Author Topic: bear hunting on tiger mountain on hwy 18 (Read 14165 times)

benbo30 · « **on:** January 16, 2009, 11:10:47 PM »

anyone know if you can hunt on tiger mountain (hwy 18) on the east side of highway??? my uncle keeps telling me of a buddy that hunts bear over there , was wondering if anyone knew anything about that area i live like 5 min from there ,would be awsome to hunt that area during bear season

rasbo · « **Reply #1 on:** January 17, 2009, 05:18:24 AM »

check the regs.A friend of mine did some logging out that way and the state was dropping trapped bears off there some where.

Bearhunter · « **Reply #2 on:** January 17, 2009, 05:53:10 AM »

Yes you can, and there is a lot of them, in that general area. There are so many dam bear within 15 minutes of Issaquah its not even funny, I lived there for about 3 years, and wish we had that type of bearhunting up north here. Do some scouting any youll find them!

benbo30 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 17, 2009, 10:46:21 AM »

ok thanks i want to look into it and see where i can and cant hunt

jackelope · « **Reply #4 on:** January 17, 2009, 09:32:50 PM »

it is mainly made up of units 454 and 460. there's lots of pulloffs on the road, a couple up near the summit you can park and hike in from the gates.

benbo30 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 17, 2009, 09:39:57 PM »

right on ..... hey if any of you that hunt bear in that area want to head out this august opening weekand or something let me know and if you are coming from afar yall can put your trailer on my 1 acre property in maple valley nothing fancy here preety much in the middle of town , but we can get a fire going and have some beers as long as i renew my lease then , thats when my lease ends i almost forgot

telof latzi · « **Reply #6 on:** January 24, 2009, 05:55:53 AM »

Anybody know if it's better to acces from I-90 or Hwy 18?

saylean · « **Reply #7 on:** January 24, 2009, 11:58:34 AM »

If your from MT Vernon, there is a ton of bear hunting around where you live, I wouldnt bother the drive.

telof latzi · « **Reply #8 on:** January 24, 2009, 02:43:31 PM »

I'm totally new to this. You know good spots for bear in skagit? I've gone out a couple times up and around Sauk Mt. and the Nat. Forest area east of Mount Vernon, and I've talked to clinsayrun (he got one near Hamilton). I have a TON more looking around to do, but if anybody in this area can help out, or wants to show me a thing or two come August, I'm all ears.

ponyboy156 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 24, 2009, 04:07:02 PM »

I cruised some timber up there... lots of bears. You can walk up the main road off of the 18 summit and and find the alders they bend over and chew at there trail crossings on the way up. Firearm restriction area. Last time I was up there(2004or2005) we found two bear bait setups with 2x4 stand setups and camo netting and rotten doughnuts....hmmm! Whoevers doing this better watch it as the area is used by the Green River Community College Forestry Program's forest navigation and mapping class. Basically they walk all over the East side of the mountain looking for section corners and monuments. Over the past few years the DNR's been setting up small screened (from I-90 and 18) timber sales. Nice area.... tons of people! Mountain bikers, hikers, forestry students, DNR workers and paragliders..... and a bunch of bears!

saylean · « **Reply #10 on:** January 24, 2009, 08:10:48 PM »

Quote from: telof latzi on January 24, 2009, 02:43:31 PM

I'm totally new to this. You know good spots for bear in skagit? I've gone out a couple times up and around Sauk Mt. and the Nat. Forest area east of Mount Vernon, and I've talked to clinsayrun (he got one near Hamilton). I have a TON more looking around to do, but if anybody in this area can help out, or wants to show me a thing or two come August, I'm all ears.

Nope..none at all...

(all skagit bears from last year, my families) Just put in some times scouting in the hills, you wont have too much trouble. Find berries, find bears.

Dmanmastertracker · « **Reply #11 on:** January 24, 2009, 08:17:39 PM »

East of 18 is firearm's restricted. I've seen way, way more bear and bear sign west of 18 per day spent in the woods.

benbo30 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 24, 2009, 08:38:28 PM »

kind of odd that you say firearm restricted , cause i have seen people walking in there with guns and my uncle was telling me about a guy that hunts in there for bear , but i heard you have to walk way in there to hunt

saylean · « **Reply #13 on:** January 24, 2009, 08:46:52 PM »

I'd just check the regs.

Little Dave · « **Reply #14 on:** January 24, 2009, 08:57:10 PM »

Quote from: telof latzi on January 24, 2009, 05:55:53 AM

Anybody know if it's better to acces from I-90 or Hwy 18?

Both roads have a 24 hour tow away zone. Pull all the way off the shoulder but do not block the gates. Don't bother with 90. Though there are places to park off of the exits.

Need GPS coordinates for the best spots in there?

Dmanmastertracker · « **Reply #15 on:** January 24, 2009, 09:01:08 PM »

Quote from: benbo30 on January 24, 2009, 08:38:28 PM

kind of odd that you say firearm restricted , cause i have seen people walking in there with guns and my uncle was telling me about a guy that hunts in there for bear , but i heard you have to walk way in there to hunt

Firearm's restricted: bow, shotgun. The trouble with Tiger, is it is tough to get far enough away from roads and trails to shoot with a shotgun, I hunt it with a bow, not willing to risk it but that's just me. There's hikers in there year -round. I've been as far as you can get back in there, there's still trails no matter where you go that are being used by hikers.

ponyboy156 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 25, 2009, 09:46:42 AM »

West of 18 is unit 454...Issaquah. restricted

benbo30 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 25, 2009, 09:48:46 AM »

i know about the west of 18 , im just confused on east of 18

, im gonna check the new regs. and see what it says

ponyboy156 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 25, 2009, 09:52:50 AM »

oh yeah, thats open for rifle, but.... watersheds that way and there may be only a few slivers of land open... might be fantastic if your good with a map.

Dmanmastertracker · « **Reply #19 on:** January 25, 2009, 10:01:54 AM »

Basically Tiger is firearm restricted, the opposite side of 18 is not, you threw me off with referring to that side as Tiger, it is actually the Taylor/ Rattlesnake area. There is a sliver of the Snoqualmie GMU also, north of the Raging River.
There is also a conservation area in the Northern half of Tiger that is closed to all hunting, along I-90.

benbo30 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 25, 2009, 10:02:26 AM »

well i know a guy that hunts there an gets 2 bears every year

benbo30 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 25, 2009, 10:04:12 AM »

yea i was wondering why you were saying you cant hunt there , i thought i said east side

WA_duck_Hunter · « **Reply #22 on:** January 25, 2009, 07:15:57 PM »

LOL, I am one of those Green River Community College students that goes all over Tiger. When I was looking for my section corner and timber typing I saw a bunch of Bear crap. A few other class mates actually saw bears up there.

Everyone up there from Green River will most likely be wearing there orange cruisers vest. The classes that do that though are not up there during fall bear season though.

Ponyboy are you a DNR cruiser?

ponyboy156 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 26, 2009, 07:48:39 PM »

Quote from: WA_duck_Hunter on January 25, 2009, 07:15:57 PM

LOL, I am one of those Green River Community College students that goes all over Tiger. When I was looking for my section corner and timber typing I saw a bunch of Bear crap. A few other class mates actually saw bears up there.

Everyone up there from Green River will most likely be wearing there orange cruisers vest. The classes that do that though are not up there during fall bear season though.

Ponyboy are you a DNR cruiser?

Used to be...for them and everybody else at one point in time or another. I was also one of those GRCC students stepping in bear $hit on Tiger. What year did you get through the NR program? I finished in 05, or 06

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