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<blockquote data-quote="nicholasjohn" data-source="post: 1740319" data-attributes="member: 109113"><p>I have hunted the late muzzleloader season in the Applegate unit a couple of times, and there was plenty of rutting activity and big, big bucks running around all over the place. It takes a ton of preference points to draw the tag, though. I have done this hunt twice in twenty years - one time I killed a monster; the other time I screwed up and missed. There are also archery hunts that are late in the year and catch the rut in that area. Don't know how many points you'll need to draw that tag. Outfitters have most of the good private land locked up in leases. I bit the bullet and hired an outfitter, and was extremely happy with the hunt every time. ( I've also done rifle hunts in the regular season.) If you do it, try to hunt the last week of the season. That far south, the weather can be warm well into November, and bluebird weather really puts a damper on deer activity. If it's snowing hard up in the Siskiyou's, though, the foothills will be crawling with animals. If it's raining in the lower elevations, you will have steady deer traffic all day long. Don't go back to camp mid-day - stay in your tree-stand all day and rattle in a big one. It's a whole different world in southern Oregon during the late season. That's why it's so hard to draw those tags.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nicholasjohn, post: 1740319, member: 109113"] I have hunted the late muzzleloader season in the Applegate unit a couple of times, and there was plenty of rutting activity and big, big bucks running around all over the place. It takes a ton of preference points to draw the tag, though. I have done this hunt twice in twenty years - one time I killed a monster; the other time I screwed up and missed. There are also archery hunts that are late in the year and catch the rut in that area. Don't know how many points you'll need to draw that tag. Outfitters have most of the good private land locked up in leases. I bit the bullet and hired an outfitter, and was extremely happy with the hunt every time. ( I've also done rifle hunts in the regular season.) If you do it, try to hunt the last week of the season. That far south, the weather can be warm well into November, and bluebird weather really puts a damper on deer activity. If it's snowing hard up in the Siskiyou's, though, the foothills will be crawling with animals. If it's raining in the lower elevations, you will have steady deer traffic all day long. Don't go back to camp mid-day - stay in your tree-stand all day and rattle in a big one. It's a whole different world in southern Oregon during the late season. That's why it's so hard to draw those tags. [/QUOTE]
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