Vernon hunt

Wannabehunter · May 29, 2022

Drew a Vernon Muzzel tag, and was wondering if anyone had any experience out there that that would be willing to share, some good spots to start scouting would be much appreciated

pounder · May 29, 2022

Don’t over look the valley floor and cedar pockets

Wannabehunter · May 29, 2022

Good point! Thanks

pauns08 · May 29, 2022

Harker, Dutch creek, and bennion

Wannabehunter · May 30, 2022

pauns08 said:
Harker, Dutch creek, and bennion

Thanks for the tip! I’ll be sure to check them out??

lundellhunting7 · Jun 1, 2022

pauns08 said:
Harker, Dutch creek, and bennion

100% where I would spend time also. We killed two out of Dutch last year. A solid 180 buck was killed opener of muzzy at the bottom of Dutch in the flats.

pauns08 · Jun 1, 2022

lundellhunting7 said:
100% where I would spend time also. We killed two out of Dutch last year. A solid 180 buck was killed opener of muzzy at the bottom of Dutch in the flats.

Haha I drove right past that 180" buck opening morning at at the bottom of Dutch didn't even see it, I was headed up a little higher to chase one I'd been watching and never seen it so we went up harker and killed a 170" buck on the road in the bottom of harker.

Shedhead03 · Jun 1, 2022

Wannabehunter said:
Drew a Vernon Muzzel tag, and was wondering if anyone had any experience out there that that would be willing to share, some good spots to start scouting would be much appreciated

pauns08 said:
Haha I drove right past that 180" buck opening morning at at the bottom of Dutch didn't even see it, I was headed up a little higher to chase one I'd been watching and never seen it so we went up harker and killed a 170" buck on the road in the bottom of harker.

Shedhead03 · Jun 1, 2022

There will be a lot of people up harker. Just be aware of that. Sheeprocks are a good area too

Trix4me · Jun 1, 2022

Saw this one last fall

OpeningDay · Jun 2, 2022

Very few people hunt the Simpsons and there are a few good ones over there every year.

lundellhunting7 · Jun 2, 2022

OpeningDay said:
Very few people hunt the Simpsons and there are a few good ones over there every year.

I agree 100% Simpsons just dont have the numbers of deer! We always have had bad luck finding them during the hunt on the simpsons.

OpeningDay · Jun 2, 2022

lundellhunting7 said:
I agree 100% Simpsons just dont have the numbers of deer! We always have had bad luck finding them during the hunt on the simpsons.

I also agree. Far less deer, but much more secluded hunt. Might be worth a scout.

utarchery · Jun 4, 2022

PM sent

utarchery · Jun 4, 2022

Trix4me said:
Saw this one last fall

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Ha! That’s simply put!

Wannabehunter · Jun 4, 2022

Was that on the Simpson ?

utarchery · Jun 4, 2022

Wannabehunter said:
Was that on the Simpson ?

No

Giddyup · Jun 6, 2022

Saw the biggest buck I've ever seen on the hoof out there. Course that was 15 years ago. Vernon unit gets the crap poached out of it. Used to be some giants out there

D33RHNTR · Jun 6, 2022

Giddyup said:
Saw the biggest buck I've ever seen on the hoof out there. Course that was 15 years ago. Vernon unit gets the crap poached out of it. Used to be some giants out there

I always love to see comments like this ? you really believe that will all the recreational traffic that unit sees daily, deer are getting poached out there are a rate like that? Really?

utarchery · Jun 6, 2022

D33RHNTR said:
Giddyup said:

Saw the biggest buck I've ever seen on the hoof out there. Course that was 15 years ago. Vernon unit gets the crap poached out of it. Used to be some giants out there

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I was once a heavily poached area. Not so much anymore. It was hurt a lot by poachers back then and it has its affects on the deer to this day

Muley_73 · Jun 6, 2022

2020 opening morning of the archery on Simpson...37 trucks...trucks....wheelers not included. The past couple years have been a zoo.

Giddyup · Jun 6, 2022

D33RHNTR said:
I always love to see comments like this ? you really believe that will all the recreational traffic that unit sees daily, deer are getting poached out there are a rate like that? Really?

I found 6 deer with their heads cut off in 2 days gathering cows. I have a set of sheds off what would have been the new state record had it not been killed illigally. Ya I know it gets poached bad. It's not a guess

Giddyup · Jun 7, 2022

If I had the tag, I pound the lower thick cedars on pinon. Now day's your not going to get away from everyone no matter where you go. Especially a more accessible unit like Vernon. They don't kill every big buck on every unit every year. Big bucks are smart. They will watch you walk right past or drive without flicking an ear if they don't think you see them

D33RHNTR · Jun 7, 2022

Giddyup said:
I found 6 deer with their heads cut off in 2 days gathering cows. I have a set of sheds off what would have been the new state record had it not been killed illigally. Ya I know it gets poached bad. It's not a guess

Maybe the cattle pushers are shooting them? They sure do love to complain about the deer eating their feed for the cattle. Less competition = more feed for cows. Big bucks do eat more than little bucks ?

Trix4me · Jun 7, 2022

D33RHNTR said:
Maybe the cattle pushers are shooting them? They sure do love to complain about the deer eating their feed for the cattle. Less competition = more feed for cows. Big bucks do eat more than little bucks ?

$&%#+=€£!!!!! No logic there. Why would a livestock producer cut the heads off.

Giddyup · Jun 7, 2022

D33RHNTR said:
Maybe the cattle pushers are shooting them? They sure do love to complain about the deer eating their feed for the cattle. Less competition = more feed for cows. Big bucks do eat more than little bucks ?

Well maybe you're right but I know they don't hate the money they get for them tags. And the pushers don't get it the cowboys don't get it just the landowner

Giddyup · Jun 7, 2022

Giddyup said:
Well maybe you're right but I know they don't hate the money they get for them tags. And the pushers don't get it the cowboys don't get it just the landowner

I know for me personally all the landowners I didn't know out there they don't mind seeing big bucks