Winston Unit?

[Fullabull]

So is pretty much the whole Winston unit under permit access only? I use to hunt just south east out of Toutle that became part of the Winston a few years ago, but on the map on Weyerhaeuser's web site shows all of the area inside the purple permit lines. I'm not about to pay $160 to hunt three days of the late season. Is any of the unit open to access that you know of?

thanks for any input...

[furbearer365]

Nope. All access fee land and private

[bobcat]

Some DNR land to the north.

[kjbecker82]

DNR and Port Blakley lands are open to hunt public hunting.


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[Fullabull]

Anyone have an entry point into the Randle? Never hunted there but it's free and closer for me.

[steeliedrew]

Get the onXmaps app for your phone. It is your friend!!!  and once you have an app membership you are able to use the onXmaps viewer on their website which is really cool! 

[kjbecker82]

Anyone have an entry point into the Randle? Never hunted there but it's free and closer for me.

There's a few spots around Huffaker Mountain in the Randle unit that are National Forest Lands. Also, Port Blakley owns a lot of land around that area so if you check their maps you can access that land as well. However, I was out in that area last weekend for late season archery and saw NO signs of elk at all. We were putting a lot of miles on the boots getting deep into the woods and still nothing. Ran into another archery hunter while making some cow calls and his report was the same...where's all the elk. Unless you have some private lands to hunt in the Randle unit, I would look somewhere else. 


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[Fullabull]

I went out yesterday, hiked six miles saw no sign at all. Next two days were to be solid rain and wind. Without sign it just wasn't worth it. Will hunt local for a deer and wait for next year on elk. Thanks for the suggestions and help.

[steeliedrew]

I went out yesterday, hiked six miles saw no sign at all. Next two days were to be solid rain and wind. Without sign it just wasn't worth it. Will hunt local for a deer and wait for next year on elk. Thanks for the suggestions and help.

Same story for us today. Between bikes and boots we put in 12.3 miles and 3,100' elevation gain. Didn't even see a grouse. And to top it off, check out this fortune I received tonight:

How's this for some irony after a tough day in the woods!? 

[Duckslayer89]

I went out yesterday, hiked six miles saw no sign at all. Next two days were to be solid rain and wind. Without sign it just wasn't worth it. Will hunt local for a deer and wait for next year on elk. Thanks for the suggestions and help.

Same story for us today. Between bikes and boots we put in 12.3 miles and 3,100' elevation gain. Didn't even see a grouse. And to top it off, check out this fortune I received tonight:

How's this for some irony after a tough day in the woods!? 

Lol... My dad told me that same fortune one year after a tough early archery deer hunt.