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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Fowlweather25 on September 23, 2012, 11:47:29 AM

Title: Vail youth hunt?
Post by: Fowlweather25 on September 23, 2012, 11:47:29 AM: A buddy of mine heard through the grapevine that vale tree farm and the wdfw in years past have allowed a few youths hunters to have either sex access to vale area before the actual modern season opens. Does anyone know if this has any kind of truth to it? If so any details?
Title: Re: Vale youth hunt?
Post by: doyourtime89 on September 23, 2012, 04:01:27 PM: Yeah, but there is a tag you have to put in for and draw. The tag gets you in a week before the general season. Well normally, this year they kind of messed it up. But yeah there is a tag to get you in early for youth in the Vail Tree Farm.
Title: Re: Vale youth hunt?
Post by: Fowlweather25 on September 23, 2012, 05:34:45 PM: Cool, thanks for the info! :tup:
Title: Re: Vale youth hunt?
Post by: Yelm hunter on October 01, 2012, 10:31:15 PM: Do you know how they messed it up this year??

Also is the farm going to be open since we haven't had any rain?
Title: Re: Vale youth hunt?
Post by: bobcat on October 01, 2012, 10:34:51 PM: No, it's not open for the youth permit hunt, or for anything else. There are other places to hunt in the Skookumchuck unit though, so those with permits should have been able to hunt somewhere (state land or other private land w/permissioin).

My cousin has the youth doe permit for Skookumchuck, and I'll be taking him out on the 13th, on some private property that I have permission to hunt.
Title: Re: Vail youth hunt?
Post by: Yelm hunter on October 01, 2012, 10:49:26 PM: What's that phone number for Vail?
Title: Re: Vail youth hunt?
Post by: bobcat on October 01, 2012, 10:50:41 PM: 1-866-636-6531
Title: Re: Vail youth hunt?
Post by: Andrew8235 on October 05, 2012, 07:51:38 AM: http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/Businesses/RecreationalAccess/Washington (http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/Businesses/RecreationalAccess/Washington)

all closed for now
Title: Re: Vail youth hunt?
Post by: 3boys on October 06, 2012, 10:13:39 AM: Quote from: Yelm hunter on October 01, 2012, 10:31:15 PM
Do you know how they messed it up this year??

Also is the farm going to be open since we haven't had any rain?

The DFW forgot that it was a leap year so they had the Elk muzzle at the same time as the youth in the same unit. So for safety they moved it one week ahead to the general.
Besides the Vail where else can you acess that unit?