Hunting public lands west of the Cascades can be a little claustrophobic at times. Nice to have a little season early on where you can still reliably get up high enough to get out of the trees.
Only had one day free this weekend and only saw a coupe of does, but well worth the early start and scramble by headlamp.
Posted Sep 18, 2016, 9:18 PM UTC
Do the woods get pretty busy over there?
Not too much in the wilderness areas like where this is, no.
I only saw one other person in the whole of Tull Canyon all day (another hunter), and I did hear some shot in the AM from that general area. There were about 5-6 cars at the trailhead but some of those were probably campers going out to silver lake in the valley to the east. I only saw one tent set up in the two areas where people would generally set them up and I think that belonged to the other hunter.
It's a pretty decent hike to get in, trailhead is about 3200', you enter the canyon at about 4600' and finally top out at about 6000' if you go all the way to the head of the canyon, with probably 6 miles or so from car to rim.
You don't have to be in tip top shape, but you do need to be able to hump a load up and over to hunt out there and that helps thin the crowds.
Love that area. Hiked thought there last summer. Good luck.
Awesome view!