Hunting Washington Forum

We hunted the Potholes nearly exclusively for many years, but mainly on foot.
I would take a boat solo for fishing mostly, but pretty much year round between bowfishing, fishing and occasionally waterfowl.
While I did get a little turned around at times there are enough landmarks to go off of in my experience. "If you can get in, you can get out" was my motto, but there were times I was ducking branches to get into some areas.
I used an electric trolling motor mainly but kept one of the little tiny 1.5 HP 2 strokes that could be sealed up gas wise in the boat if the battery got too low to fight the wind.
I don't know if it is still an issue but people started dumping a lot of stuff out there. Worse yet is they would toss stuff into the water, which REALLY sucked. Plus the druggies were getting more prominent.
We dry camped mainly with a TT.

Good job !! Nice to finally see more pics

Quote from: elksnout on November 06, 2025, 07:51:18 PM

Quote from: kball4 on November 03, 2025, 02:51:23 PM

F-250 with a diesel would not be a good option.  You'd most likely have more payload with a F-150 and the 3.5L than a F-250 with a diesel.  The only negative with the 3.5L is there's virtually no engine braking, other than that it's a great for towing.  If you really think you need something bigger than a F-150 skip the 250 and go straight to a 350.

In tow haul mode on my current F150 I have engine braking.


elksnout

Diesel exhaust brake > v6 engine braking.

FACTS! Even towing a 30' trailer coming down the pass I don't need my brakes. Diesel exhaust brake is amazing.

Well, that’s sucks, I certainly wouldn’t leave that behind.    Yeah I know the law.   Congrats on the bear!

I have the archery tag, so following along.