Maps

[agerber]

I called fish and wildlife and asked where to get topo maps they didnt give me a straight answer does anyone know?

[Austrian Hunter]

www.mytopo.com

[bobcat]

Look at page 92 in your 2010 Big Game pamphlet.

[spikehunter]

 Theres a big game pamphlet ??

[Jburke]

Theres a big game pamphlet ??

Also known as the hunting regs. 

[Jburke]

As for maps there are a couple ways to find them.  You can buy computer programs at cabelas, wholesale sports, etc.  Or you can use the internet, such as mytopo.com and I'm sure there are plenty of other sites.

[boneaddict]

If you want really good topomaps, use USGS Quads.   FOr the most part, they are about as accurate as they get.  They'll cost you...not that much per map really, but a map only covers a small area(which also makes them EXTREMELY useful)   Its how I hunt out of state.  I know without coming on sites like this and say ......"can you tell me where to hunt." I've never been to my unit.  If you are really hardcore, you get them all laminated so that they last out in the field. 

[Skyvalhunter]

Yea then you end up with a storage box full of laminated maps like I have. Can a person ever have enough maps?

[ICEMAN]

.... Can a person ever have enough maps?

No.

[boneaddict]

Not even.   

[boneaddict]

I think thats a passage to manhood, when you have enough maps you have to store them somehow....

[ICEMAN]

Yeah, I started with an accordian file, then onto a file cabinet drawer....

Now just a big freaking mess...      Progress!

[boneaddict]

 

[boneaddict]

I used to work with a guy that hates my guts over some maps.  He had about a dozen local green trail maps and he had them laminated.  He left them (forgot) at the front desk of the lab at the hospital I work for over a week.   They disappeared.  Imagine that....   and to this day he thinks I stole them. I already had everyone of them already laminated.  Whatever...........Bottom line, a man can get pissy over his maps, even lose a friendship over them

[ICEMAN]

Yeah,....I am famous for always having custom maps of the areas our group hunts.... I even list shooting hours on them for the year, etc.... usually have a copy ready for each hunter...  Been customizing my own with Nat Geo Topo.... So I end up with a new map each year of where ever we are hunting each species.......sort of like an archive of hunting...  Bury me in them...

[fisheral87]

We need a sticky "Map" thread.

[boneaddict]

Yep, I even have maps that are sticky

[NRA4LIFE]

REI has a computer setup where you can center the topos wherever you want.  Even show GMU boundaries if you want.  They then print on waterproof/tearproof material.  They're about $10 apiece but I have found them very handy.

[mazama]

I went to the forest service and they told me they have district maps that are more detailed than the regular forest service map.

[Cascader74]

Has anyone ever stopped by the wdfw office in Olympia to see what maps they carry?

[Wazukie]

I get mine from the private land owner(i.e a forest managment company) all the land I hunt belongs to them. The maps have everything I need.  They do a real good job mapping their land.

[bobcat]

Has anyone ever stopped by the wdfw office in Olympia to see what maps they carry?

The WDFW doesn't stock maps for hunters. Except for possibly the "Green Dot" maps. I don't know if you can get them in Olympia, but you can get them at the regional offices. I picked up one for the LT Murray Wildlife Area at the WDFW office in Ellensburg last year. They are free.

[Cascader74]

www.NationalForestStore.com