issaquah deer?

[bankwalker]

so anyone hunt the issaquah area for deer this year? there is usually a bunch of talk about the deer people get out of the area but i have yet to hear anything this year.

im mainly thinking about the northwest side of tiger mountain.

also is it still firearm restricted in the area west of highway 18?

[slouch]

[bumping a thread from last season]

I'm also interested in Issaquah deer.  I'll follow up with whatever general information I discover

[backwoods_boy]

Did you guys find any info out.
Im starting to get the itch to figure out where im going september 1st for bow.

[Dmanmastertracker]

 Good luck, last year was a three ring circus of people in that area.

[backwoods_boy]

yeah that area is not in my list of top 5 places to go
 

[popeshawnpaul]

If anyone does anything wrong I'll see if I can get you out of jail.  I have the Issaquah public defense contract...   

[Dmanmastertracker]

yeah that area is not in my list of top 5 places to go
 

 Seriously, it's not just the hunters either. Twice in the last two years some A-hole was target shooting out there during the hunting season, in MY direction AND within 100yds of the highway. #$%^&*(
 Then you get the tweakers, some dude with a man-purse was following me around during archery last year, wearing shorts and a tee in the snow?!. I finally asked him what the heck his deal was and he's all, have you seen anything cool out here??? I seriously wanted to hurt the guy....

[Bob33]

Firearm restricted:
King
The area W of Hwy 203 (Monroe-Fall City), then
Fall City-Preston Rd to I-90, I-90 to Hwy 18, Hwy
18 to I-5, I-5 to Pierce-King Co. line; Vashon and
Maury islands.

[littlebuf]

If anyone does anything wrong I'll see if I can get you out of jail.  I have the Issaquah public defense contract...   

 i knew you were good for something pope 

[bankwalker]

i found some sweet area. not a single person in the area last year, never seen a boot track.

tons of does where i was hunting. and i would archery hunt it this year if it wasnt for my gf hunting.

[TeacherMan]

If anyone does anything wrong I'll see if I can get you out of jail.  I have the Issaquah public defense contract...   

  thats funny

[Dmanmastertracker]

i found some sweet area. not a single person in the area last year, never seen a boot track.

tons of does where i was hunting. and i would archery hunt it this year if it wasnt for my gf hunting.

 Believe me, if it's public land and it's in 454, it's well known.

[bow4elk]

It's a great area but you have to be creative and look where other don't...and you have bowhunt to comply with 'no shooting' zone laws, which typically don't pertain to archery, just firearms.  Be sure to check the RCW specifics for any area you want to hunt.

[Dmanmastertracker]

 This thread pops up every year on 454. There is a LOT of closed land in 454, even the NW corner of Tiger is closed. People get busted every year up there for hunting County conservation lands not open to hunting. That leaves very little area to hunt, yes it can be good, just like anywhere else, I've had luck there in the past, but have been phasing out of that area as it is also becoming very overgrown with not much browse, bear hunting is still good, though. It's just a real small area and there are a lot of lazy bee's flocking to it not wanting to drive out farther, additionally the "closed" roads are being road hunted now during the season, I've seen it each of the last 2 years now. There are enough keys to those gates that it isn't really hike in anymore, I'd like to see them blow the damn gates up in a mound of dirt.

[Skyvalhunter]

Boy you are on a roll tonight!!

[slouch]

Does anyone have information on the Snoqualmie Forest (http://www.htrg.com/htrg/manage_snoqualmie.htm)?  I haven't called yet to see if you're allowed to hunt there - I know that Weyerhaeuser used to allow people to hunt there many years ago before the sale/re-sale.  Is there any other large Region 4 private land that allows hunting for a modest pass fee?

South of us there's Vail http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/Businesses/RecreationalAccess/Washington., but I've read it is insanely overcrowded - though perhaps weekdays would be a little better.

As a final note for the other people new to this area, you might want to subscribe to http://www.wogameandfish.com/ magazine.  Seems to be an OK resource for newbs like me.

[slouch]

Oh and Im also looking at joining a range in the area, like http://www.svrifle.com/ in Fall City.  I've heard good things about them and it's only $77.50 for the last half of the year ($115/full year).  Anyone here an SVRC member? 

[Dmanmastertracker]

Boy you are on a roll tonight!!

  I'm grumpy, tore a calf muscle, been hobbling around, ball team sucks right now, not much fun.

[MooseStock]

Snoq tree farm is no longer owned by Weyco. Hancock now owns it and you can buy a yearly access pass for $200. There is a limit of 500 passes sold and you can go on the tree farm daily unless there are fire restrictions. Vail is still for the time being Weyco and unless they change it is free access on weekends only and it is a zoo because there are alot of deer on that treefarm. Some areas are walkin only on weekdays unless they are logging in that area. Hope that helped.......Les

[fishunt247]

While driving to my girlfriends house on the Platuea last weekend I saw a really nice buck in velvet in somebody's yard. I told her I was going to dress up like a Weber BBQ and sit by a flower pot during the early season. I was joking, but she didn't find it very funny. Don't think the Plateau is conducive to hunting. Sorry I didn't add anything of value to your thread, just thought I'd share.

[bankwalker]

i found some sweet area. not a single person in the area last year, never seen a boot track.

tons of does where i was hunting. and i would archery hunt it this year if it wasnt for my gf hunting.

 Believe me, if it's public land and it's in 454, it's well known.

noone said anything about public 

i met a guy last fall who has some land, which wasnt that great to hunt. but the guy next door to him allowed me access to his property this season. i scouted it quite a bit and never seen any sign of bucks in the area. but the does were everywhere.

[bankwalker]

Snoq tree farm is no longer owned by Weyco. Hancock now owns it and you can buy a yearly access pass for $200. There is a limit of 500 passes sold and you can go on the tree farm daily unless there are fire restrictions. Vail is still for the time being Weyco and unless they change it is free access on weekends only and it is a zoo because there are alot of deer on that treefarm. Some areas are walkin only on weekdays unless they are logging in that area. Hope that helped.......Les

ive hunted the the snoq farm my whole life. and my parents have hunted it 90% of thier lives. there still are some very nice deer to be had...but i can tell you that its not worth the $200 per person to access the farm. the hunting has dropped off drasticly over the last 5 years. and the cougar population as sky rocketed, ive seen 3 in the last 5 years in there and a couple warden buddies of mine say thats less then half of what they have tagged in the area. 

[Dmanmastertracker]

 It is a good place to own private land, if you can find acreage.

[slouch]

man it was so much easier finding LOTS of empty public land to hunt in New Hampshire within a 10-30 minute drive   Western (all of?) WA is a PITA in comparison.

I guess it's time to start visiting farms or driving 4+ hours to scout.  This is a little discouraging

[WDFW-SUX]

If anyone wants a toad check the flower bed at the front of Klahani @ about 430 am

[jackelope]

man it was so much easier finding LOTS of empty public land to hunt in New Hampshire within a 10-30 minute drive   Western (all of?) WA is a PITA in comparison.

I guess it's time to start visiting farms or driving 4+ hours to scout.  This is a little discouraging

you are about 20 minutes from tons of public land and about 1 hour from endless amounts of public land, wilderness, high country, etc. no need to drive 4 hours.