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Hunting plans
« on: October 22, 2008, 08:49:42 AM »
I just found out that they are cutting the corn around one of the fields I hunt!! Unfortunately I have to travel to go to a wedding this weekend. I guess I will have to take Friday off :chuckle:

Does anyone else have hunting plans this weekend?
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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2008, 10:36:50 AM »
Headed for Colfax Friday evening, will hunt saturday but the reports i'm hearing aren't real encouraging.... :( :'(

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2008, 12:54:32 PM »
Gamblin Guy,  we own ground around Colfax and our pheasant hunters all limited opening weekend.   There are a few birds around if you are willing to work for them and have access to good private land.   

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2008, 12:56:46 PM »
 Places I usally bust out a few roosters seem to be lacking in the birds. Quail and huns have be ok not great but ok.


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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2008, 01:08:27 PM »
 i'll go out a few times but not for a couple of weeks. I'll see what happens and if the birds are as scarce as I think they are it'll be on to coyotes.

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2008, 01:09:22 PM »
JJ,

I have to deliver fish to a farmer, my way of saying thanks for access.  It's not exclusive access but they are good people, I've been taking them fish for several years.  We'll be a little west of Colfax, we'll keep our fingers crossed for a few birds.

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2008, 01:33:51 PM »
We get a lot of fish, too :) :)  That is my hometown and I am related to half the county so they are probably kin.  Good luck!

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2008, 01:38:35 PM »
It's probably over done, but they seem to enjoy it.  I cant afford to lease ground so I figure it's the least I can do.  My son shot his first rooster there last year, we make at least one trip a year regardless of the number of birds just to visit.

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2008, 01:53:44 PM »
I sent you a pm.  I will be there on Friday night, but am leaving early a.m. for a Montana deer hunt.  Hopefully your son gets a few more notches in his gunbelt.
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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2008, 02:06:54 PM »
Hey JJ, did you get to have any fun with the roadhunters? I was wondering about that.


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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2008, 02:15:46 PM »
Back at ya.  Good luck in Montana.

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2008, 02:18:20 PM »
You know, it wasn't too bad this year.  I think that gas prices made roadhunting a little too expensive.   I caught a couple guys with rifles over the hood, one guy was "taking pictures" in Blaze orange, etc.  Always a little comical.   I always try to be nice, but at the same time, let them know that I could be around any corner.  It usually does the trick.  I always kinda feel for them when there are three or four legal bucks feeding 100 yards off the road and they can't shoot.  I have been on the other end of that, so I have some sympathy.  

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2008, 02:26:10 PM »
 Have to say you handle it alot nicer than I would if I was in your position. Good luck to you in Montana. Stay safe.  BTW I didnt mean to hijack this thread.


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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2008, 05:06:42 PM »
pheasant release site...lotsa quail and dumb pheasants!

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2008, 09:11:19 PM »
Pheasant Release sites are a joke.....

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2008, 03:14:35 AM »
Heading out the door for Colfax in about 1/2 hour, reports I heared were not real positive also, but I have my fingers crossed!
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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #16 on: October 23, 2008, 06:16:06 PM »
Started the weekend off right :IBCOOL:

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2008, 07:59:40 PM »
Pheasant Release sites are a joke.....

well i don't have a dog, so the pheasants have to be stupid.  that way i can see them instead of blindly walking around until i flush them myself.

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #18 on: October 23, 2008, 08:32:16 PM »
Yummy and Tasty Animal, where do you live?

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #19 on: October 23, 2008, 10:19:26 PM »
Heading to Moses. :IBCOOL:

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #20 on: October 24, 2008, 08:24:22 AM »
Pheasant Release sites are a joke.....

well i don't have a dog, so the pheasants have to be stupid.  that way i can see them instead of blindly walking around until i flush them myself.

I don't see any reason to go to a Release site if you don't have a dog.   ya know I'm just going to start my own thread on this.....

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #21 on: October 24, 2008, 11:48:44 AM »
Corn cut makes for a good morning :chuckle:

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #22 on: October 26, 2008, 02:02:09 PM »
Good work there! 

I hunted Moses Lake alot.  It can be good country as long as you have strong legs and a determined nose working for ya.

Thanks for sharing.

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #23 on: October 30, 2008, 01:10:34 PM »
I got a few Halloween treats early this year. Keep cutting that corn!

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #24 on: October 30, 2008, 01:24:40 PM »
Yummy and Tasty Animal, where do you live?

Well my home is in Selah, but I'm going to WSU so you could say Pullman.  I've been going to the Wenas release site with my bro because I came home the last two weekends in a row to hunt.

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #25 on: November 08, 2008, 05:17:42 PM »
Ever since they started releasing birds around here the guys absolutely hammer the release sites and leave my wild birds alone. I saw a lot of people pheasant hunting around Moses Lake this weekend. It was wet but no wind and not cold. I think I am going duck hunting tomorrow.


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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #26 on: November 09, 2008, 06:14:44 PM »
you seem to know your stuff shorthair .. You always produce..Congrads
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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #27 on: November 30, 2008, 09:14:32 AM »
I got a chance to take my father in law out for an hour or two this am. A good day. The one rooster had a 22+ inch tail which is pretty good for WA.

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #28 on: November 30, 2008, 05:25:50 PM »
A nice long tail is usually indicative of a wild bird from my experience hunting the Moses Lake areas.  Those Coyote Ridge birds always seem a little ruffed up.

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #29 on: November 30, 2008, 10:38:57 PM »
Good work on ALL of the birds.  I was around your neck of the woods this weekend, 4 roosteers up 0 down.  Sooooo I went chukar hunting!!!  at least I have more of an excuse when I miss.

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #30 on: December 24, 2008, 12:32:32 PM »
It was a very merry Christmas Eve morning. There is nothing quite like hunting in the snow :chuckle:

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #31 on: December 24, 2008, 12:38:05 PM »
 :tup: very nice!

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #32 on: December 24, 2008, 12:57:28 PM »
Nice job man 8)

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #33 on: December 24, 2008, 01:10:34 PM »
We were over there sunday , limits in three hours , no dog .  Perfect conditions  Fun isnt it

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #34 on: December 24, 2008, 02:47:55 PM »
nice work rougheye,
I wish I had more time to play in the snow

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #35 on: December 24, 2008, 03:00:07 PM »
No kidding  me too  .  Not very often its that easy espetually without a dog

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #36 on: January 06, 2009, 11:12:57 PM »
I have heard tales of the peasant release sites. I am glad I have only hunted away from them. It sounds like fishing hoodsport for chum!

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #37 on: January 18, 2009, 01:50:33 PM »
It is a tradition to take a pic of the last bird of the season. Here is the last rooster of my 2008/2009 season. Those are my 2 daughters and mother in law in the pic.

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Re: Hunting plans
« Reply #38 on: January 19, 2009, 01:15:08 PM »
What are you talking about Ross, there are still a few more days...lol

 


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