Hunting Washington Forum

Rough conditions this year I think, fairly warm, not much highland snow, lots of fog. I know two tag holders both shot great bucks for general but not the ones you are after with those tags. Neither had the full season to hunt. No permission to post the pics.

Maybe the last few days will turn on.

We went duck hunting last weds with 2 of my friends.

Got out today just me and the boy.

Hit 5 pieces of public land down south of us.

First spot had a truck in it, guessing some sort of late season deer hunter as I didnt see anything that made me think fellow bird hunter.

We moved on to the next spot.

Hunted it and was surprised not to see anything but looking back on it we didnt hunt the best part of the property.  Wish I had been able to pull up my OnX down there.  Will have to save a downloaded map for next time.  Definitely want to go back and check it back out again.  The spot we did hunt looked real nice and I still want to check out the other spot on the property.

2nd piece of property looked really nice and Moose put up 2 hens.

3rd piece of property we didnt see anything. However it looked really nice so we will have to hit it at least 1 more time this year if possible.

4th piece of property we put up the rooster and 2 hens as well as a small covey of quail.

I initially I didnt intend to waste my time going after the quail but Moose kept putting up beautiful singles while we hunted and when I didnt shoot he was looking at me funny afterwards.  Finally one of them presented such a great shot I just couldnt pass up taking it and we got another retrieve for the boy.

5th piece of property I put up 2 more hens.

So all in all I feel we had a good day for public land hunting.  Got into some birds.  Took our first public land rooster for the year and we got some bonus quail.  I feel anytime I hunt public and even see/flush birds its a good trip.

So you must have a multi season elk tag?

Didn't get a chance to hunt elk during modern season was thinking about giving it a go with muzzleloader was wondering will any muzzleloader get the job done or do I need to be looking for something specific hoping I can find something very affordable AKA cheap 😁

We killed big bucks in that area back in the early 2000’s. But last time we saw some elk but not much for deer