Skookumchuck area

[kweedon]

I was on a drive the other day and came across the skookumchuck upland bird hunting area. Anyone ever hunted out there? And if so is it any good?

[Stilly bay]

It is a pheasant release site. It gets pounded pretty hard and the birds run off the property into the surrounding woods where they keep running.
I haven't been there in a few years but the cover really sucked on half of the site, it was like a golf course.

[Birdguy]

   Same as I remember it. It was better than our clear cuts full of sticks, tree tops and skidder turn around holes, but one was grass field 4" high up to the blackberries along the river and the other side was alder thickets with small clearings. I will say I went down to join a couple friends and had a good time but it is another site that with a little work and planning could be a LOT better  . It is a release sit so if you expect that you will be fine.

[kweedon]

I havent done any upland bird hunting at all. other than shooting a grouse or two when im deer hunting. I was hopong it was a good beginner spot. do you know of any good areas for a beginner in the thurston/lewis county area?

[Stilly bay]

Scatter creek or fort lewis near Tenino, neither places are a secret. people seem a little more well behaved on Ft lewis.
 Scatter creek gets better exponentially once the creek floods and if your willing to bust brush.

[Bullkllr]

  Same as I remember it. It was better than our clear cuts full of sticks, tree tops and skidder turn around holes, but one was grass field 4" high up to the blackberries along the river and the other side was alder thickets with small clearings. I will say I went down to join a couple friends and had a good time but it is another site that with a little work and planning could be a LOT better  . It is a release sit so if you expect that you will be fine.

That about sums up the area.

[akirkland]

Skookumchuck is a nice change of scenery for hunting wet side prairie chickens. It gets pounded. Birds cross the river. Birds get into the timber. It has its ups and downs. I like it from time to time. I go in after the big push and pick up birds from time to time. Tree lines, river edge and across the river holds the most birds in my opinion.