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Offline khunter#1

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Anyone hunt the Cowlitz River?
« on: January 21, 2014, 10:09:47 AM »
I've looked online for information on duck hunting the Cowlitz and didn't find much information. Anyone hunt it on here?, much luck?, Any information would be helpful, Thanks  :)

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Re: Anyone hunt the Cowlitz River?
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2014, 06:36:09 PM »
pretty slow on the river itself... permission is tuff to get along the fields as well. usually not worth the gas.
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Re: Anyone hunt the Cowlitz River?
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2014, 09:56:19 PM »
I hunt it a few times each year but it's been terrible slow this year. Even for mergies.
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Re: Anyone hunt the Cowlitz River?
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2014, 12:46:38 AM »
Kinda new to the whole duck hunting thing, and I don't really know where to go. I've heard lots of people hunt Wildlife Refuges, is this true? Does it get overcrowded? Any advice would be great, Thanks, Kyle

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Re: Anyone hunt the Cowlitz River?
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2014, 09:06:44 AM »
i've never gone down there just to hunt, but i've been known to pack a shotgun in the boat as there can be some ducks in the backwaters around blue creek at times.
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Re: Anyone hunt the Cowlitz River?
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2014, 10:00:40 PM »
Ive spent a lot of time on the Cowlitz fishing and drifting and am actually moving to property that is right next to the river next week (exclusively from the Mayfield damn down to Toledo, and the upper lakes) I've done some jump shooting on the river and have shot a few ducks while floating down it fishing, but have never intentionally set up on it. I have seen group of 3-4 screaming up and down the river from time to time, but I'd say that you better have a really good dog and set up where there's not much current, because my concern would be retrieving what you shoot in a lot of areas that I'm familiar with. That being said, there are a number of side channels and back sloughs you could set up on and do pretty well I think IF you can manage to garner permission. that is really the challenge, because most of the land around the river is private or hard to access.
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Re: Anyone hunt the Cowlitz River?
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2014, 11:45:31 PM »
Wow thanks for all the replies, helped a lot!

 


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