Three Corner Rock

[ponyboy156]

Sorry for gettin off the point Elksnout. I get a little carried away sometimes on forestry related subjects. I like to hunt thick reprod of 10-15 years old. Plenty of food and cover. Vantage points are definately the biggest issue. I use some stands and other times just try and find that one spot where you can see through the grain of the terrain.

...and Bobcat yeah your right at herbicide over pesticide. The only weird part is that when you take the class to be a certified applicator it winds up being a pesticide applicators license rather than an herbicide applicators license. Guess its cause many of the plants that are targeted are considered "pests". I just call them all pesticides..... maybe I should watch that.

[joethewrangler13]

About the same time I do know they had the gate closed coming up from Maybee Mines road. I think they have an upper and lower gate on that road.

Does that mean that the main road from Maybee Mines to Three Corner Rock is closed?  That would probably mean some decent hunting for those that would actually get out of the truck and hunt.  There is a lot of ground over there.  I haven't spent near as much time around Three Corner Rock in the past few years, as I once did but I used to know the area pretty well.  I actually got my first deer up there, a pretty heavy horned 2 point with eye gaurds.  The area that I got it in was on the south side of Three Corner Rock, not far from the powerlines.  The last time I tried to drive in there (about 2 years ago) that road was closed too, that may mean that a bunch of that area would be walk-in only, but I would need to get in there and explore some more.  On the subject of elk in the area, I never saw the heard but have seen sign and I know someone who shot a wall hanger up there.  I assume that the logging is off of the 1440 road, near where the trail crosses it.

[Dadbear]

Lace up your boots, put your tree stand on your back, and get in the deepest, nastiest stuff you can find. Then, plan on staying in there 'til long past dark. Never leave your stand so you can "hunt your way back to the rig". Stay put. If you really want to enjoy the experience, try this with a bow. Blacktails are amazing. Big ones are nearly completely nocturnal. Hunting for them this way isn't for everyone, but it is AWESOME.

[elksnout]

As I mentioned we come in from the gorge at Beacon Rock. No gates. There are two gates on the Maybee Mines road. One on the lower end coming from below and one from above several miles apart. I've seen them closed during fire season or when there has been heavy logging use. But they seem to be open during hunting season. Way too much action around there for me. Dadbear, that's sound advice. My son and I have tossed that idea around for far too long. There's just the country you are talking about to the east of our little chunk of land we have been hunting. Steep, heavily timbered with plenty of ground cover. Lots of finger ridges with creek bottoms. Maybe take a stand where two or three creeks come together ? Or a saddle in the ridgeline ? Come on October !!!

[Ghost Hunter]

Pesticide???  Don't you mean to say "herbicide?"  

Pesticide is a general term that covers herbicides, fungicides, germicides, insecticides, ........you get the idea   At least for those of us that have to deal with unfunded mandates

[bobcat]

Yeah I guess you're right. I looked it up and the term pesticide does include herbicides. I always thought of pesticides as being for insects, or other critters. Thanks for the education.

[shadowless_nite]

all i have to say is.... i wouldnt go back to that area to hunt. i went there with some buddies when i got started hunting (2 years ago) and we went there for modern but tons of road hunting, garbage dumps from people partying. and way too much human traffic. i know tons of people head up to there to go wheelin. hence all the constant on and off road/ gate closures through out washoulgal. as well as property owner changes and more and more sections of the washoulgal becoming private or closed to public access.

the deer there are probably pretty accustomed to human pressure whether it be from loggers plowing over everything or drunk teenagers shooting at misc crap all year round. so im sure they know very well to stay away from there and probably are most likely very nocturnal. best bet before using a tree stand is to stop guessing on trails and set out some cameras. and if your gonna set some out in that area id say if your worried someone might see it or take it then chances are your probably right.

good luck. and hopefully you find something there