506 willapa hills question.

[scoutdog346]

Did you say the Fossil Creek area is small?

[shadowless_nite]

Did you say the Fossil Creek area is small?

Fossil creek/grays river area in general when compared to the size of this unit is only a small portion of it. Fossil creek area (referring to rayonier timber access area) is  more than enough ground for a person to spend plenty of time hunting in. I've had the permit and it was plenty of ground for me to spend all early and late season archery in. There's a lot more to this unit. And even I have a lot of ground to learn in comparison to many I've talked to over the years of hunting it. With every timber company going the way of pay to play even I am getting worried about finding free access timberland. Pushing me more towards hunoting out of state.

[scoutdog346]

West valley rd comes off Hwy 12 about 2 miles west of Skamokawa. It is a mix of Cathlamet timber, Hancock investment group, and possibly Sierra Pacific (All open to free access-walk in behind gates).  Property is fairly cut up and boundaries can be difficult.  The area can be accessed from West Valley rd, Brookfield (top south side KM mntn) along with gates along loop rd and eden valley.  There is not enough Rayonier or Weyerhaeser property in that area to warrant purchasing any permits.

Please tell me your techniques that allows you to effectively cover so much area.
Fossil creek seems like plenty of land too me.  In addition I have a guy in my hunting group that is in better shape then 99.9% of humans in the U.S. and he hasn't came close to covering all of fossil creek...how did you do it?  PS me if u don't want to tell everone your secret.



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[olesmokey]

I would agree with shadowless_nite regarding Fossil Cr/Rayonier area as fairly small in comparison to the Willapa hills (506) unit as a whole.  It is however plenty of land to consume ones time during a season or for that matter a lifetime.  Unfortunately the hayday of that area has since past due to lack of road closure and remoteness.