Hunting season

FastEddy · Oct 7, 2011

Nothin for me in the early season missed a cow with my bow, waiting for late season. Time to let some arrows fly:awesomework:

whatthe? · Oct 7, 2011

FastEddy said:
Time to let some arrows fly:awesomework:

And some snow.

Jeepasaurusrex · Oct 7, 2011

We're heading out Thursday after work for the East side. Going to get away from it all for a week. :awesomework:

gh3 · Oct 11, 2011

Good luck with modern season over there on the eastside i just spent all of muzzleloader deer season over there in twisp. And the last four years i hunted modern over there. Muzzleloader season was sweet though i seen maybe five rigs on frost rd the whole time. And only passed two rigs on thompson ridge. We seen lots of two points. My buddy shot at one three point and a dandy four at the end of the lake on frost rd. But didnt connect. Muzzleloader season over there was nice there was nobody there. We pretty much had the place to are selves. Well anyways good luck and happy hunting.

Jeepasaurusrex · Oct 11, 2011

We hunt up out of Mazama. Last year there were very few people up where we go. Lets hope its the same this year. :corn:

gh3 · Oct 14, 2011

I never hunted that area but i have heard of some nice deer coming outta there. I think there were some pictures of some nice bucks on the wall in the Antler in twisp last year from around that area. Good luck. Even if you dont shot one its a nice break from the everyday grind on this side of the mountains. Its nice and peaceful over there.

np205 · Oct 21, 2011

Got a doe in the back of the head yesterday, not as big as last years but still meat in the freezer.

preacherman · Oct 21, 2011

Saw a 4x4 black tail on Whidbey, I am going to try to whack him tomorrow.

preacherman · Oct 21, 2011

On another note I have killed five racoons that have been getting into my trash can over the last two nights. Boy, those buggers are TOUGH, it takes no less than four .22 rounds in the melon to stop them. One of the big males took six two point blank.

Jeepasaurusrex · Oct 21, 2011

Hunting around Mazama this year was a bust. The damn wolves have moved into that area and its a ghost town. I seen one wolf on Monday and tracks to at least 4 other animals at a different location. F' this state. I'm going to Montana next year. :mad:

ShmUDE · Oct 21, 2011

Jeepasaurusrex said:
F' this state. I'm going to Montana next year. :mad:

montana has the same issue. but at least in that state you can get a wolf tag and plug one!

Jaydog · Oct 21, 2011

Jeepasaurusrex said:
Hunting around Mazama this year was a bust. The damn wolves have moved into that area and its a ghost town. I seen one wolf on Monday and tracks to at least 4 other animals at a different location. F' this state. I'm going to Montana next year. :mad:

I hope you shot it, I also hope you won't tell me you shot it, I never shoot wolves, but if I did I would use frangible rounds :redneck:

Jeepasaurusrex · Oct 21, 2011

I had the range (452yds) and the windage (4mph left quartering) and was just about to squeeze the trigger when he entered a narrow band of trees. I waited over half an hour for him to pop his head out. But the fugger kept hiding. :mad:

Jaydog · Oct 21, 2011

Jeepasaurusrex said:
I had the range (452yds) and the windage (4mph left quartering) and was just about to squeeze the trigger when he entered a narrow band of trees. I waited over half an hour for him to pop his head out. But the fugger kept hiding. :mad:

I can't believe they are introducing wolves here, especially after what has happened to the elk herds in Montana and Idaho, wolves just kill for fun and decimate the deer and elk herds, why do they think we wiped them out to begin with :mad:

boardbysled · Oct 21, 2011

Jaydog said:
I can't believe they are introducing wolves here, especially after what has happened to the elk herds in Montana and Idaho, wolves just kill for fun and decimate the deer and elk herds, why do they think we wiped them out to begin with :mad:

I've "heard" they are reintroducing, but are they really? Or are wolf populations just coming back? Im asking this as a serious question, because I dont know the answer, and am interested.

I mean if they we're reintroducing without doing the proper studies and such, that could blow up big. Lots of people could and would loose research funding and jobs.

Jaydog · Oct 21, 2011

boardbysled said:
I've "heard" they are reintroducing, but are they really? Or are wolf populations just coming back? Im asking this as a serious question, because I dont know the answer, and am interested.

I mean if they we're reintroducing without doing the proper studies and such, that could blow up big. Lots of people could and would loose research funding and jobs.

Yes, they are reintroducing them, there is a program at the college I'm attending that is tracking and studying them, I've pondered disguising my feelings and joining the group so that I can find out where they are, I do know the ones being tracked are around the Kettle Falls area, and my buddy that lives there really wants to know their location. :redneck:

boardbysled · Oct 21, 2011

WDFW says different. So who is doing the reintroduction? Or are the wolves doing it themselves?

ShmUDE · Oct 21, 2011

boardbysled said:
WDFW says different. So who is doing the reintroduction? Or are the wolves doing it themselves?

from your link

There is no reason to bring wolves into Washington because they are returning naturally from dispersing populations in nearby states and provinces

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boardbysled · Oct 21, 2011

ShmUDE said:
from your link

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Exactly. Jaydog is making it sound as if an organization is introducing them. I am just seeing if there is any proof to someone reintroducing them, not just here-say.

If people are, it could be a huge deal, but I havent seen any evidence to say that they are.

340SHORTY · Oct 21, 2011

I used to go to Montana every year for 20 years. The tags were cheaper for a non resident than it was here for a resident tag.. You get deer and antelope also...

np205 · Oct 23, 2011

When it comes to wolves I wouldn't shoot one. I exspecially wouldn't gut shoot it so it would run off somewhere and die after a ballistic tip hit it. I wouldn't do it or tell people to do things that way, it would be wrong.

Jaydog · Oct 24, 2011

boardbysled said:
Exactly. Jaydog is making it sound as if an organization is introducing them. I am just seeing if there is any proof to someone reintroducing them, not just here-say.

If people are, it could be a huge deal, but I havent seen any evidence to say that they are.

I'll see if I can get more info, from what I was told at the college they are working with the state tracking and doing research on at least one of the packs, the person involved said to me tha they were trying to re-introduce them, maybe they used the wrong "term"

preacherman · Oct 24, 2011

We took two Island deer tonight after church.

Maverick26 · Oct 24, 2011

No pics yet of dead stuff... I have not personally got anything yet either but I am heading back over east to hunt Elk this weekend. My dad is over there right now with an Any Bull tag. Today is his first day.

My buddy Pete got a nice buck on private land somewhere over by Pullman.

Maverick26 · Oct 24, 2011

Also another group of friends hunt in Wyoming and they did well.

zukkev · Oct 24, 2011

Nice!!! :awesomework:

Maverick26 · Oct 25, 2011

A buddy that I work with sent me this this morning. He got this NICE black tail buck up in Skykomish area last Saturday. Im always impressed by a nice black tail. Enjoy.