Probably a dumb ?

[emac]

Ok so i have a read enough post on here and have been hunting long enough myself to understand most of the post about when people ask about hunting locations.  So i am going to go out on a limb here.  I am going to do my normal thing for turkey season this year and go back home to e. wa. and go turkey hunting.  I only got 2 days so far to do this.  I probably will get a bird like usual since they are a dime a dozen over there anymore.  Since I live in seattle now and with gas prices going through the roof I was maybe hoping somebody on here might steer me in the right direction on where to maybe hunt the gobblers on the west side.  I don't know anybody that hunts over here to ask.  Like everybody says on here don't wanna know your honey hole.  That is true with me I don't, I just don't know where to start looking over here on the west side.  Any honest replies will help.  Thanks

[cryfowl]

Farthest west I would hunt is probably around White Salmon along the Columbia.  It gets tons of hunting pressure though.  I've seen birds everytime I have been down there, and only connected once.  But be warned....for every Gobble you hear there will be a tick crawling on you.  Never seen soo many of those dang things.  Had 13 on me in one sit!!

[billythekidrock]

Lincoln

[teanawayslayer]

I don't know where you hunt in ew. But you don't have to go all the way to the ne corner.  the Cle elum and ellensburg area holds plenty of birds.  only and hour ten from seattle to cle elum. you will be spending the same amount in gas to go further west to look for a good spot.  I know if I were worried about gas I wouldn't be looking for a new spot.  Like you said in your post they are all over ew. From the time you come over the pass all the way east.

[emac]

I do all my hunting in se wa thats where i am from.  Thanks for the tips guys it is greatly appreciated.  I hate tics they are just a big pain in the ass. maybe cle elum eburg are is a good spot to start like you said its just a quick trip over the mountain.  how far over the pass do you need to go before you get into them

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Lincoln

Getting even with me for ruining your "secrets" ??
 
Actually I agree about heading to the Cle Elum area, hunting for Easterns in SW Washington will cost you as much fuel as heading up the Pass.
Few and far between, difficult to locate small flocks widely scattered from Capital Forest to Cowlitz River.
The same distance East, birds have been spotted from Snoqualmie to Ellensburg, north to Blewett Pass (don't know about Wenatchee side)

[Hangfire]

Call the DFW and ask the regional or district bio's, Wildlife agents, and regional office in Yakima and Wenatchee. They will help with general areas and will tell you if they have damage complaints

[Hank]

Lincoln

2009 Harvest reports show that there were 11 turkeys taken in this unit (501). 2010 reports aren't out yet. I would love to hunt that area.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Lincoln

2009 Harvest reports show that there were 11 turkeys taken in this unit (501). 2010 reports aren't out yet. I would love to hunt that area.

There are more Turkeys in the Blues !!  
Keep in mind, those numbers can be misleading, as some hunters hunt Lincoln County, not Lincoln GMU 501

** Harvest statistics are known to be inflated due to hunters mistakenly reporting turkey hunting activity in Lincoln County as hunting activity in GMU 501-Lincoln.

There are Turkeys in unit, good luck if you come down here, but if you see my rig parked at a gate, I am just looking for mushrooms and sheds, not Turkeys !!  

[BIGINNER]

AND I THOUGH I WAS THE ONLY ONE UP   

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Getting my gear together to go scout some gobblers right now, gotta get in there early....

[greenhead_killer]

it can be hit and miss in cle elum eburg area. ive seen them in the sage flats all the way up into the thick nasty mountain patches. just takes scouting...and gas. gl

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

it can be hit and miss in cle elum eburg area. ive seen them in the sage flats all the way up into the thick nasty mountain patches. just takes scouting...and gas. gl

We see them every year up near Tamarack Springs, but cannot get up there to hunt them until season is over b'cause the snow/ice blocking road about half way up hill,

[emac]

I am always hunting in the blues and there is no wildlife up there from turkeys to deer to elk to bear nothing all you see is hunters not going waste my time going there...thanks for helping out guys thats what makes this site so good

[billythekidrock]

Lincoln

Getting even with me for ruining your "secrets" ??
 
Actually I agree about heading to the Cle Elum area, hunting for Easterns in SW Washington will cost you as much fuel as heading up the Pass.
Few and far between, difficult to locate small flocks widely scattered from Capital Forest to Cowlitz River.
The same distance East, birds have been spotted from Snoqualmie to Ellensburg, north to Blewett Pass (don't know about Wenatchee side)

Nope, hoping he will learn it and share info with me.