Bringing a kid to northeast corner for first hunt???

[duckmen1]

i don't see any way of getting over prior to season so probably will be on public land to hunt. thanks for all info so far

[BLKBEARKLR]

If you call fish and game over there, they have a list of farmers that allow you to hunt on their land for does only, I called three of the people on the list a couple of years ago all were super friendly

Joe

[bearpaw]

Sounds like Joe has a good idea about calling the Region 1 headquarters. If you get set up with a landowner, it will be easier hunting so if the WDFW can't give you specific landowners you might try knocking on doors with your son when you get here. If you don't find private access, there is still a ton of public land access in every unit. I would check around the Mt Spokane foothills north of Spokane, the Le Clerc Creek area north of Newport, the Hunters and Springdale area, Chewelah Creek near Chewelah, the LPO Wildlife Area just east of Colville, the National forest between Colville and Ione, or Sherman Creek area west of Kettle Falls, or near Northport, Orient, or Curlew, there's lots of public land around any of those areas that offer easy public access.

If you get a Colville Forest Map or DNR map of the area you will be able to identify public land and there is not a mountain or drainage that does not have deer. 

[duckmen1]

thanks a lot the info is very helpful and greatly appreciated.

[duckmen1]

i like the looks of the mt. spokane unit for the whitetails with harvest rates and longer youth hunt being open to any whitetail for the boy to go after. Now its time to find some public land in the area to focus efforts on if the private land does not come up. I will be trying to locate some private land for the hunt though, for it will just take some time. I am getting more excited for him to harvest a deer than for me.