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Re: Busy Morning at Shilapoo
« Reply #15 on: November 15, 2012, 10:19:09 AM »
it is a difficult area to put blinds, but you can create hunt areas.  It is done with success in OR/CA and although i am not in favor of it, places like Shillapoo would be a good place to do it.

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Re: Busy Morning at Shilapoo
« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2012, 10:26:43 AM »
it is a difficult area to put blinds, but you can create hunt areas.  It is done with success in OR/CA and although i am not in favor of it, places like Shillapoo would be a good place to do it.

I'm not saying we should do Shilapoo like Ridgefield. The question was asked how would you do it. I think it's just going to be a crowded area and that's OK as long as people are respectful of each other and understand when they need to move on.
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Busy Morning at Shilapoo
« Reply #17 on: November 15, 2012, 12:31:19 PM »
to instill some sort of order...

Show me hunting area in this state with order. You can build blinds, put in a chip draw, install a reservation system, probably make it worse. Look to Ridgefield for a perfect example. If you actually hunt Shillapoo, you will realize that blinds would kill that area.

Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge

It's also run by the Feds, not the state. Real success would be Sauvie island.

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Re: Busy Morning at Shilapoo
« Reply #18 on: November 22, 2012, 07:40:03 AM »
Is Shilapoo flooded now?  I haven't hunted there in years, but I like hunting ducks there when they flood it around Thanksgiving.  I'm heading down there today from Tacoma for the holiday and wouldn't mind hunting tomorrow a.m., but I don't want to bring my gear and get up at 4am if there's no water there. 

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« Reply #19 on: November 22, 2012, 06:51:25 PM »
Not much for water, they were still pumping it out Tuesday.

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Re: Busy Morning at Shilapoo
« Reply #20 on: November 25, 2012, 01:28:46 PM »
Decided to give it a try, and there was definitely enough water. Flushed lots of birds out of there in the pre-dawn.  Managed to get my first bird, a hen pinnie, with my 1902 Lefever FE 12ga damascus sxs,  right at dawn (one shot over the dekes, BOOM, splat.  Very satisfying) and then my wife called shortly after and said my setter escaped from the back yard of the in-law's house where we were staying, so I had to hurry back and go find him (which I did, thankfully).   So, a half hour was all I had, but I enjoyed it  I used to hunt Shilapoo all the time when I lived in Vancouver.  Hope I can try it again before it freezes over. 




 


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