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its time to cut tracks!
« on: January 14, 2012, 10:45:22 PM »
I finally got the first snow of the year here in Matlock. I know where a few cats have hanging out and now its game on. Fresh snow on the ground and I'm stoked to Chase these cats  :drool:

Wish me luck. Not that ill need it  ;) *wishful thinking on not needing it*

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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2012, 10:47:49 PM »
Go get em'! 
I've done well around Matlock for bobbies and coyotes, especially up the 630 and 700 roads above canyon river.

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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2012, 11:14:00 PM »
Goodluck!
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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2012, 11:22:12 PM »
I'm doing the same thing tomorrow.    Gonna check cameras than look for some cat tracks.  Last time I found some tracks I followed them untill he walked out of snow line.
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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2012, 11:24:01 PM »
Doing that monday and tuesday...
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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2012, 11:24:55 PM »
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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2012, 11:29:09 PM »
I have been waiting for the stars to align so that I have fresh snow on the ground on my days off, and I have been battling a nasty cold so I havent felt like doing anything before or after work
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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2012, 11:49:09 PM »
Has any of you had any luck on the west side  tracking down and shooting a cat?     With out dogs!
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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2012, 07:53:46 AM »
I finally got the first snow of the year here in Matlock. I know where a few cats have hanging out and now its game on. Fresh snow on the ground and I'm stoked to Chase these cats  :drool:

Wish me luck. Not that ill need it  ;) *wishful thinking on not needing it*

Missed out on giving you a call.  Just got real busy this week.  The boy and I are going to walk some logging land around here to see if we can rustle up something.  Let us know how you do.

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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2012, 08:01:48 AM »
Good luck trying to sneek up on a cougar, they will always be one step ahead of you. :chuckle:

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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2012, 08:08:10 AM »
Doing that monday and tuesday...

Monday or Tues will be better for cutting tracks. Kinda hard to track when the snow is falling and most critters will hunker down for a bit anyway.




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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2012, 08:25:39 AM »
we finally got snow here in skagit ...I may need to go and find one myself .... I will be tracking them down too !! :chuckle:

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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2012, 09:05:02 AM »
I got out early and drove a 25 mile loop in the Skok, wynoochee, Satsop units (its nice living in the middle of 3 gmus) and didn't cut any cougar tracks. I did bust a cap in a couple coyotes  :tup:
The snow was falling fast enough that it could cover tracks in a few minutes.

Goin back out on the quads later to cover more ground. I got all my lights with new batteries and my pack packed. 100% prepared to spend all night tracking if i have to

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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2012, 05:09:10 PM »
Ran alot of roads in the kapowsin- eatonville hancock land. Seen lots of animals, cut one older cat track. Lots of other critters were moving though. the elk have been busy the past 5 days, must have known this was coming. good luck all.

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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2012, 10:42:34 PM »
So It sucks that kitty kat season is over....I guess I could go look for a bobcat
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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2012, 10:50:34 PM »
So It sucks that kitty kat season is over....I guess I could go look for a bobcat


Kitty cat season is good till march 31st in the coastal, puget sound, north cascades, and columbia basin zone

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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2012, 10:59:09 PM »
but not in the Blue Mountains :(
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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #17 on: January 15, 2012, 11:01:07 PM »
Love the blues. went up there for the first time this year, spent ten  days horse packed in for deer season. amazing!

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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #18 on: January 15, 2012, 11:14:04 PM »
It would be a lot better If we had deer and elk to hunt here, Dang wolves, cougars, and bigfoots ate em all
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Re: its time to cut tracks!
« Reply #19 on: January 16, 2012, 02:23:09 PM »
Yea  :chuckle: exactly :chuckle:Theyve all been pushed out to the Colockum

 


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