land and farms all from Knutsford to Lac la june. Logging roads to explore but lots of clear cut. Crazy pressure from the Loops and Merritt guys. I fish a few lakes in the area and lots of new no hunting/shooting signs up this summer. I've been in Kamloops for 6 years and to see the increased pressure in the bush just from my time here is crazy. Guys are everywhere. The good side is if you break down out there someone will always be along shortly.

[twoSevenO]

All posted ranch land it seems where the deer are. Stump lake ranch to the south, Napier ranch ,posted land and farms all from Knutsford to Lac la june. Logging roads to explore but lots of clear cut. Crazy pressure from the Loops and Merritt guys. I fish a few lakes in the area and lots of new no hunting/shooting signs up this summer. I've been in Kamloops for 6 years and to see the increased pressure in the bush just from my time here is crazy. Guys are everywhere. The good side is if you break down out there someone will always be along shortly.

why would the kamloops guys be hunting SOUTH of the loops where most of the lower mainland guys go? I never understood that.

[lovemywinchester]

Same reason you go there. It all looks SO GOOD!!! lol. Just gets pounded though. Plus the indians are hunting there as well and before the rest of us so its gets really worked over. It gets depressing when your driving home at dusk and the valley bottoms are full of hundreds of mulies. I think it was so dry this year the deer are real low where there is some green. Its just yellow/ brown up in the hills. Dry as a popcorn fart.

These threads are hard to respond to because I sound so negative and probably give the impression that I'm just trying to keep you away but that's not the case. I'm just telling the facts. There's another thread going right now asking about hunting near Savona. It's even worse over there for guys. We drove up to Red lake at dusk on Monday eve and we passed probably 10 vehicles coming down from the bush while we went up. Its a shit show for guys anywhere around the Loops.

[Ryo]

I know the uncut swath of timber south of Lac Le Jeune you're looking at in the satellite imagery - it is DENSE, and not in the good sort of way. Definitely deer in there, but you'll be begging for some open space to see. Finally, once you can see, you're on the private ranch land...

[twoSevenO]

I know the uncut swath of timber south of Lac Le Jeune you're looking at in the satellite imagery - it is DENSE, and not in the good sort of way. Definitely deer in there, but you'll be begging for some open space to see. Finally, once you can see, you're on the private ranch land...

been there way too many times .... thanks for the heads up!

[twoSevenO]

Same reason you go there. It all looks SO GOOD!!! lol. Just gets pounded though. Plus the indians are hunting there as well and before the rest of us so its gets really worked over. It gets depressing when your driving home at dusk and the valley bottoms are full of hundreds of mulies. I think it was so dry this year the deer are real low where there is some green. Its just yellow/ brown up in the hills. Dry as a popcorn fart.

These threads are hard to respond to because I sound so negative and probably give the impression that I'm just trying to keep you away but that's not the case. I'm just telling the facts. There's another thread going right now asking about hunting near Savona. It's even worse over there for guys. We drove up to Red lake at dusk on Monday eve and we passed probably 10 vehicles coming down from the bush while we went up. Its a shit show for guys anywhere around the Loops.


"we" go there because its close to home. If i lived in Kamloops you can bet your ass i'd NEVER hunt anywhere south of kamloops, as far as reg 3 is concerned, that's for sure.

[4 point]

With the amount of snow falling in the Kamloops area today road access will start to become more difficult. 2 wheel drives of any kind will be done, 4x4 with chains will get you more access and if your not very careful into more trouble. Main logging roads leaving valley bottoms with no log hauling thus no snow ploughing will become tougher. We usually see this situation a little later in November.

[lovemywinchester]

North of Kamloops is tough as well. The wolves are all over the N T. Maybe we need to go to reg 8. Lots of WT there according to some guys here on HBC.;-)

[ROY-alty33]

North of Kamloops is tough as well. The wolves are all over the N T. Maybe we need to go to reg 8. Lots of WT there according to some guys here on HBC.:wink:

+1
Was up there a couple of years ago looking for Immy's . Seen a ton of sign but the animals were holed up tight. Damn near every track had a dog track right on top of it.

[shortrange]

The area gets lots of hunters and Lac Le Jeune is either recreation areas or fenced private land (no hunting). Logan Lake, Tunkwa etc., has places to hunt but every hunter and his dog goes there. It is a gong show most weekends. Walloper Lake has fish if they haven't been all caught yet ;). They stock once a year I am told.

[twoSevenO]

The area gets lots of hunters and Lac Le Jeune is either recreation areas or fenced private land (no hunting). Logan Lake, Tunkwa etc., has places to hunt but every hunter and his dog goes there. It is a gong show most weekends. Walloper Lake has fish if they haven't been all caught yet ;). They stock once a year I am told.

For how much people complain about tunkwa i've never found it THAT busy. We get a cabin at mile high for a few days EVERY year and we see hunters on the roads but once you're even 1/4 mile away you're good. We've only once run into people in the bush, and this includes me hunting whitetails for a day literally down by tunkwa.

If by "busy" people mean they see people out and about, then yes, its busy.

if by "busy" they mean its tough to hunt because people are in all the spots, then no, it's not.

Having said that all the bucks are small and skittish and there's really not that much game up there at all.

[skibum]

The area gets lots of hunters and Lac Le Jeune is either recreation areas or fenced private land (no hunting). Logan Lake, Tunkwa etc., has places to hunt but every hunter and his dog goes there. It is a gong show most weekends. Walloper Lake has fish if they haven't been all caught yet ;). They stock once a year I am told.

Always someone giving away my trophy trout lakes. WTF? Thanks dude

[SR80]

why would the kamloops guys be hunting SOUTH of the loops where most of the lower mainland guys go? I never understood that.

Because there are big bucks down that way! And lots of whitetails!

[Looking_4_Jerky]

"we" go there because its close to home. If i lived in Kamloops you can bet your ass i'd NEVER hunt anywhere south of kamloops, as far as reg 3 is concerned, that's for sure.

So I live in Aberdeen, Kamloops. Why would I add 30 minutes to get to the north side of town (total commute to get into hunting area north of town from Aberdeen is near an hour) and face just as many guys and no better hunting, when I can drive 20 min south, east, west of town, to areas that I know well because I live close by, I can scout there often, and they produce for me? When I lived at with my folks on the North Shore I'd hunt out that way. Now, I rarely go north. I'm not going to hunt farther away from home because the Lower Mainlanders are invading the area near me. If they don't like the crowds, they can always drive the extra distance to the north side or region 5, 8, or wherever. Going east seems to get one away from the LMers a bit, but is hit heavily by the Kelowna/Vernon crowd once Region 8 shuts down. Kamloops really is a shit-show of people no matter where you go.

[SR80]

^^^^^ Yes sir!

[kamloopshunter25]

ain't that the truth

[Bugle M In]

Always someone giving away my trophy trout lakes. WTF? Thanks dude

Come on, we all know you go to Sheriden......:)