Secret spots

[hunter399]

Onx maps took care of secret spots.

[HooknoseHunter]

Onx maps took care of secret spots.

Agreed, OnX maps has ruined hunting. Now you have townies venturing into places they don’t need to be. I don’t care if it’s public land.

[Rob]

Don't feed the trolls...

[gee_unit360]

First rule of secret spots, don’t talk about secret spots...

[screedler]

Onx maps took care of secret spots.

Agreed, OnX maps has ruined hunting. Now you have townies venturing into places they don’t need to be. I don’t care if it’s public land.

Ooh noo, "townies"!

[Igor]

Onx maps took care of secret spots.

Agreed, OnX maps has ruined hunting. Now you have townies venturing into places they don’t need to be. I don’t care if it’s public land.

Ooh noo, "townies"!

Is that worse than "coasties" ?

[bigmacc]

There are "secret spots" and there are spots only yourself and a few people close to you know of IMHO. I have shared a few "secret spots" with good friends over the years and those friends still hunt with us today. Secret spots may be "secret spots" to others as well, folks you don't even know, you may see signs of people in there or catch a glimpse of a person every few years etc, could be their secret spot also. With all the technology out there with online maps, OnX etc its real tough to have a "secret spot" let alone to have a spot no one else knows of. We have a few spots left that I truly believe no one else knows of, we have never seen hide nor hair nor "sign" of others in these spots except for our bunch, I may be naive for sure, but all signs point to no one else being in there. They arnt vast layouts of land by any means, just "areas" or "pockets" that have everything you as a hunter need to be successful, we are very fortunate to have had ancestors who discovered these areas back in pre 1920 and knew the old saying, loose lips sink ships, folks in the camp know this, they respect the work and effort that went into finding these areas and they still pay off today. In the hay-days of the Little Bellingham camp (1920,s-70,s) there were 100 people in camp give or take on any particular year, in the early days they pretty much had vast areas to themselves, they were friends with many of the original familys in the valley when a lot of it was privately owned, especially in the north part, a lot of what is state land now was private back in the day. My great grandparents spent months (when they weren't in Alaska) scouting many, many different areas of the valley, camping in tents, using horses and mules etc to discover many different staging areas, routes and corridors, some are still kept close to the vest to this day, some are now common knowledge, they have been described in books and studied by college kids with radio trackers to game department programs, fact is(not a brag ) that a lot  of these "migration studies" and routes were identified by my great grandparents 30-40 years prior to being made "official" and "studied", in fact they along with my dad had many conversations with bios etc sharing info with them of some of their discoveries. Most all of the "secret spots" are no longer secret for sure but we do still have a couple places 'no one else knows of' , at least I like to think that

[idaho guy]

Onx maps took care of secret spots.

 

  this has been sadly true for me. But know I am using it to find other peoples "secret spots" -adapt or die 

[fishngamereaper]

Glad I still have a couple secret spots...never show all your card's.

[85yota]

Although im 31 I remember the days pouring over paper maps and driving roads navigating with old maps..honestly those days were better and finding honey holes and random trails to lakes took time and effort whereas now with WTA onyx and others certain spots are ruined to an extent..finally talked to my friends again today and he still doesnt seem to understand my side fully and asked if were still going to that " other" spot.. Made up some excuse but I said we can hike another spot from your trail book.. It is what it is I would surely say hikers are worse than other hunters.. Luckily our group has there lips sealed.. So far at least.

[archerykraze]

Hunted the same farmer's field all through high school and into my 20's with no issues. Took a buddy out with me that I taught how to duck hunt. The next year I was told by the farmer the field was leased out. Buddy called me to go duck hunting in that field and I told him we don't have permission anymore. He told me he leased it out and I can only go there with him since he's on the lease. Not a buddy anymore. Took another guy from work deer hunting in an area I know very well. Now he has a camp there with 15 guys and they plug up my hot spots every morning where I know the deer move through. I've moved on to greener pastures but leaving an area with 17 years vested to learn really hurts deeply.

[pianoman9701]

I don't mind sharing my secret spot, especially for all the new guys. N47.40'08" W122.21'02". There may be a firearm restriction in place. Take a bow. You're welcome, newbies!

[Rob]

Hunted the same farmer's field all through high school and into my 20's with no issues. Took a buddy out with me that I taught how to duck hunt. The next year I was told by the farmer the field was leased out. Buddy called me to go duck hunting in that field and I told him we don't have permission anymore. He told me he leased it out and I can only go there with him since he's on the lease. Not a buddy anymore. T

Wow...  that was a crap move.

[Skyvalhunter]

Really you don't need or want "so called friends"  like that. What comes around goes around

[hunter399]

Onx maps took care of secret spots.

 

  this has been sadly true for me. But know I am using it to find other peoples "secret spots" -adapt or die 

Totally agree
We as "hunters" are always in someone's spot.