Haida Deer [Archive] - HuntingBC.ca

PGK

12-20-2009, 09:43 PM

Heading out to QCI next weekend for a week. We're mainly planning to meat hunt four or five does towards the end of the trip, but I would like to find a nice 3pt or heavy 2pt for a euro mount (hoping it stays warm and they aren't dropping yet, I know I'm cutting it close). A little direction as to which areas might produce a little better sized deer would be helpful, thanks. I've heard the Datlamen/Awun areas mentioned a couple times...worth checking out? PM's welcome.
Cheers
km

timberhunter

12-20-2009, 10:00 PM

Do you need to buy a licence off the local band before hunting?.
What exactly is the story on hunting there now?.
Have you checked into whether you can even go there and hunt still, now thats its been turned over.

PGK

12-20-2009, 10:09 PM

What's been turned over? All that has happened is a name change from QCI to Haida Gwaii. Unless something happened I'm not aware of???

Edit for clarity

darrin6109

12-20-2009, 10:15 PM

What's been turned over? I think you've been listening to the HBC anti-first nation squad too much. All that has happened is a name change from QCI to Haida Gwaii. Unless something happened I'm not aware of???
your right.

timberhunter

12-20-2009, 10:24 PM

As I stated in my PM to you that none of my questions were racialy based.
My questions were to suggest that have you checked into what has happened. And enlighten the rest of us to any changes that may have happened.

And if anyone does try and turn this into some sort of racial crap, I will shut the thread down right away, no questions asked. We've had enough of that crap on here lately.

Marc

PGK

12-20-2009, 10:41 PM

Back on track, as far as I know, nothing has been changed except the name of the islands, which has been coming for quite some time. I have friends there, and I imagine if anything had changed regarding hunting, I would have heard about it already. As I stated to Marc in PM, there is probably a complication around the Haida Fisheries Program and their lockdown on any further commercial fishing interests (at least, as I understand their position). Irrelevant to hunting deer...and completely their perogative. To be bluntly honest, I would rather have the Haida running the show than Gordo.

Talk to me about deer. Thx

todbartell

12-20-2009, 11:26 PM

Juskatla is where the massive 100 lb 2 pointers lurk.

RustyRipper

12-20-2009, 11:42 PM

PGK

12-20-2009, 11:48 PM

Staying on Graham. Thanks man.

pro 111

12-21-2009, 07:33 PM

Good Luck with that , The bigger bucks will have no antlers . If they do be sure to find them after you shoot. I have seen many large bodied deer here with antlers gone.

PGK

12-21-2009, 07:47 PM

Well that's unfortunate.

todbartell

12-21-2009, 08:00 PM

you coulda got your first rack! LOL

f350ps

12-21-2009, 08:05 PM

you coulda got your first rack! LOL
Still can if yer any good at finding sheds. :wink: K

sparky727

12-21-2009, 10:13 PM

you will still have a good chance of getting a rack i have seen plenty of bucks with antlers well into january.when i lived there i mostly beach hunted but there are plenty of logging roads to hit that usally have better racks than the beaches. east yak -dattleman-yoodoo. they are pretty much everywhere.

Dirty

12-21-2009, 10:17 PM

you coulda got your first rack! LOL

I heard that he has lots of cougar racks, but has failed to gather a deer rack. Maybe he can borrow your dear?

PGK

12-24-2009, 02:56 PM

A little bump before we head out :)

kootenayelkslayer

12-24-2009, 03:16 PM

Looking forward to seeing the pics of you tagged out on the first day with four fawns. You have no restraint!!

THE SWEDE

12-24-2009, 03:22 PM

takin a flyrod??

2x4x16

12-24-2009, 03:44 PM

We were there in August. In buck season we had no problem tagging out for the 2 of us. You will need to show some restraint if you want to hunt all week, if you are taking does you could be done in one day. Head up high where the larger bucks are - as well as the spots mentioned in previous post try Awun Bay area - up in the hills. Good luck, I look farward to your harvest pictures.

PGK

12-24-2009, 04:29 PM

Trip is for steelhead, really. Deer are a last day or two sidebar, or if the rivers blow out too bad. Thanks 2x4, I'm looking to head up into those areas I think.

"skma"

12-29-2009, 11:44 PM

Good Luck with that , The bigger bucks will have no antlers . If they do be sure to find them after you shoot. I have seen many large bodied deer here with antlers gone.
or with only 1, member that 1 at new years quite a few years ago?HUGE!

ratherbefishin

12-30-2009, 09:55 AM

Never been there but would like to go-whats the best time of year to do a combined fishing/hunting trip and what is the cost to go from Vancouver Island,for two guys in a truck and camper plus quad trailer?[travelling by ferry from the island]

Prowler

12-30-2009, 12:33 PM

Have you checked into whether you can even go there and hunt still, now thats its been turned over.

Wow, I would hope a forum moderator would be better informed...

Ozone

12-30-2009, 01:32 PM

Wow, I would hope a forum moderator would be better informed...

Why? They dont make the laws or enforce them.

PGK

01-06-2010, 12:44 AM

head for the hills, literally. tons of deer around juskatla and the logging roads south of there, ghost main and phantom main are good roads to check out and the road out to rennell sound. you can see 100 deer in a day easy just getting to a spot, but to find any big ones you gotta get up into the hills. I suppose I shoulda asked, are you hunting graham or moresby?

Thanks again man! I nearly nailed one off the ghost, and we managed to connect on two up the phantom! The phantom was thick with fresh sign, but in all that regen, it's nearly impossible to see them! I hiked up a small spur and drilled a doe, and when the fawn walked out, dad smoked it too. They sure aren't very big :biggrin: I only really hunted the one day, and with the weather like it was, we hadn't been seeing much, so I was more than happy to squeeze off on the first one I got my scope on!

Here's the fawn :biggrin:
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs146.snc3/17343_509090737200_127900262_30346554_4985547_n.jp g

Doe:
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs126.snc3/17343_509091675320_127900262_30346585_2447801_n.jp g

Duckman

01-06-2010, 01:10 AM

Congrats! Nice rifle-what is it?

Stone Sheep Steve

01-06-2010, 06:13 AM

Thanks again man! I nearly nailed one off the ghost, and we managed to connect on two up the phantom! The phantom was thick with fresh sign, but in all that regen, it's nearly impossible to see them! I hiked up a small spur and drilled a doe, and when the fawn walked out, dad smoked it too. They sure aren't very big :biggrin: I only really hunted the one day, and with the weather like it was, we hadn't been seeing much, so I was more than happy to squeeze off on the first one I got my scope on!

Here's the fawn :biggrin:
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs146.snc3/17343_509090737200_127900262_30346554_4985547_n.jp g

Should make a nice sandwich...............:wink:

SSS

BiG Boar

01-06-2010, 06:48 AM

That is one hell of a fawn! Going to roast it whole? Was it hard to hunt that thing? Did it charge you once you shot the mother? I would hope you were using at least a 338.

Dirty

01-06-2010, 06:58 AM

Right on! Congrats to you and your dad.

hunter1947

01-06-2010, 07:19 AM

Thats what you call controlling the deer population ,nice score ,congrats to your dad and you http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif.

835

01-06-2010, 08:41 AM

i hope the pack out wasnt too far :)

Sideofabarn

01-06-2010, 08:52 AM

Dude, they're smaller than the ones on Texada! Although I believe it's the Sitka's out that way right? Did you meet up with Dane, or is he out at U of S?

BearStump

01-06-2010, 09:05 AM

awwwww! It's so cute.
I guess my jack russell COULD be a huntin" dog after all. (he's a runt)

"skma"

01-06-2010, 09:05 AM

Congrats! Nice rifle-what is it?
looks like 300 or 308 savage

RustyRipper

01-06-2010, 09:09 AM

good on ya, controlling the population a bit and getting yourself the finest meat around. those sitkas are extremely tasty compared to any other deer Ive had, and ive only eaten sitka bucks, i could only imagine how good that doe and fawn will be. melt in your mouth no doubt. how was the rest of the trip? get much fishing in?

Gunner

01-06-2010, 10:31 AM

I was up there fishing the Yakoun 10 years ago,took my .280 and some tags,but when I saw the size of the deer I just couldn't shoot them!I did see a couple of bucks that were a little bigger than my Lab,and he figured that they weren't to big for him to retrieve!The fishing was great,my buddy up there has a driftboat,and we spanked them. Gunner

kootenayelkslayer

01-06-2010, 12:03 PM

Here's the fawn :biggrin:
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs146.snc3/17343_509090737200_127900262_30346554_4985547_n.jp g

Ahhh awesome. I can't get enough of this picture. Did you pack it back to the truck in your back pocket? You and your dad are cold-blooded killers! ;) Too bad about the fishing:confused:

BCrams

01-06-2010, 12:07 PM

Did you guys really go to the Charlottes? I heard you shot em in Hixon? :lol:

KB90

01-06-2010, 12:08 PM

hahaha Kris that's awesome, i knew they were small but wow.

kootenayelkslayer

01-06-2010, 12:09 PM

Did you guys really go to the Charlottes? I heard you shot em in Hixon? :lol:

Bahahaha looks like the Peace to me.

Gateholio

01-06-2010, 12:20 PM

Kris, that deer would be absolutely AWESOME to spit roast whole over some smoldering coals...Mmmmmmm:-D

BlacktailStalker

01-06-2010, 12:31 PM

:lol: I'd life size it. Just because.

Stone Sheep Steve

01-06-2010, 01:38 PM

i hope the pack out wasnt too far :)

Probably just slipped that guy into his birding vest and kept hunting:mrgreen:

SSS

PGK

01-06-2010, 01:44 PM

I actually grunted when I hauled the doe out of the bush :lol: I've got a backstrap off the little guy and both tenderloins off the doe ready to go for dinner. Also got one hind off the doe butchered into a 5lb roast and 2 packages of steaks. The rest we deboned and put into a 30lb batch of pepperoni :D Should be good eats around here tonight. We thought about doing a whole leg off the little guy, but decided against it cause we weren't sure we would have enough meat for a batch of pep.

Toby, the doctor and I put in a day on the Yak together. He's back in cell block Sask again. But he got in some loving with his new Meiser, check flybc, he posts there as ECWC.

835

01-06-2010, 01:57 PM

so like you could take a sausage tube and fit it around that fawn huck some garlic on it and BAM garlic sausage :)

PGK

01-06-2010, 05:16 PM

Did you guys really go to the Charlottes? I heard you shot em in Hixon? :lol:

You shut up :lol: :mrgreen:

870

01-06-2010, 06:05 PM

nice shootin PGK I loved the photo. and I bet that thing will taste amazing. dont listen to any of these guys making fun.

Ambush

01-06-2010, 09:50 PM

A few years ago, in December, four of us ate a small deer in three days. Had it for breakfast and supper, it was so good.
Those deer are way to good to grind up. Anything not big enough for steaks is choice stir-fry.

hunter1947

01-07-2010, 06:05 AM

You sure would not want to use to big of a gun to shoot these deer if you where a little off with you bullet placement there might be nothing left.

I would hunt these deer with a .243 if I hunted them up there..

Philcott

01-07-2010, 11:17 AM

It looks, to me, that the gun is a savage 99E.

Cool pic of the fawn but man that's a small deer.

RustyRipper

01-07-2010, 12:35 PM

Can I ask why this was moved to the mainland section?? the charlottes (or haida gwaii for those of you who like to be politically correct) is a group of islands which in my mind fits in the category vancouver island and coastal islands. I'm interested to find out the reason someone moved it.

Blainer

01-07-2010, 01:02 PM

Is that like a gerbil-deer?

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs146.snc3/17343_509090737200_127900262_30346554_4985547_n.jp g

ThinAir

01-07-2010, 05:31 PM

Thats too funny....It's like a Costco sample pack of venison:mrgreen:

BiG Boar

01-07-2010, 05:34 PM

Is that milk still still dripping off of the fawns nose?

freonguy

01-07-2010, 07:43 PM

Reminds me of the story my Dad used to tell -

When I was about a 5 year old lad in Sask., he and his buddies went out and he shot a Whitetail fawn ( would have been 3 times the size, but not as good on the table ). He had it in the garage and was skinning it, my Mom woke me up to see what Dad brought home and after watching him for a while, I asked ' why are you taking his pajamas off ??'.

Seriously - good job, I lived up there for 6 years - happen to have a whole hind in the freezer from a young buck my buddy shot when I was up there in September - it will be yummy!

Freonguy

Prowler

01-08-2010, 11:41 AM

PGK

01-08-2010, 12:41 PM

Maybe because I'm from the mainland? :lol: Now you can only post in the same section as your postal code :lol:

IronNoggin

01-08-2010, 12:49 PM

... I asked ' why are you taking his pajamas off ??'

:-D Good One!

Except in this case, methinks "diapers" would be a tad more appropriate! http://bestsmileys.com/lol/1.gif

Good grits I'm sure, but I've never even seen one that small that didn't come with spots! :mrgreen:

Cheers,
Nog

pnbrock

01-08-2010, 10:24 PM

how much money was spent on this meat?a freezer pack would probably been the better value.i know i know its not the same just would have spent the money hunting full size deer.

PGK

01-08-2010, 11:48 PM

Seriously? I'd like to know what you're hunting for that comes in at a price less than beef per pound cut and wrapped. Our trip probably ran upwards of $2000 all told. 50 pounds of usable meat. You do the math. I hunt because it's fun, not because it's cost effective.