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Offline PolarBear

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Re: Vail Tree Farm Help!
« Reply #60 on: January 17, 2009, 05:44:02 PM »
then for the "meat hunters"  you could have  a doe day like was done years ago. :twocents:

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I couldn't even imagine the amount of bucks killed during the old "Doe day". I remember family friends killing monster bt bucks on the last day of doe day even though they never saw a horn. Brown it's down is not good for the herd quality.


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I knew too many folks who used "doe day" as an excuse to poach.   :bdid:


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Re: Vail Tree Farm Help!
« Reply #61 on: January 17, 2009, 05:49:33 PM »
they didnt have antler restrictions back then.its  not hard to tell the difference between a doe and a 3 point or better.

Antler restrictions only work on honest hunters. Just look to the Eastside. How many times do we hear about someone finding a big two point killed and left to rot because it didn't have a third point? There would still be lots of bucks (legal and non legal) killed if F&G goes back to a doe day.





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Re: Vail Tree Farm Help!
« Reply #62 on: January 17, 2009, 05:52:19 PM »
 first of all poachers dont need much of an excuse to poach.second if your only options for a harvest are either a doe or a 3 point or better, i dont see alot of poaching going on. :jacked:  sorry about the thread jack.
you cant eat the horns, but backstraps look like crap on my wall!!!!

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Re: Vail Tree Farm Help!
« Reply #63 on: January 17, 2009, 07:53:25 PM »
Yah I know a guy who snuck up there during late archery and said he saw 2 of the biggest blacktails hes seen....then he got chased out by security.

So does that mean you can't scout it out in the off season? I'd be on a bicycle. I don't want to drive all that way if they will just kick me out. Does that also mean I can't ride a bike in when they lock the gates during the weekdays during the modern firearm season?
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Re: Vail Tree Farm Help!
« Reply #64 on: January 17, 2009, 08:00:21 PM »
you can scout on a bike if you want.the example brought up was probably because the woods were closed to fire danger.there is a weyerhauser hotline you can call in the summer to check and see if the woods are open
you cant eat the horns, but backstraps look like crap on my wall!!!!

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Re: Vail Tree Farm Help!
« Reply #65 on: January 17, 2009, 08:06:45 PM »
Thanks for the quick response!
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Re: Vail Tree Farm Help!
« Reply #66 on: January 17, 2009, 08:10:31 PM »
Biggest BT's I have ever EVER seen wre in Vail, BUT they were in an area that is never open. It is in the area of Vail that is the easiest to walk into tho.
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Re: Vail Tree Farm Help!
« Reply #67 on: January 17, 2009, 09:27:51 PM »
Biggest BT's I have ever EVER seen wre in Vail, BUT they were in an area that is never open. It is in the area of Vail that is the easiest to walk into tho.
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Re: Vail Tree Farm Help!
« Reply #68 on: January 17, 2009, 09:28:27 PM »
Yah I know a guy who snuck up there during late archery and said he saw 2 of the biggest blacktails hes seen....then he got chased out by security.

So does that mean you can't scout it out in the off season? I'd be on a bicycle. I don't want to drive all that way if they will just kick me out. Does that also mean I can't ride a bike in when they lock the gates during the weekdays during the modern firearm season?

Could have been in an active logging area too.?

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Re: Vail Tree Farm Help!
« Reply #69 on: January 18, 2009, 08:27:05 PM »
I should of mentioned he snuck up there in a vehicle lol sorry about that.
Bofire, are you talking about an area that is never open to hunting or to vehicle traffic?

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Re: Vail Tree Farm Help!
« Reply #70 on: January 18, 2009, 08:31:14 PM »
Is it accessible by Tram Bofire?

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Re: Vail Tree Farm Help!
« Reply #71 on: January 18, 2009, 08:37:40 PM »
i was gonna walk in 2 years ago during the week and got kicked out before i made it in on the main road off vail loop. was told by loggers that access is not allowed along the main lines during the week when there is active logging. the trucks go flying down the main lines

 


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