Post by: Antlershed on April 19, 2013, 10:17:25 AM
Post by: alwaysontop on April 19, 2013, 08:26:26 PM
Post by: Antlershed on April 19, 2013, 08:34:09 PM
I heard that you have to pay to hunt vail tree farm. 750 permits at 150 dollars from Aug. 1 to Dec. 31. Meeting was on Wed. April 17 2013, approved by weyerhaeuser.Yep, I got a call from a buddy with inside knowledge saying the same thing. Plus Weyco employees will get first crack @ $75/permit.
Post by: Bluegirl92 on April 19, 2013, 09:26:33 PM
Post by: madmack76 on April 19, 2013, 09:30:57 PM
Post by: bobcat on April 19, 2013, 10:45:51 PM
Post by: throttlejocky20 on April 21, 2013, 08:43:45 AM
Post by: SkookumHntr on April 21, 2013, 09:18:04 AM
Post by: alwaysontop on April 21, 2013, 12:43:05 PM
Post by: SkookumHntr on April 21, 2013, 12:50:08 PM
Post by: Brushbuster on April 21, 2013, 01:38:57 PM
Post by: bobcat on April 21, 2013, 01:56:37 PM
Post by: Antlershed on April 21, 2013, 02:10:39 PM
I'm wondering how many minutes it will take for the 750 permits to sell out.My cousin and I were talking about that today. If the website goes live at 12:01am on June 1st, I'm thinking you better be awake at 12:01am to get yours.
Post by: duckmen1 on April 21, 2013, 02:15:05 PM
Post by: Antlershed on April 21, 2013, 02:17:08 PM
I won't be buying the access permit for either tree farm :twocents:
Post by: TikkaT3-270Shortmag on April 22, 2013, 11:09:54 AM
Post by: brokenvet on April 22, 2013, 12:07:49 PM
Any truth that Weyerhaeuser is doing that on all their land? I hunt Ryderwood and Toutle areas
Ryderwood area is $200
http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/pdfs/businesses/recreationalaccess/PeEll-Hotline-Message.pdf (http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/pdfs/businesses/recreationalaccess/PeEll-Hotline-Message.pdf)
Post by: Antlershed on April 22, 2013, 12:36:20 PM
The permit is $200Not for Vail :twocents:
http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/pdfs/businesses/recreationalaccess/Vail-Hotline-Message.pdf (http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/pdfs/businesses/recreationalaccess/Vail-Hotline-Message.pdf)
Post by: throttlejocky20 on April 23, 2013, 06:23:25 PM
Just remember the fire danger closure like last year. There is still a chance you won't be able to hunt if the weather stays to warm. Last year they didn't let hunters in all the way through the start of modern season.Vail was one of the only places open last year!
Post by: duckmen1 on April 24, 2013, 09:20:40 PM
Post by: Rodney107 on April 25, 2013, 06:23:10 AM
Post by: Antlershed on April 25, 2013, 06:31:31 AM
Post by: jackmaster on April 25, 2013, 06:37:58 AM
Post by: throttlejocky20 on April 26, 2013, 10:50:54 AM
Early archery it was open most of the early season untill they finally shut it down!Just remember the fire danger closure like last year. There is still a chance you won't be able to hunt if the weather stays to warm. Last year they didn't let hunters in all the way through the start of modern season.Vail was one of the only places open last year!
Post by: Curly on April 26, 2013, 10:57:10 AM
If 3,000 hunters normally hunt there and now it will be restricted to 750, where will everyone else go? Capital forest? :dunno: There are practically no deer in USFW lands due to no logging going on there, so that leaves DNR lands where there are clearcuts to provide forage for deer.
There is likely to be a big decrease in hunter numbers in the future because of access issues and lack of good hunting. Future of hunting does not look good in this state. :(
Post by: throttlejocky20 on April 26, 2013, 11:52:58 AM
Post by: bucklucky on April 26, 2013, 01:07:04 PM
Post by: Yelm hunter on May 03, 2013, 02:56:12 PM
The permit is $200The permit is $150.00 just listened to the whole message.
Post by: TikkaT3-270Shortmag on May 07, 2013, 08:50:20 AM
Post by: bobcat on May 07, 2013, 09:32:37 AM
The permit is $200The permit is $150.00 just listened to the whole message.
Listened to it? :yike:
I never do that anymore, not since they made it available on the website in a PDF format that you can read. Much quicker and simpler that way.
Post by: PolarBear on May 07, 2013, 09:37:31 AM
Post by: haus on May 07, 2013, 09:55:19 PM
Post by: Old Man Yager on May 10, 2013, 09:54:45 AM
This year only Weyco is going to allow kids who draw a 667 early or late youth tag to hunt Vail without buying a permit. Next year even the kids will have to purchase a pass to hunt a draw tag.
Polarbear, not doubting you, just want to confirm before I pick the hunts for my kid. Where did you get this info? Thanks, appreciate it.
Post by: PolarBear on May 10, 2013, 10:00:13 AM
Post by: Old Man Yager on May 10, 2013, 10:32:12 AM
Post by: PolarBear on May 10, 2013, 12:10:13 PM
Just remember that it is for this year only! Next year even youth permit holders will have to buy a pass.
Post by: jackmaster on May 10, 2013, 12:18:39 PM
Post by: madmack76 on May 11, 2013, 12:09:24 AM
Post by: Curly on May 11, 2013, 07:47:59 AM
why would someone put in for a skookumchuck permit for there kid back then its not hard to kill any thing in there I am looking forward to the lock up might be a good chance for good hunting in western wa.
Good hunting for the Weyco employees that will be buying the permits. Most everyone else will be locked out.
And the permit hunt for a kid was probably more enjoyable due to the limited amount of hunters in there during the permit hunt. :twocents:
Post by: Old Man Yager on May 11, 2013, 04:38:10 PM
why would someone put in for a skookumchuck permit for there kid back then its not hard to kill any thing in there I am looking forward to the lock up might be a good chance for good hunting in western wa.
Because before everybody hits it on opening weekend for general rifle, there are actually some good deer still showing themselves. And it's also 1 of only a few youth buck hunts available to kids under.
Post by: jackmaster on May 13, 2013, 07:00:25 AM
:yeah:BINGO, the youth get to go in there the weekend before opening weekend, the first day we saw 32 deer, 3 nice bucks, my son had a bit of buck fever and missed a stud 3pt that i would have got head mounted for him, but hey thats huntn... its a fun hunt for the youth....but the numbers have decreased over the years on the vail tree farm. hopefully there permit plan help the numbers recoverwhy would someone put in for a skookumchuck permit for there kid back then its not hard to kill any thing in there I am looking forward to the lock up might be a good chance for good hunting in western wa.
Because before everybody hits it on opening weekend for general rifle, there are actually some good deer still showing themselves. And it's also 1 of only a few youth buck hunts available to kids under.
Post by: Old Man Yager on May 13, 2013, 07:24:10 AM
Post by: bobcat on May 13, 2013, 01:29:14 PM
They have the youth permit season opening October 5th this year, which is the Saturday before opening weekend of the general season, and also opening day of the early muzzleloader elk season. Last year they had the youth hunt starting on the 6th, which was opening day of early muzzleloader elk season last year.
My cousin drew the Skookumchuck doe permit last year and I planned on taking him out that first weekend to try to help him kill his first deer. But as I said, they decided to change the permit season so that it opened the same day as the general season.
Question is, are they going to do that again this year? And if not, why not? I guess since Weyerhaeuser is limiting access to the Vail tree farm, maybe it isn't considered to be a conflict anymore? I don't even plan on hunting on Weyerhaeuser land. I have other places in the Skookumchuck unit that we will hunt.
But, it would be nice to know the actual starting date for that permit, so he can decide if he wants to put in for it or not.