Hunting in snohomish county

[h20hunter]

Nicely done. Looks like you are onto some nice areas. I wouldn't worry about ownership of game out there. No little blackie is gonna want to mess with you. Now, big cat, maybe. However, you won't know it is there until it is clawing your face off. We'll find your carcass stashed in a tree and use your case to further promote hound hunting. So, keep at it and I look foward to being part of the search party that looks for you after the kitty eats you.

Happy hunting.

[dirty24d]

    

I'll help look too..

[ydeardorff]

Do you think no adjecent water will be a big issue?
Most of the trails, markings, and even smell were in the very dense section next to the stream. Lots of tracks elsewhere. But not like near the stream. A good shot up there would be 50 feet if I was lucky. in the lower clear cuts, 100 yards plus.

[NWBREW]

I have found small springs in the strangest places. If there is any water within a 2 mile radius I believe that would be all it would take. It looks like a good area.....I would deffenently go back.

[ydeardorff]

There were no buck sign (rubs) nor smell except in one spot. So it may well be only "a" buck is up there. But its movement in the right direction. I just need some more spots like this. I do have one other, but its a hell of a drive.

The other question i had was on tree stands. Ive never used em. But in heavily overgrown fields would they be useful, or not help much.

[grizzlyadams]

Nicely done. Looks like you are onto some nice areas. I wouldn't worry about ownership of game out there. No little blackie is gonna want to mess with you. Now, big cat, maybe. However, you won't know it is there until it is clawing your face off. We'll find your carcass stashed in a tree and use your case to further promote hound hunting. So, keep at it and I look foward to being part of the search party that looks for you after the kitty eats you.

Happy hunting.

LMAO!!!! That's funny right there.....Way to make a guy feel good about going into the woods h2O.   

[h20hunter]

Hey, I was encouraging. Really I just wanted him to say I was wrong. That way I could say oh really, he would say yeah, then, proceed to tell me exactly where this nice looking area is and to prove it suggest I come out there and see that there are no big cats walking around, just worthless bears and deer.

[ydeardorff]

Id be more than willing to share,... so long as I get the first buck out of there.
I dont have any buds to go with around here that take hunting as serious as I do. I just retired from 20 years in the Navy so Ive been gone for the last 5 years pretty much.
Anyone willing to help pack in all the gear, on a bicycle, on a 3 mile up hill trek, then trek in about a mile to hunt a 30 yard opening on foot through enough wild rose and blackberry bushes to make a hunting lab say "yeah right" is more than willing to come. I just like the peace of mind I have another set of eyes, and ears to keep a look out. Not to mention help drag the little bugger out of there through all that crap. I bet the drag out would take all night.

[bobcat]

I just like the peace of mind I have another set of eyes, and ears to keep a look out. Not to mention help drag the little bugger out of there through all that crap. I bet the drag out would take all night.

 
 
 
 
 

[ydeardorff]

So facing down the cougars by myself is a better idea? LOL (Lions, tigers, and bears, oh my!)

[bobcat]

That was in reference to dragging a deer out. To me, dragging a deer out is a very bad idea! Unless it's only 100 yards and downhill. You need to learn how to quarter or debone a deer and carry it out on your back. Or, if it's a smaller deer, do like some guys and carry the whole deer out on your back. Dragging a deer is just miserable and I won't do it anymore. You don't need to bring your animals out whole. 

[ydeardorff]

Yeah I think I would need to get some sort of garden cart to attach to my bike for the trek out. But its nearly a mile in so it should be interesting, especially for a twilight shot. Even if the buck drops on the spot, It could be several more hours in the dark before I even reached my bike to get back to my car. LOL

[bobcat]

You need a good backpack. You might get by just fine without a trailer for your bike, but either way, you need a good backpack for hauling meat. If you do get a trailer, how are you going to get the deer to the trailer?

[ydeardorff]

Any way i can. Ill be packing a flash light, and I have a mini gps unit I take with me. Im also checking out heavy duty game bags as an option for carrying it out on my back if necessary. Of course if I do get a deer, having the ole cell phone handy I can call for back up too.

[jackmaster]

i wouldnt worry to much about water holes, by the time deer season gets here there will be plenty of water around, the cart for the bike is a good idea, i have one for my bike, as for boning out a blacktail i have never done it, there is somethn about hackn a deer up in the woods that i dont like i like to get them home whole, and i have killed a few deer in my time, i have cut one in half but that bothered me as well, good luck to ya