Post by: baldopepper on October 25, 2012, 10:18:46 AM
Post by: Jonathan_S on October 25, 2012, 10:27:24 AM
I'd already tagged a 2x3 though in GMU 105 and was elk hunting at the time. :bash:
Post by: coachcw on October 25, 2012, 10:28:24 AM
Post by: CedarPants on October 25, 2012, 10:32:53 AM
Post by: whtbuck on October 25, 2012, 10:36:23 AM
Post by: PA BEN on October 25, 2012, 10:40:10 AM
Post by: baldopepper on October 25, 2012, 10:54:25 AM
Post by: Chappyk16 on October 25, 2012, 12:07:49 PM
Post by: Jonathan_S on October 25, 2012, 01:14:01 PM
I might add that one "locals" opinion is that poachers are hard at work in the area and the smaller bucks are easier to see and get at than the larger bucks. Could be some truth to that as the deer in our area (Hunters/Cedonia) are very, very skitish. Stop the truck for a second to glass them and they are gone. Been that way all summer, not just during the hunt.
I have relatives with property in the Hunters/Fruitland area and I've spent time there throughout the summer and fall. It's poached pretty heavily for sure and I have seen jacklighters. There are a lot of spooky people up there who shoot a lot of animals. I found deer carcasses stripped of meat in July.
I guess all those dope smokers up there get the munchies for venison ;)
Post by: buck man on October 25, 2012, 07:07:42 PM
I flew over that country in a small plane last fall and counted 23 trailers or school buses, all on the ground I used to hunt. Really sad.
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on October 25, 2012, 07:10:58 PM
Post by: CedarPants on October 28, 2012, 09:33:34 AM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on October 28, 2012, 09:40:46 AM
I do not know why ? :dunno: Maybe because it HAD some of the biggest whitetail that this state has to offer...I have friends that live on Fruitland Valley R.d and he tells me he hears shots all the time in the middle of the night ..Sounds like a good spot to set up Mr.Mechanical :dunno:I might add that one "locals" opinion is that poachers are hard at work in the area and the smaller bucks are easier to see and get at than the larger bucks. Could be some truth to that as the deer in our area (Hunters/Cedonia) are very, very skitish. Stop the truck for a second to glass them and they are gone. Been that way all summer, not just during the hunt.
I have relatives with property in the Hunters/Fruitland area and I've spent time there throughout the summer and fall. It's poached pretty heavily for sure and I have seen jacklighters. There are a lot of spooky people up there who shoot a lot of animals. I found deer carcasses stripped of meat in July.
I guess all those dope smokers up there get the munchies for venison ;)
Post by: br8kitoff on October 31, 2012, 07:08:22 PM
Post by: YellowDog on October 31, 2012, 11:40:12 PM
I watched a draw in 121 Friday afternoon and shot a spike, 2 point, and 3 point with my fingerDamn, thats some good shootin'. :chuckle:
Post by: huntnnw on November 01, 2012, 12:10:30 AM
Post by: dscubame on November 01, 2012, 06:56:34 AM
I have never once seen or heard of it being a tribal issue at all. I can say for a fact I have witnessed first hand the locals poaching. And talking with many of the landowners that I do frequently tribal has never even came up rather a good deal of locals that are habitual poachers to put food on the table. It is a feed the family deal not a thrill kill. Poaching is poaching however this is the type of poaching I know goes on around Colville and to some extent but to as great up north in the Republic area.