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Offline murph13

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Vail Access
« on: October 15, 2010, 05:49:23 PM »
Does anyone know which gates will be open tommorrow.  I walk in from a closed gate and was wondering how long it will take for the masses to get to my area.  If the only open gate is the vail side, I will be alone for quite awhile. Thanks

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Re: Vail Access
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2010, 05:54:21 PM »
the steamplant gate will be open and i think thier opening northfork 6am

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Re: Vail Access
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2010, 06:16:42 PM »
the steamplant gate will be open and i think theyre opening northfork 6am

Yup, around an hour before shooting light
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Re: Vail Access
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2010, 06:25:45 PM »
Hey thanks guys, sounds like the rigs will be rolling in shortly after shooting light then......not what I was hoping for......

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Re: Vail Access
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2010, 08:45:03 PM »
You'd better be in line yesterday if plan on hunting before noon...

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Re: Vail Access
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2010, 09:02:48 PM »
maulqueen gate opens @ 6:00 a.m.(thats where game check usually sits) a lot of weyco,. employees are already camped in there..good luck to all

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Re: Vail Access
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2010, 11:38:57 PM »
CAn't wait to hear the report, one of these years I need to check it out for myself, I hear all the stories about how crowded it is, just doesn't seem like it could be all that popular but maybe it is. 

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Re: Vail Access
« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2010, 04:51:24 AM »
Well out of all the hunters in the Puget Sound area, probably half of them that don't go to eastern Washington, go to Vail. That's how crowded it is.   :o

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Re: Vail Access
« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2010, 04:47:09 PM »
I'm glad I've never been there. Sounds like a great place.....to avoid.
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Re: Vail Access
« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2010, 05:27:07 PM »
never hunted it, but i can remember driving up to the skookumchuck river to look around on a weekday morning during modern season  :yike: it reminded me of the banks of the puyallup river during a humpy run.
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Re: Vail Access
« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2010, 07:43:54 PM »
does anyone know are they opening north fork sunday morning?

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Re: Vail Access
« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2010, 08:48:40 PM »
nope. they only open the main line and the E 150 gate.
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Re: Vail Access
« Reply #12 on: October 16, 2010, 10:17:46 PM »
I was there today. It was busy, no doubt, but it didn't seem as bad as I've been reading.

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Re: Vail Access
« Reply #13 on: October 16, 2010, 10:29:39 PM »
I was there today. It was busy, no doubt, but it didn't seem as bad as I've been reading.

So how many deer did you see?

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Re: Vail Access
« Reply #14 on: October 16, 2010, 10:35:22 PM »
I saw one Jeep in Rainier with 4 guys in it and a tiny deer on one of those trailer hitch mounted cargo baskets that came out of Vail. 

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Re: Vail Access
« Reply #15 on: October 16, 2010, 10:59:32 PM »
I was there today. It was busy, no doubt, but it didn't seem as bad as I've been reading.

So how many deer did you see?

No Bucks, just 8 does in one small area.

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Re: Vail Access
« Reply #16 on: October 17, 2010, 04:16:19 PM »
Over the 2 days saw 13 does and a coyote. Anyone know how many deer came out of there this weekend?
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Re: Vail Access
« Reply #17 on: October 17, 2010, 04:27:57 PM »
saturday had 34 deer come out at 4ish when i left.

i seen 5 deer, one spike which i passed on

 


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