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kodiak06:
Be aware, before the 2025 season baiting was legal in WA and guides did have clients hunting bait so keep in that in mind when you see kill pics from different guide pages, it's a different ballgame for them now.

pd:
@Jeremyfromjtown

Do not come in September. Hunt the rain during the last week of October. The broad leaf maples will have released their leaves by then, the rain will have softened the leaves (making your stalk very quiet). Hunt the fern bottoms. Hunt the rut, the bucks will be cruising. Spot and stalk, no need for tree stands.

20-yard shots are definitely possible.

Thickly covered national forests are a waste of time. You want open canopy (older growth), with ferns.

If you are serious, keep up this thread. There are a lot of very successful bow hunters on this site. After a while they might release a bit of intel.

By the way, that time frame is rifle season. If you chose your area poorly, there will be a sea of bobbing pumpkins.

Sundance:

--- Quote from: kodiak06 on January 09, 2026, 02:37:49 PM ---Be aware, before the 2025 season baiting was legal in WA and guides did have clients hunting bait so keep in that in mind when you see kill pics from different guide pages, it's a different ballgame for them now.

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I'd be curious to know how many fewer blacktail bucks were taken since the baiting ban. Likewise, what would that number fall to if cell cameras were also restricted. Not saying I support either, but I would imagine a drastic reduction, especially for mature bucks.

kodiak06:

--- Quote from: Sundance on January 09, 2026, 03:05:06 PM ---
--- Quote from: kodiak06 on January 09, 2026, 02:37:49 PM ---Be aware, before the 2025 season baiting was legal in WA and guides did have clients hunting bait so keep in that in mind when you see kill pics from different guide pages, it's a different ballgame for them now.

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I'd be curious to know how many fewer blacktail bucks were taken since the baiting ban. Likewise, what would that number fall to if cell cameras were also restricted. Not saying I support either, but I would imagine a drastic reduction, especially for mature bucks.

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Most people putting out cell cams aren't running in and killing deer. We all know that most hunters are run and gun types on the coast and it's typically great scouting or dumb luck on mature der.... Hunters pushing cell cam bans being implemented are pretty much taking over the role of anti hunters. Baiting was banned and welcomed by some and not others but what it did was take away the joy of hunting for some, especially some disabled hunters.

addicted1:
:yeah:

Cell cameras are fun, they don’t kill deer.

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