New to the forum...

[DogGone]

I spend time on a few other fishing and hunting sites, but I've been lurking on this site, so I figured I better go legit and create an account and start posting.

Here goes my post with a brief intro: I grew up in Wyoming hunting and fishing, moved to Washington 24 years ago and can't imagine living anywhere else because of all the great fishing we have here.

Then about a year ago my son started pushing me to get back into hunting because he would rather hunt than fish, thus I started lurking around reading about hunting and trying to determine what to get him started hunting. Last month, I got him his first shotgun for his 12th birthday. We've been preparing for his first bird hunt by shooting trap. Then we started sighting my .223 in for a coyote hunt.

Which leads me to the reason that finally got me to sign up. I saw a discussion about hunting coyotes on lumber land, thus my question: How do you get permission to hunt on lumber lands for coyote hunts?

[huntnphool]

Welcome to the site

[bearpaw]

welcome.....

Some private timber lands are open to hunt, some are open but gated for walk-in only, some require acccess fees, and some are closed to hunting. It's not as complicated as it sounds. Where do you want to go and maybe someone can advise if it's open. 

[Kain]

Welcome to the site.  Which company is the land that you are looking at owned by?

[carpsniperg2]

Welcome to the site.

If you can find out the owner you can look up the number and contact them. A good chunch of them are open to the public or sell use permits

[ICEMAN]

      A good chunch of them are open to the public or sell use permits

Chunch?   

[bearpaw]

      A good chunch of them are open to the public or sell use permits

Chunch?   

he must have meant "bunch"...

[ICEMAN]

Yeah, I was having a pretty hard time even pronouncing "Chunch".....   

[Raul Duke]

Welcome to the site.  What area of WA do you live in?

[aer212]

      A good chunch of them are open to the public or sell use permits

Chunch?   

he must have meant "bunch"...

Chunk, maybe?

[boneaddict]

Welcome!

[bearmanric]

Welcome lot's of Predator Callers Here. Rick

[DogGone]

Per the question I live in Vancouver. The timber land I want access is a little harder to say I've been a fishing guy but my 12 year old son has a passion for hunting so I'm more in the preparing process I was wondering if there's a map that shows the timber lands and contact numbers. I'm looking for timber lands close to Vancouver and Tillamook. These are the places we fish the most thus could add some coyote hunting in the mix.

[Kain]

The two most common timber companies close to Vancouver are Longview Timber and Weyerhaeuser.  They both allow public access and hunting but almost all of it is walk in only for most of the year.  I dont know of any maps for either though. 

[DogGone]

If say I wanted to access a specific area on the Kalma river which I think is Weyerhaeuser where do I call and how to I get permission to hunt on the land. Do I have to give exact lat and long or is it granted access to all Weyerhaeuser?

[sirmissalot]

If say I wanted to access a specific area on the Kalma river which I think is Weyerhaeuser where do I call and how to I get permission to hunt on the land. Do I have to give exact lat and long or is it granted access to all Weyerhaeuser?

Call their hotline 1-866-636-6531 and see if they cover your area on the recording. Maybe someone closer to your area can chime with their opinion on the area as well

[trippledigitss]

Welcome to the site.

If you can find out the owner you can look up the number and contact them. A good chunch of them are open to the public or sell use permits

Let me toss my "welcome to the site" in as well! 

And just as these guys said - I found a number for the places I wanted to go and then called. Some said yes and some say no, oh well, what can I do?  Some of the places have a sign with the mgmt company's info. The tough ones are the larger companies where you get transferred and have to call 10 different people before you can finally get someone to tell you 'no'!  But with my luck, I'll spend a month or 2 calling people with no luck but the one time I went out there to hunt, someone would catch me on there and report me for trespassing! No way! Anyway, good luck and welcome!

[Kain]

Here you go

http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/pdfs/businesses/recreationalaccess/Vail%20-%20Weyerhaeuser%20Recreational%20Access%20Guidelines.pdf

http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/Businesses/RecreationalAccess/Washington

[bobcat]

If say I wanted to access a specific area on the Kalma river which I think is Weyerhaeuser where do I call and how to I get permission to hunt on the land. Do I have to give exact lat and long or is it granted access to all Weyerhaeuser?

You don't necessarily need to call anybody. If you can get a Weyerhaeuser map that shows their ownership, just drive out there and start hunting. There will be signs posted on most of the gates with access information. Most of Weyerhaeuser land is going to be open to walk in hunting nearly all of the time, with the only exception being during times of high fire danger. The only really tricky part is figuring out when and where is open to motorized vehicle access, and that's where calling the hotline comes in handy (866 number). Good luck and let us know how you do.

[DogGone]

Thanks for the info and the pm. I'm going to put it to good use and hopefully have some stories and pictures to share.

[WA hunter14]

could i find out where the closest weyerhaeuser land is in my area?

[ICEMAN]

could i find out where the closest weyerhaeuser land is in my area?

Yes.

Why limit yourself to Weyerhauser lands?

[WA hunter14]

i'm just looking for closer places to hunt coyotes. it really doesn't matter to me who owns it as long as its legal to hunt there 

[WA hunter14]

could i find out where the closest weyerhaeuser land is in my area?

Yes.

Why limit yourself to Weyerhauser lands?

well you said yes can you tell me how now? 

[jager]

The second link above, that Kain posted, shows a map.