Swakane

[biggamehunter]

Fencing it of is fine with me. im tired of the indians and the wetside invading all of the good huntin areas.

well @ the rate they keep locking up land on the "wetside" your just gonna see more and more "wetsiders" I suggest that everyone get along and play nice. I just bring this up cause im tired of seeing people complain about the "wetsiders" or the "coasties" coming over to the eastside and hunting. I thought we were all part of the same group, people that love the outdoors and love to have a chance to harvest a nice animal?? I do apologize if some hunters from the westside have rubbed some of you the wrong way but dont lump us all into the same group. i know of lots of guys that are more than willing to lend a hand to their fellow hunter when they get drawn for say the nooksack elk hunt. and i dont think i have ever heard any of them complain about the  eastside guys. I know that it is drastically different but what can i say you "flatlanders" have better mule deer hunting then us. lol  just my   

[Biggerhammer]

Fencing it of is fine with me. im tired of the indians and the wetside invading all of the good huntin areas.

well @ the rate they keep locking up land on the "wetside" your just gonna see more and more "wetsiders" I suggest that everyone get along and play nice. I just bring this up cause im tired of seeing people complain about the "wetsiders" or the "coasties" coming over to the eastside and hunting. I thought we were all part of the same group, people that love the outdoors and love to have a chance to harvest a nice animal?? I do apologize if some hunters from the westside have rubbed some of you the wrong way but dont lump us all into the same group. i know of lots of guys that are more than willing to lend a hand to their fellow hunter when they get drawn for say the nooksack elk hunt. and i dont think i have ever heard any of them complain about the  eastside guys. I know that it is drastically different but what can i say you "flatlanders" have better mule deer hunting then us. lol  just my 

I have shot elk here where I live in Eastern  WA and on my first pack out ran into westside guys that asked if I needed help. They grabbed 3 other from the westside and made the trip back with me. We all loaded up quarters and out we came, 4 hours and some nasty stuff. Shook hands and they went back to hunting and I went home. We are all part of the same group. I would do the same in return in a heartbeat.

[biggamehunter]

I have met a lot of good guys from the eastside myself. Thought there have been quite a few times where you are in a store or resaraunt and you tell a local where you are from and you get a dirty look or the conversation stops right there. Its pretty sad that it has come to a point where i just dont mention being from the westside. i guess a few bad apples must have ruined it for the rest of us. i just get tired of the westside complaints on this site along with the native complaints.

[fishingnut71]

sorry. Im from a small town and it just isnt the way it  was 20 years ago. Yeah thats my thing BUT, it doesnt mean I like it either. It was good huntin over here earlier in the decade but not now. I hate it but deal with it!

[CountryslickR]

Went up there friday morning for the day and well we didnt see many bucks we only saw 3 and all the deer were in the cashmere area. First we hit Swakane Cyn Rd and went all the way to the top didnt see one, but lots of hunters. then we hit the Nahahum Cyn Rd and get to where it says primitive road no warning signs and there was a close gate so we turned around and i told my dad to stop and i noticed deer. Well picked up the binos and there was 2 nice shooters but then some old lady came down yelling at us and she was with her husband and the husband didnt care and the guy told us that the deer were on there land and that we cant hunt them. Thats our journey. Did anyone else see bucks or get one?

Naham is almost entirely private, or you have to go thru private to get to public...and you should have sat and glassed in the main Swakane drainage...not to sound rude, but during the entire season that area was crawling with decent bucks....sometimes just finding a ridge and glassing is key...they'll come thru..just have to be patient.....

[boonerboy]

  

[Armadillo]

 

[BAR C3]

Fencing it of is fine with me. im tired of the indians and the wetside invading all of the good huntin areas.

ARE YOU SERIOUS?  Nice attitude.  I know "wetsiders" that have been hunting that area probably longer than you have been alive.  Lets see my first hunt there was 1980 and some of the guys who took me there the first time have been hunting up there since the 50's.... and I'll leave your attempt at bigotry alone.  I am really tired of the Native bashing. 

The answer to the over crowding is not closing the GMU, it is to expand hunting opportunities in other GMU's.  Lets see, there was approx 600 hunters during late archery in that GMU last year, if you close that, where do they go... to make overcrowding in Mason and 243 even worse?  They will go somewhere... if we can expand our open areas in the 300 series GMU's, then overcrowding of this specific unit will go down... But hey lets not think.. lets just blame.

I was born a Westsider. Very small town matter of fact. It happens everywhere. We didn't like outsiders in our town. Maybe it's all our Type A personalities. Or our territorial issues. I've lived in Eastern Washington 15 years and got snubbed by many when I got here. The problem has been the ones that ruin it for others. I've watched groups of guys from the westside trespass and basically tell a farmer to screw himself.  Got them off HIS property after the cops showed up. You will find them everywhere though. I've seen them in Montana, Idaho, and etc... Those are the ones that ruin for everyone and shouldn't even call themselves hunters.
Where was everyone on being sick of bashing the Natives when I was the only one sticking up for them and wanting to fight more than one on here??

[jrebel]

Maybe I was in all the wrong spots... , but I didn't see half as many hunters as I usually do.  OH YEAH...I don't road hunt either.  I filled my tag durring a palouse hunt but hunted with a friend for 3 1/2 days and we saw tons of deer and very few hunters. 

[KopperBuck]

Fencing it of is fine with me. im tired of the indians and the wetside invading all of the good huntin areas.

well @ the rate they keep locking up land on the "wetside" your just gonna see more and more "wetsiders" I suggest that everyone get along and play nice. I just bring this up cause im tired of seeing people complain about the "wetsiders" or the "coasties" coming over to the eastside and hunting. I thought we were all part of the same group, people that love the outdoors and love to have a chance to harvest a nice animal?? I do apologize if some hunters from the westside have rubbed some of you the wrong way but dont lump us all into the same group. i know of lots of guys that are more than willing to lend a hand to their fellow hunter when they get drawn for say the nooksack elk hunt. and i dont think i have ever heard any of them complain about the  eastside guys. I know that it is drastically different but what can i say you "flatlanders" have better mule deer hunting then us. lol  just my 

Agree - except for the "flatlanders". I like the comedy, but dude, hunt my area...

I have yet to hunt elk in WA. I'm thinking the first time I might will be on the WETside. Would love to shoot a roosie. Unfortunately I think my first west bull will be in OR. Being from, and living on the dryside it's tough sometimes. We all have our alliances. But you make a good point. Besides the small town mentality, and the bad apple BS, it's just the lack of population and the saturation that happens come hunting season. But small business owners thrive on it. I appreciate it as long as EVERYBODY abides by the rules.

[coachcw]

I think of seattle hunters as beer drinking, road hunting fellas that are only worried about filling a tag . Its to bad cause theres a few that don't drink.

[biggamehunter]

Fencing it of is fine with me. im tired of the indians and the wetside invading all of the good huntin areas.

well @ the rate they keep locking up land on the "wetside" your just gonna see more and more "wetsiders" I suggest that everyone get along and play nice. I just bring this up cause im tired of seeing people complain about the "wetsiders" or the "coasties" coming over to the eastside and hunting. I thought we were all part of the same group, people that love the outdoors and love to have a chance to harvest a nice animal?? I do apologize if some hunters from the westside have rubbed some of you the wrong way but dont lump us all into the same group. i know of lots of guys that are more than willing to lend a hand to their fellow hunter when they get drawn for say the nooksack elk hunt. and i dont think i have ever heard any of them complain about the  eastside guys. I know that it is drastically different but what can i say you "flatlanders" have better mule deer hunting then us. lol  just my 

Agree - except for the "flatlanders". I like the comedy, but dude, hunt my area...

LOL. I couldnt come up with anything very witty. And might I ask where your area is? lol

[huntnnw]

I am all for making us pick "east" and "west" deer tags just like the elk

[CountryslickR]

 

[bobcat]

I am all for making us pick "east" and "west" deer tags just like the elk

I'm not sure if that would have any effect on the number of deer hunters on either side of the state.