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Big Game Hunting => Out Of State Hunting => Topic started by: vandeman17 on September 20, 2012, 06:54:24 PM

Title: Fires and Out of State hunting
Post by: vandeman17 on September 20, 2012, 06:54:24 PM: Who here is now thinking that they might be hunting out of state next year because of all the fires this season? Many of my good spots are being torched as we speak so I might be hunting elsewhere for a few years... :bash:
Title: Re: Fires and Out of State hunting
Post by: vandeman17 on September 20, 2012, 07:29:44 PM: I have been watching my spots in both Idaho and Montana and so far they are both untouched... *knock on wood*
Title: Re: Fires and Out of State hunting
Post by: Roger on September 20, 2012, 09:33:17 PM: I'll be going out of state as the normal. Don't even do much hunting in Wa anymore. Love the out of state. I leave in 3 weeks for a 5 week trip.
Title: Fires and Out of State hunting
Post by: Ridgerunner on September 20, 2012, 09:38:14 PM: If you can afford to go out of state it is well worth it.
Title: Re: Fires and Out of State hunting
Post by: bobcat on September 20, 2012, 09:40:04 PM: I don't have the money for out of state, so I'll still be stuck here, hunting in the rain forest. :)
Title: Re: Fires and Out of State hunting
Post by: huntnphool on September 20, 2012, 09:43:08 PM: If you were ever going to hunt in this state then next year would be the year to do it. With the fires come new food growth in the spring. If we get another wet spring there should be lots of early foliage for antler/horn growth. :twocents:
Title: Re: Fires and Out of State hunting
Post by: deerslyr on September 20, 2012, 09:53:28 PM: It took a couple of fires for you to decide to go out of state was a better idea :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Fires and Out of State hunting
Post by: washelkhunter on September 20, 2012, 09:55:17 PM: Adios Amigos! You really are'nt a Wash hunter till you've suffered here for a decade!
Title: Re: Fires and Out of State hunting
Post by: vandeman17 on September 21, 2012, 05:09:39 AM: Quote from: washelkhunter on September 20, 2012, 09:55:17 PM
Adios Amigos! You really are'nt a Wash hunter till you've suffered here for a decade!

I have "suffered" in this state for almost two decades now so I believe I am a Washington hunter. :tup:
Title: Fires and Out of State hunting
Post by: Ridgerunner on September 21, 2012, 06:06:34 AM: I have hunted here for over 20 years there is some fantastic hunting however most of that us all draw hunts. General seasons are for the most part a joke compared to other states.
Title: Re: Fires and Out of State hunting
Post by: Russ McDonald on September 21, 2012, 06:13:39 AM: Man you guys that go out of state must have some bucks. I know it isn't cheap. Heading to Minnesota for archery on Tuesday for 8 days. Total so far with tag, flight and car rental is $600. I am lucky enough that I have family back there and staying with them. If I hunt out of state again it will be back there. Oh and the prime hunting spots like MT, ID, UT, NM places like that they are all also in extreme fire danger too.
Title: Re: Fires and Out of State hunting
Post by: vandeman17 on September 21, 2012, 04:38:57 PM: Quote from: russ_mcdonald on September 21, 2012, 06:13:39 AM
Man you guys that go out of state must have some bucks. I know it isn't cheap. Heading to Minnesota for archery on Tuesday for 8 days. Total so far with tag, flight and car rental is $600. I am lucky enough that I have family back there and staying with them. If I hunt out of state again it will be back there. Oh and the prime hunting spots like MT, ID, UT, NM places like that they are all also in extreme fire danger too.

Agreed it is expensive but I already spend a few hundred dollars here for all my tags and special permit applications etc. Why not spend a few hundred extra for a quality experience? In my eyes it is worth it...