Leasing land?

[sweetlou]

Does anybody know of someone or somewhere to lease some land for the upcoming season? If you do PM me with what or who you know.
Thanks

[AWS]

Unless your looking for cropland for geese I sure wouldn't bother leasing duck ground.  There is so much unhunted public duck hunting in this state, it's like duck hunting heaven here.

[Kola16]

Unless your looking for cropland for geese I sure wouldn't bother leasing duck ground.  There is so much unhunted public duck hunting in this state, it's like duck hunting heaven here.

I wish I knew where unhunted land was 

[buglebuster]

 

[AWS]

It takes some serious scouting and thinking out of the box.  If there isn't a boat landing, it doesn't get hunted, if you can't drive a 16 ft boat right up to the spot, it doesn't get hunted, if you have to get out of the boat and walk it through the shallows to access another area it doesn't get hunted.  Hunt Super Sunday, during the week, if a big snow or ice storm is predicted be at the landing the night before and sleep in your truck, while the whole area is stuck at home you have the hunting to yourself and the ducks will decoy into a floating popcan.

In tidal areas stay through the low tide(get stranded ) keep your rig mobile and follow the tide in.

[huntbook]

I am moving to Washington this fall and I am excited about your hunting opportunities. I hope to trade my normal colorado elk hunting for some Washington waterfowling. Washington seems like such a big state that surely there must be some good public land hunting? Judging from some of the posts, perhaps that is a bad assumption. I'd like to try.

Otherwise, if a lease of some kind is necessary, how much does one usually have to pay for a lease? Do you have much pay per day or daily blind rentals out there?

[Kola16]

I am moving to Washington this fall and I am excited about your hunting opportunities. I hope to trade my normal colorado elk hunting for some Washington waterfowling. Washington seems like such a big state that surely there must be some good public land hunting? Judging from some of the posts, perhaps that is a bad assumption. I'd like to try.

Otherwise, if a lease of some kind is necessary, how much does one usually have to pay for a lease? Do you have much pay per day or daily blind rentals out there?

There is good public land hunting. It is just that it can get packed. I have NEVER leased land  And welcome to the site 

[wraithen]

Get a boat that fits in your vehicle and doesn't need much water. Get the bottom coated to protect it when you drag it over stuff. With this setup and can get into spots most aren't willing to try. 

[270Shooter]

It takes some serious scouting and thinking out of the box.  If there isn't a boat landing, it doesn't get hunted, if you can't drive a 16 ft boat right up to the spot, it doesn't get hunted, if you have to get out of the boat and walk it through the shallows to access another area it doesn't get hunted.  Hunt Super Sunday, during the week, if a big snow or ice storm is predicted be at the landing the night before and sleep in your truck, while the whole area is stuck at home you have the hunting to yourself and the ducks will decoy into a floating popcan.

In tidal areas stay through the low tide(get stranded ) keep your rig mobile and follow the tide in.

I killed a lot of ducks last year and hunted roughly 40 days total, limited probably 85% of those days and i can tell you that working hard to get to areas others wont go definatley helps but doesnt mean others arent willing to go there. Of course the only areas that i have experiance in are the yakama reservation and the columbia river.

[jgoetz]

There is plenty of public land.  However, the closer you are to Seattle there are plenty of other hunters as well.  I usually do alright on public land with some good old fashioned scouting and hard work.  Not going to say I never have someone come and setup right on top of me (that seems to be a weekly occurence round here).  Like others said, a lease really isn't neccesarry unless you are too lazy to put the work into it.

[h2ofowlr]

Look on craigslist.  They have some properties posted near Centrailia.  Maybe be others posted as well.

[Skagit_Hunter]

I have hunted a spot that is public for the last 30 years. No one ever hunts it. There are plenty of them around. just scout the birds.

[sweetlou]

Its not that I'm too lazy to scout, I just literally have no time. I work close to 65 hours a week. For me to lease land is just so i know where i'm going in a timely fashion and can rely on nobody else ruining my hunt for the days i do get off.
Plus, I bought a new dog this year and need a place to train him without distractions or other hunters.
Thanks for the input!

[AWS]

Sounds like a good reason to lease.  There are a few duck clubs here on the wetside,  I think Nate Johnson has some waterfowl land, Corky Smiths old place I think is still a hunt club, saw a signb there awhile ago and there are a number of others,

You might want to try over at Hunting the Refuge and go to the Wash. State forum.

http://www.refugeforums.com/refuge/forumdisplay.php?f=36

[sweetlou]

Thanks, I'll look into that. I appreciate it.