Lick Creek

[jackelope]

I took a drive up into the Lick Creek unit on saturday. Made it about 6 miles in from the National Forest boundary off of the Peola Road before I decided I didn't want to chain up or risk getting stuck. I turned around where the truck tires ended and the snowmobile tracks continued. I don't know the elevation where I was at but maybe around 4k feet. a mile or 2 past the turnoff for the Big Spring campground. This is a lot of access compared to the last 2 years where I couldn't even make it to the boundary. 2 years ago I couldn't make it there on the turkey opener.
Anyway, there was a pretty fair amount of snow up there where I stopped....maybe a foot or so and there was some new snow from Friday night.
I haven't heard of anybody on here with a Lick Creek tag but figured I'd share what I had.
 

[bigpaw 77]

Thanks for the info. I have a lick creek tag, and plan on going over this weekend to scout. I have been wondering about the snow up there though. I might go in from Asotin. Any idea how far up one can get from there. Thanks - Jeremy

[jackelope]

I imagine you'll get a good amount of ground covered from the Asotin side. My thought was to run from peola around to the 40 road. that didn't happen obviously.
You've still got a couple weeks so you will hopefully lose some snow over there.
good luck and keep us posted on your hunt!

[Karl Blanchard]

My wife drew Lick Creek also.  We'll be up there every weekend due to her not having any vacation.  How is the turkey hunting pressure in that area?  I am kind of concerned about running into people everywhere we go.

[bigpaw 77]

Thanks again for the info. I will be going down there on saturday and will let you guys know how it is from the Asotin side. BLRman I had this tag in 2005 and we did not see many people, a few turkey hunters and only a couple bear bunters. It's a big unit and once we get into may there should be more room for everyone to roam. I did talk to a biologist on monday, he said it should be a great spring for bear hunting. He also said bears are starting to come out now. He did mention, however that there is not a large amount of bears in  Lick Creek. I think we are going to have to work hard to get a few out of there. Good luck -Jeremy