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Offline STIKNSTRINGBOW

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Re: Probably a dumb ?
« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2011, 09:12:35 AM »
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Getting even with me for ruining your "secrets" ??
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Nope, hoping he will learn it and share info with me.
Well, I tried to get together with you last year for some calling lessons (Bear).....
If you want to look around for some Easterns w/ me this year (or calling lessons if I draw again) we'll have to figure something out.
I will be in my same area, I have a score to settle with a tom that has beaten me 3 years in a row....
The biggest problem I have with the Turkeys is there seems to only be a few, I see lone tracks, a few droppings and only hear gobbles once in a while, and usually before season.
I do not call to them AT ALL until season, not even locator, but they clam-up anyhow.
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Re: Probably a dumb ?
« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2011, 09:25:11 AM »
If I were you I would go to elk heights with gas prices and everything it would be the best. Last year I got a gobbler there it had a 8 1/2 inch beard and there was alot of turkeys gobbling to so that would be your best bet.
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Re: Probably a dumb ?
« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2011, 09:28:43 AM »
SSHHHH !!
THERE ARE NO TURKEYS IN ELK HEIGHTS !!!  :bash:
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Re: Probably a dumb ?
« Reply #18 on: March 23, 2011, 04:05:10 PM »
Quote from: STIKNSTRINGBOW on March 23, 2011, 09:12:35 AM
Quote from: billythekidrock on March 22, 2011, 04:35:09 PM
Quote from: STIKNSTRINGBOW on March 20, 2011, 10:22:37 AM
Quote from: billythekidrock on March 20, 2011, 05:44:03 AM
Lincoln
Getting even with me for ruining your "secrets" ??
 :chuckle:


Nope, hoping he will learn it and share info with me.
Well, I tried to get together with you last year for some calling lessons (Bear).....
If you want to look around for some Easterns w/ me this year (or calling lessons if I draw again) we'll have to figure something out.
I will be in my same area, I have a score to settle with a tom that has beaten me 3 years in a row....
The biggest problem I have with the Turkeys is there seems to only be a few, I see lone tracks, a few droppings and only hear gobbles once in a while, and usually before season.
I do not call to them AT ALL until season, not even locator, but they clam-up anyhow.


Yea, last year it seemed like when I could go you couldn't and vice versa.
I am up for trying it again this year.
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Re: Probably a dumb ?
« Reply #19 on: March 23, 2011, 09:46:52 PM »
There are not any turkeys along I 90 only on it!!!   :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Re: Probably a dumb ?
« Reply #20 on: March 24, 2011, 11:33:53 AM »
eMac  I am having the same issue this year.  My first son (child)  is due the first week in May and I don't want to be in the field NE of Spokane if my wife goes into labor.  I am looking for a place to go within two and a half hours drive of King County.  I got one last fall in Elk WA on some private land but clearly won't have that opportunity this spring.  Just don't wanna be 5 or more hours out if the wife goes into labor.  I was thinking near cle elum or liberty.  Father in law has seen turkey near lion rock for years but always in the fall.  Can't go opening weekend because of work.  Ohhh what to do what to do.
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Re: Probably a dumb ?
« Reply #21 on: April 02, 2011, 07:19:05 AM »
I've scouted twice in outside Cle Elum, Thorp and Ellensburg area in the past couple of weeks. Never found or heard any turkey in the area. My guess is if there is any birds, then they are still in Winter mood or deeper into the mountains. I'm still going to give it a shot on the 15th as this is the only place that i can camp and be able to fit my 5th wheel in.
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Re: Probably a dumb ?
« Reply #22 on: April 02, 2011, 01:10:29 PM »
Quote from: kevinp16 on April 02, 2011, 07:19:05 AM
I've scouted twice in outside Cle Elum, Thorp and Ellensburg area in the past couple of weeks. Never found or heard any turkey in the area. My guess is if there is any birds, then they are still in Winter mood or deeper into the mountains. I'm still going to give it a shot on the 15th as this is the only place that i can camp and be able to fit my 5th wheel in.
Another problem I have with there, I have seen a lot up Manastash, but they dont open the gate until May.
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Re: Probably a dumb ?
« Reply #23 on: April 02, 2011, 07:34:16 PM »
Quote from: STIKNSTRINGBOW on April 02, 2011, 01:10:29 PM
Quote from: kevinp16 on April 02, 2011, 07:19:05 AM
I've scouted twice in outside Cle Elum, Thorp and Ellensburg area in the past couple of weeks. Never found or heard any turkey in the area. My guess is if there is any birds, then they are still in Winter mood or deeper into the mountains. I'm still going to give it a shot on the 15th as this is the only place that i can camp and be able to fit my 5th wheel in.
Another problem I have with there, I have seen a lot up Manastash, but they dont open the gate until May.

We hiked around Manastash last Wednesday and heard nothing. It's a long walk when you have to park at the gate. We talked to a local guy that said the gate opens this week now. We used to go back there years ago before they changed the dates to may. Not sure if i believe the guy or not. There are other ways to get in there from the back side, but it's a long drive on muddy roads. see you out there!!!
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Re: Probably a dumb ?
« Reply #24 on: April 02, 2011, 11:27:44 PM »
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We hiked around Manastash last Wednesday and heard nothing. It's a long walk when you have to park at the gate. We talked to a local guy that said the gate opens this week now. We used to go back there years ago before they changed the dates to may. Not sure if i believe the guy or not. There are other ways to get in there from the back side, but it's a long drive on muddy roads. see you out there!!!
as far as I remember, if you read the sign, it says absolutely no entry, did they change it ?
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Re: Probably a dumb ?
« Reply #25 on: April 03, 2011, 07:11:22 AM »
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We hiked around Manastash last Wednesday and heard nothing. It's a long walk when you have to park at the gate. We talked to a local guy that said the gate opens this week now. We used to go back there years ago before they changed the dates to may. Not sure if i believe the guy or not. There are other ways to get in there from the back side, but it's a long drive on muddy roads. see you out there!!!
as far as I remember, if you read the sign, it says absolutely no entry, did they change it ?

There are no signs posted at the gate anymore. ALso we were told by the local guy, that the forest service no longer opens and closes the gate. There is a local guy that lives on the road when your driving out there that opens it now. Again I dont know if this guy is totally correct ? I'm going to make a trip out there on the 13th or 14th to see if the gate is open. I'm still setting up camp on W. Tatum Rd. and traveling out from there.
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Re: Probably a dumb ?
« Reply #26 on: April 03, 2011, 12:35:32 PM »
If it's Maloy Rd., then I found out this morning that it is open, but jam packed with shed hunter. Lot of that state ground is still closed to motorized vehicles, until May 1, the state won't care how you got there, and still write a ticket. So be aware.
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Re: Probably a dumb ?
« Reply #27 on: April 04, 2011, 09:03:05 AM »
Quote from: Hilltop123 on April 03, 2011, 12:35:32 PM
If it's Maloy Rd., then I found out this morning that it is open, but jam packed with shed hunter. Lot of that state ground is still closed to motorized vehicles, until May 1, the state won't care how you got there, and still write a ticket. So be aware.

The road i was thinking of is called Audubon RD. I believe its the road above Maloy RD that heads more North. There is a gate about a mile past all the homes. Have you seen if that gate is open yet?
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Re: Probably a dumb ?
« Reply #28 on: April 06, 2011, 12:54:34 PM »
If this is helpful I found information on the WNF site about road closures.

"...Visitors to the Okanogan National Forest should carry a current copy of the Okanogan Access and Travel Management Plan Map, showing which roads are open at this time of year.  Just because there isn’t a sign or a gate blocking a road doesn’t mean that a road is legally open yet."

http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/wenatchee/recreation/report/index.shtml#cleelum

http://cleelumtrails.com/

Happy hunting
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