New note for Skookumchuck hunts

[PolarBear]

This year only Weyco is going to allow kids who draw a 667 early or late youth tag to hunt Vail without buying a permit.  Next year even the kids will have to purchase a pass to hunt a draw tag.

[haus]

Considering the amount of homes, random access points and gates along the north side of Vail I'm curious as to how or even if they are going to be able to adequately regulate the area.

[Old Man Yager]

This year only Weyco is going to allow kids who draw a 667 early or late youth tag to hunt Vail without buying a permit.  Next year even the kids will have to purchase a pass to hunt a draw tag.

Polarbear, not doubting you, just want to confirm before I pick the hunts for my kid. Where did you get this info? Thanks, appreciate it.

[PolarBear]

Got it from a buddy who went directly to Weyco and asked.  He also lives at the foot of Vail and puts his kid in for the youth buck hunt.

[Old Man Yager]

Thanks PolarBear, I appreciate the info

[PolarBear]

 
Just remember that it is for this year only!  Next year even youth permit holders will have to buy a pass.

[jackmaster]

sweet definatly putting my daughter in for that hunt, my son drew it when he was 11 and it was a blast

[madmack76]

why would someone put in for a skookumchuck permit for there kid back then its not hard to kill any thing in there I am looking forward to the lock up might be a good chance for good hunting in western wa.

[Curly]

why would someone put in for a skookumchuck permit for there kid back then its not hard to kill any thing in there I am looking forward to the lock up might be a good chance for good hunting in western wa.

Good hunting for the Weyco employees that will be buying the permits.  Most everyone else will be locked out.

And the permit hunt for a kid was probably more enjoyable due to the limited amount of hunters in there during the permit hunt.

[Old Man Yager]

why would someone put in for a skookumchuck permit for there kid back then its not hard to kill any thing in there I am looking forward to the lock up might be a good chance for good hunting in western wa.

Because before everybody hits it on opening weekend for general rifle, there are actually some good deer still showing themselves. And it's also 1 of only a few youth buck hunts available to kids under.

[jackmaster]

why would someone put in for a skookumchuck permit for there kid back then its not hard to kill any thing in there I am looking forward to the lock up might be a good chance for good hunting in western wa.

Because before everybody hits it on opening weekend for general rifle, there are actually some good deer still showing themselves. And it's also 1 of only a few youth buck hunts available to kids under.

:yeah:BINGO, the youth get to go in there the weekend before opening weekend, the first day we saw 32 deer, 3 nice bucks, my son had a bit of buck fever and missed a stud 3pt that i would have got head mounted for him, but hey thats huntn... its a fun hunt for the youth....but the numbers have decreased over the years on the vail tree farm. hopefully there permit plan help the numbers recover

[Old Man Yager]

   Thanks for the backup Jackslacker

[bobcat]

Here's what I'm wondering- knowing that last year after the draw was done, the WDFW changed the opening date for both the doe and buck Skookumchuck youth permits, because they said it conflicted with the general season muzzleloader hunt, WHY are the season dates the same this year? Are they going to change it again AFTER the draw is finished?

They have the youth permit season opening October 5th this year, which is the Saturday before opening weekend of the general season, and also opening day of the early muzzleloader elk season. Last year they had the youth hunt starting on the 6th, which was opening day of early muzzleloader elk season last year.

My cousin drew the Skookumchuck doe permit last year and I planned on taking him out that first weekend to try to help him kill his first deer. But as I said, they decided to change the permit season so that it opened the same day as the general season.

Question is, are they going to do that again this year? And if not, why not? I guess since Weyerhaeuser is limiting access to the Vail tree farm, maybe it isn't considered to be a conflict anymore? I don't even plan on hunting on Weyerhaeuser land. I have other places in the Skookumchuck unit that we will hunt.

But, it would be nice to know the actual starting date for that permit, so he can decide if he wants to put in for it or not.