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Darren - this is wild man. I came here to post almost the exact thing. No stranger to the backcountry, I've been backpacking my whole life and on a few hunts with friends.Looking to hunt big game in the high backcountry. Looking to harvest some good, organic meat for my family.I'm also in Seattle. Perhaps Darren and I can buy someone a couple of beers and just start comparing notes as a first step?
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Quote from: zkhowes on May 16, 2014, 10:38:04 AMDarren - this is wild man. I came here to post almost the exact thing. No stranger to the backcountry, I've been backpacking my whole life and on a few hunts with friends.Looking to hunt big game in the high backcountry. Looking to harvest some good, organic meat for my family.I'm also in Seattle. Perhaps Darren and I can buy someone a couple of beers and just start comparing notes as a first step?Haha, that's awesome. Sounds good to me. Do your friends hunt in Washington or elsewhere?
I don't live down in Seattle, but I'm down in Fremont on Monday evenings for some music lessons. I can meet from 5-6pm in Fremont before my lessons if that works. I like free beer, and i love to talk about hunting. I don't have the time to "mentor" but I can give you the basics. I was in your boat a number of years ago, trying to learn how to hunt from scratch. Had my license and .308 and wanted to kill a deer. If you have those things (or comparable) and add in willingness to spend a lot of hours of walking around the timbered hills you see on the horizon you can definitely end the season with some good wild meat in the freezer (I did).
Don't be discouraged though! Digital mentorship is widely available here! You will find an incredible amount of knowledge (both for hunting in general and local knowledge) on this site. Search through the forums and you can find answers to a lot of your questions, if you can't -- there are many on here willing to field your q's.