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Other Hunting => Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: apex_predator87 on April 09, 2013, 08:43:11 PM

Title: French cabin creek
Post by: apex_predator87 on April 09, 2013, 08:43:11 PM: Has anyone hunted here? North of cle elum I believe it is .
Title: Re: French cabin creek
Post by: BsB on April 09, 2013, 10:30:39 PM: I've hunted deer there the last few years, but never turkey.

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Title: Re: French cabin creek
Post by: mallard79 on April 10, 2013, 06:30:53 AM: Are you talking about the area on the west end of Lake Cle Elum as you head toward Salmon La Sac?
Title: Re: French cabin creek
Post by: apex_predator87 on April 10, 2013, 10:32:55 AM: yes, I do believe that is the spot! ;)
Title: Re: French cabin creek
Post by: mallard79 on April 10, 2013, 10:44:44 AM: We have hunted and camped in that area for years. Never seen a turkey in that area. Doesn't mean they aren't there. :sry:
Title: Re: French cabin creek
Post by: apex_predator87 on April 10, 2013, 11:04:58 AM: :bash: back to the ole drawing board :bash:
Title: Re: French cabin creek
Post by: Mfowl on April 10, 2013, 11:30:08 AM: Are you hunting the opener? You should just pick a spot in the NE or SE and focus on that. You may have to drive farther and invest more time but your odds of encountering birds is greatly increased. Cle Elum is fine for people who spend a lot of time there and see birds regularly but for a beginner its a difficult area to say the least. Go where the signifacant populations of birds are! :twocents:
Title: Re: French cabin creek
Post by: apex_predator87 on April 10, 2013, 12:51:49 PM: I'm thinking gmu 574
Title: Re: French cabin creek
Post by: Elkrunner on April 10, 2013, 01:12:41 PM: Quote from: BsB on April 09, 2013, 10:30:39 PM
I've hunted deer there the last few years, but never turkey.

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Did you have any luck?
Title: Re: Re: French cabin creek
Post by: BsB on April 10, 2013, 08:51:48 PM: Quote from: Elkrunner on April 10, 2013, 01:12:41 PM
Did you have any luck?
Does and dang 2pts... Spooked 4 cows and a bull one morning hiking in. Should be good this year I'm hoping.. Ooops I've already said too much! This last season I came up on two guys in different ground blinds. Not sure where they came from since I saw no other vehicles. I actually saw more deer down low compared to where I had seen them the the previous year. I buddy had some luck on horse back high up.
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Title: Re: French cabin creek
Post by: deerslyr on April 10, 2013, 09:31:28 PM: I saw some birds in that area 4 years ago. Pretty decent flock. Went camping up there last summer and didnt see any but we were in the high country the whole time.
Title: Re: French cabin creek
Post by: Honey Badger on April 11, 2013, 04:07:37 PM: I've spent many hours working for the Forrest Service years back in the French Cabin area...never saw a turkey there. I've seen a few in Teanaway and lots between CleElum and Ellensburg in the Johnson units...never as a hunter though.