Post by: bankwalker on October 22, 2008, 06:03:29 PM
im mainly thinking about the northwest side of tiger mountain.
also is it still firearm restricted in the area west of highway 18?
Post by: slouch on June 09, 2009, 06:32:32 PM
I'm also interested in Issaquah deer. I'll follow up with whatever general information I discover
Post by: backwoods_boy on June 11, 2009, 10:19:04 AM
Im starting to get the itch to figure out where im going september 1st for bow.
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on June 11, 2009, 10:29:39 AM
Post by: backwoods_boy on June 11, 2009, 10:31:51 AM
:chuckle:
Post by: popeshawnpaul on June 11, 2009, 12:16:06 PM
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on June 11, 2009, 12:35:39 PM
yeah that area is not in my list of top 5 places to go
:chuckle:
Seriously, it's not just the hunters either. Twice in the last two years some A-hole was target shooting out there during the hunting season, in MY direction AND within 100yds of the highway. #$%^&*(
Then you get the tweakers, some dude with a man-purse was following me around during archery last year, wearing shorts and a tee in the snow?!. I finally asked him what the heck his deal was and he's all, have you seen anything cool out here??? I seriously wanted to hurt the guy....
Post by: Bob33 on June 11, 2009, 01:25:27 PM
King
The area W of Hwy 203 (Monroe-Fall City), then
Fall City-Preston Rd to I-90, I-90 to Hwy 18, Hwy
18 to I-5, I-5 to Pierce-King Co. line; Vashon and
Maury islands.
Post by: littlebuf on June 11, 2009, 01:36:07 PM
If anyone does anything wrong I'll see if I can get you out of jail. I have the Issaquah public defense contract... ;)
i knew you were good for something pope ;)
Post by: bankwalker on June 11, 2009, 07:07:23 PM
tons of does where i was hunting. and i would archery hunt it this year if it wasnt for my gf hunting.
Post by: TeacherMan on June 11, 2009, 08:04:40 PM
If anyone does anything wrong I'll see if I can get you out of jail. I have the Issaquah public defense contract... ;)
:chuckle: thats funny
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on June 11, 2009, 08:50:04 PM
i found some sweet area. not a single person in the area last year, never seen a boot track.
tons of does where i was hunting. and i would archery hunt it this year if it wasnt for my gf hunting.
Believe me, if it's public land and it's in 454, it's well known.
Post by: bow4elk on June 11, 2009, 08:56:23 PM
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on June 11, 2009, 09:05:00 PM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on June 11, 2009, 09:34:38 PM
Post by: slouch on June 11, 2009, 10:27:47 PM
South of us there's Vail http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/Businesses/RecreationalAccess/Washington., but I've read it is insanely overcrowded - though perhaps weekdays would be a little better.
As a final note for the other people new to this area, you might want to subscribe to http://www.wogameandfish.com/ magazine. Seems to be an OK resource for newbs like me.
Post by: slouch on June 11, 2009, 10:47:42 PM
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on June 12, 2009, 07:14:38 AM
Boy you are on a roll tonight!!
:chuckle: I'm grumpy, tore a calf muscle, been hobbling around, ball team sucks right now, not much fun.
Post by: MooseStock on June 12, 2009, 09:07:03 AM
Post by: fishunt247 on June 12, 2009, 09:14:37 AM
Post by: bankwalker on June 12, 2009, 11:05:28 AM
i found some sweet area. not a single person in the area last year, never seen a boot track.
tons of does where i was hunting. and i would archery hunt it this year if it wasnt for my gf hunting.
Believe me, if it's public land and it's in 454, it's well known.
noone said anything about public :chuckle:
i met a guy last fall who has some land, which wasnt that great to hunt. but the guy next door to him allowed me access to his property this season. i scouted it quite a bit and never seen any sign of bucks in the area. but the does were everywhere.
Post by: bankwalker on June 12, 2009, 11:08:16 AM
Snoq tree farm is no longer owned by Weyco. Hancock now owns it and you can buy a yearly access pass for $200. There is a limit of 500 passes sold and you can go on the tree farm daily unless there are fire restrictions. Vail is still for the time being Weyco and unless they change it is free access on weekends only and it is a zoo because there are alot of deer on that treefarm. Some areas are walkin only on weekdays unless they are logging in that area. Hope that helped.......Les
ive hunted the the snoq farm my whole life. and my parents have hunted it 90% of thier lives. there still are some very nice deer to be had...but i can tell you that its not worth the $200 per person to access the farm. the hunting has dropped off drasticly over the last 5 years. and the cougar population as sky rocketed, ive seen 3 in the last 5 years in there and a couple warden buddies of mine say thats less then half of what they have tagged in the area. :bash: :bash: :bash:
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on June 12, 2009, 11:10:34 AM
Post by: slouch on June 12, 2009, 06:30:17 PM
I guess it's time to start visiting farms or driving 4+ hours to scout. This is a little discouraging
Post by: WDFW-SUX on June 22, 2009, 01:00:23 PM
Post by: jackelope on June 22, 2009, 01:23:48 PM
man it was so much easier finding LOTS of empty public land to hunt in New Hampshire within a 10-30 minute drive :P Western (all of?) WA is a PITA in comparison.
I guess it's time to start visiting farms or driving 4+ hours to scout. This is a little discouraging
you are about 20 minutes from tons of public land and about 1 hour from endless amounts of public land, wilderness, high country, etc. no need to drive 4 hours.