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Klickitat?
dawei:
Time for an update: I hunted all over the Klickitat Wildlife Management Area Tue-Fri, 04/15-04/18. (I had zero success getting permission to hunt on any private land; despite being a disabled veteran & having a WDFW Disabled Hunter Placard in my vehicle.) I hunted off Soda Springs Road, Klickitat River Breaks Road, & the old Klickitat River Road behind Leidl Park. I tried all of my locator calls, & every turkey call in my arsenal; to no avail. I heard not a single yelp or gobble in four days of hard hunting. Every hunter I encountered (11) experience was similar to mine; nada. I talked extensively to the KWMA Biologist & the WDFW Enforcement Officer. Their take was:
• The winter was extemely hard on area wildlife. (I found numerous winter kill deer)
• Turkeys migrated to far lower elevations in the Klickitat River Valley.
• Both felt turkeys would migrate back up the valley with warmer weather & greenup.
For now I'll pursue Easterns in the Skookumchuck Valley. I'll try Klickitat again the second or third week in May; maybe then I can tag a Merriams Gobbler. I'll keep you posted.
coastalghost:
Thanks for the update.....great information for me as I usually hunt the Klickitat for turks.
taylorpz:
I've had same experience in Klickitat. Been working Soda Springs and Breaks in the WDFW area. Got one single gobble on 4/16, almost all the way down by the river, then nothing else. Last week, saw a couple toms trotting down the road but couldn't get them interested. Heard a couple gobbles just before dusk but couldn't get anything going next morning. Went out today and didn't see or hear a darn thing. Think I'm just going to wait a couple more weeks so that I quit spending my gas money.
Be curious to see if anyone has actually had any success in Kilickitat to date?
dawei:
--- Quote from: taylorpz on May 01, 2008, 09:36:06 PM ---I've had same experience in Klickitat. Been working Soda Springs and Breaks in the WDFW area. Got one single gobble on 4/16, almost all the way down by the river, then nothing else. Last week, saw a couple toms trotting down the road but couldn't get them interested. Heard a couple gobbles just before dusk but couldn't get anything going next morning. Went out today and didn't see or hear a darn thing. Think I'm just going to wait a couple more weeks so that I quit spending my gas money.
Be curious to see if anyone has actually had any success in Kilickitat to date?
--- End quote ---
Me too!
Jerbear:
For those of you that hunt down Soda Springs Road, stop by. My house is the second place on the right. Have a red barn. If you need water and we are not home. help youself. There is a frost free by the barn. Anyway stop by. It is raining off and on today. I am going to start hunting next week. Have killed turks on the opening days several times. Not the last two years. We had 11 deer walk across our lawn this morning. One was a very nice 3 point. Yep. Still had his rack. Go figure.
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