Post by: furiouzgeorge on September 21, 2013, 03:02:02 PM
By the time they were out of sight I was really happy not to have set-up in my original spot earlier this morning. Those guys would have scared off ANYTHING! When I hit my backup spot (higher up the hill from my original spot) the wind was blowing up-hill from all of the other fellas. I've been working hard to get my scent under control and always hunt with the wind, so I was very surprised to smell the very clear aroma of shampoo and bug spray. WHAT THE HECK?
I guess it's time to take my new boots on a bit farther of a walk into the back country...
Post by: Rick on September 21, 2013, 04:09:12 PM
Post by: rtspring on September 21, 2013, 04:09:56 PM
Rtspring
Post by: PolarBear on September 21, 2013, 04:16:50 PM
Post by: furiouzgeorge on September 21, 2013, 04:22:26 PM
Post by: MLhunter1 on September 21, 2013, 06:26:53 PM
Post by: abe1989 on September 23, 2013, 05:30:37 PM
Post by: DoubleJ on September 23, 2013, 09:03:00 PM
Post by: CAMPMEAT on September 23, 2013, 09:12:52 PM
I pulled up to the spot I've been hunting over the last few weeks. I got a late start because I work nights and was going to set up for an evening hunt. When I got there two rigs were parked by the side of the road, obviously hunting right where I wanted to...early bird get's the worm, right?!? In my disappointment I decided to double back toward my backup hunting spot and that's when I saw a sight that will stick with me forever. Four dudes in a crew-cab truck driving down the road with all windows down. From what I could gather they would stop when one thought he saw a game trail (from the road :bash:). They would park half way in the road, doors open, and all run into the woods in different directions to see if they could find game. Then when, surprise surprise, they didn't see anything, they all jumped back in and drove another fifty feet...jumped out...did it again :yike:
By the time they were out of sight I was really happy not to have set-up in my original spot earlier this morning. Those guys would have scared off ANYTHING! When I hit my backup spot (higher up the hill from my original spot) the wind was blowing up-hill from all of the other fellas. I've been working hard to get my scent under control and always hunt with the wind, so I was very surprised to smell the very clear aroma of shampoo and bug spray. WHAT THE HECK?
I guess it's time to take my new boots on a bit farther of a walk into the back country...
I heard that is a westsiders plan of attack......... :tup:
Post by: furiouzgeorge on September 23, 2013, 11:14:30 PM
Post by: MLhunter1 on September 24, 2013, 06:04:57 AM
Do you hunt in the Lewis river unit ml?
Nope. Eastside.
Post by: Hermit on September 25, 2013, 05:39:01 PM
Post by: Brad Harshman on September 25, 2013, 07:48:29 PM
Post by: ghosthunter on September 25, 2013, 08:00:52 PM
We have one spot we keep for our old guys in camp . 200 ft above the road. Five bucks and three does from that spot over the past 10 years.
I shot a spike elk three years ago. Out of a blind 200 ft. Off a road.
Be surprised how many animals are around the roads. The animals aren't bothered much they have adapted"
Who you calling old? I am 62 next month.
Post by: coachcw on September 25, 2013, 08:17:20 PM
Post by: Landowner on September 26, 2013, 08:55:25 AM
Post by: Jonathan_S on September 26, 2013, 09:03:55 AM
Archery "hunters" driving road with arrows nocked in back of pick-up sitting in lounge chairs. Took the cake in my book.
I've got a second deer tag and might do this, thanks :tup:
Post by: brianb231 on September 26, 2013, 09:21:52 AM
Archery "hunters" driving road with arrows nocked in back of pick-up sitting in lounge chairs. Took the cake in my book.
I've got a second deer tag and might do this, thanks :tup:
Its just a little more obvious than one in the chamber..... :tung:
Post by: dscubame on September 26, 2013, 10:52:30 AM
Post by: Jonathan_S on September 26, 2013, 11:14:44 AM
I am a recovering professional Road Hunter. Damn I love me a good road hunt! Seriously.
During late rifle seasons, I have employed "road hunting" by driving, glassing, driving, glassing. I have to admit, it's nice to switch things up once in a while
Post by: deerslyr on September 26, 2013, 11:19:55 AM
I am a recovering professional Road Hunter. Damn I love me a good road hunt! Seriously.
During late rifle seasons, I have employed "road hunting" by driving, glassing, driving, glassing. I have to admit, it's nice to switch things up once in a while
Pretty much how we spring bear hunt for the most part. Gotta cover a lot of ground and glass and glass and glass.
Post by: boneaddict on September 26, 2013, 11:24:29 AM
This all can be argued from any different opinion and side. There are things about it I hate, things about it I don't understand, and things about it I see are bad. There is a reverse to everyone of those statements. There are things about it that I like, that I understand, and that I see are good. :dunno:
and yes, I have made fun of and haganged and scoffed at some as well.
Post by: Smossy on September 26, 2013, 11:33:49 AM
Gotta do what you gotta do.
Post by: MADMAX on September 26, 2013, 11:45:57 AM
So, guessing I must be a road hunter this time.
We shall see how it pans out.
Post by: seth30 on September 26, 2013, 12:16:30 PM
Post by: Jonathan_S on September 26, 2013, 12:37:39 PM
Im not sure how a person can afford to be a road hunter these days :dunno:
:dunno: a few extra gallons of gas is all it really takes. In reality it probably costs a lot less to road hunt than buy gear, scents, calls, trail cams, batteries, GPS, scent block, tents, packs, and other performance gear.
I hear you though, I've seen some mad-dog road hunters that put on a heck of a lot of miles in their mega-cab 1-ton diesels, packed to the gills with cheetos, jerky, orange vests, .30-06s and busch lite
Post by: Smossy on September 26, 2013, 12:39:46 PM
:chuckle:Im not sure how a person can afford to be a road hunter these days :dunno:
:dunno: a few extra gallons of gas is all it really takes. In reality it probably costs a lot less to road hunt than buy gear, scents, calls, trail cams, batteries, GPS, scent block, tents, packs, and other performance gear.
I hear you though, I've seen some mad-dog road hunters that put on a heck of a lot of miles in their mega-cab 1-ton diesels, packed to the gills with cheetos, jerky, orange vests, .30-06s and busch lite
Post by: dscubame on September 26, 2013, 01:37:27 PM
Im not sure how a person can afford to be a road hunter these days :dunno:
:dunno: a few extra gallons of gas is all it really takes. In reality it probably costs a lot less to road hunt than buy gear, scents, calls, trail cams, batteries, GPS, scent block, tents, packs, and other performance gear.
I hear you though, I've seen some mad-dog road hunters that put on a heck of a lot of miles in their mega-cab 1-ton diesels, packed to the gills with cheetos, jerky, orange vests, .30-06s and busch lite
LOL. Waive at me next time we cross paths.... LOL
Post by: boneaddict on September 26, 2013, 01:45:33 PM
oh, and the monsterWinthrop buck from year before last. Do you think she got that way back in the woods. :chuckle: HINT: sitting in road, whole, no drag marks.
Post by: deltaops on September 26, 2013, 01:50:27 PM
Post by: boneaddict on September 26, 2013, 01:55:47 PM
Any of you great hunters ever walk about 100 yards above a road and note how many deer beds you find. :chuckle:
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Post by: CoryTDF on September 26, 2013, 02:08:58 PM
Post by: deltaops on September 26, 2013, 02:10:55 PM
Post by: boneaddict on September 26, 2013, 02:15:21 PM
Post by: Buckmark on September 26, 2013, 02:45:47 PM
Post by: Jonathan_S on September 26, 2013, 03:03:07 PM
Which one tastes better? A buck deep in the woods, or a buck next to the road? :dunno:
Wait! :yike: I know this one...
:chuckle: truth be told I enjoy hiking and backpacking and stalking but I won't pass up on a legal buck that's near the road. I believe in taking what I'm provided. Not to say I want to blast a spike on opening day but it usually works out and I'm satisfied.
Post by: Buckmark on September 26, 2013, 03:21:30 PM
1) Blacktop, paved?
2) Chipsealed?
3) Maintained gravel (bladed etc)?
4) Dirt, some potholes etc?
5) Dirt, washouts, potholes, rocks but still 2wd?
6) 2 track well traveled but some sketchy parts that may require 4x4 at times and surely to get a few pinetree pinstripes?
7) Jeep trail, 4x4 only, small vehicle only?
8) Quad trail that only quads and some idiot in a suzuki sidekick that forgets to put it into 4low goes?
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So when are we not road hunting using the above choices?
Post by: h20hunter on September 26, 2013, 03:25:12 PM
8) Quad trail that only quads and some idiot in a suzuki sidekick that forgets to put it into 4low goes?
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Yeah but we made it!
Post by: vandeman17 on September 26, 2013, 03:27:59 PM
Post by: h20hunter on September 26, 2013, 03:29:57 PM
Hell of a deer....I'd shoot that from the back of a pick up with a beer in my hand and a pile of apples in the ditch in a heartbeat.
Post by: vandeman17 on September 26, 2013, 03:41:21 PM
Would have had to pass on that one....the little crab claw makes it not uniform enough......
Hell of a deer....I'd shoot that from the back of a pick up with a beer in my hand and a pile of apples in the ditch in a heartbeat.
I told my dad his G4 on his right side was a little weak and he should have passed on him. Slacker
Post by: Kowsrule30 on September 26, 2013, 03:49:55 PM
My buddy shot his biggest deer on a regular season hunt that dumped 3 feet of snow in two days... Most guys pulled out long before... We were blowing through drifts when I saw antlers move on a little bench almost sky lined... When we got out the buck stood and he dropped a 184" muley less then 200 yards from the road.... I don't remember what our plan was for the day other than not to get stuck.... So I guess we were road hunting then to...
Post by: furiouzgeorge on September 26, 2013, 11:35:56 PM
Post by: PolarBear on September 27, 2013, 12:47:35 AM
Post by: Buckmark on September 27, 2013, 10:45:04 AM
Looks like I started something. The spot I was planning to hunt was almost within sight of the road. No argument from me about the fact that deer are everywhere...nine miles in, and near the road. This was a paved highway with traffic...these guys were older but obviously spry enough to jump out of their rig (while still parked in the highway) and JOG off into the tree-line to find the deer, all the while stomping, yelling, and blocking one lane of the HWY...(how wide is a pickup with all doors open?) Like I tried to say earlier...the title of this thread is probably not the most well chosen. My offense was taken with the fact that they blocked the road...drove from game trail to game trail, yelled to each other as they jogged through the under-brush. They did not see deer and exit their vehicles, they saw trails and lept from the truck as if they had seen a shooter!!! Road or no road...I was shocked...not angry about the car...just the state of the car when they left it, and their mannerism in the woods.I would of walked up to the truck, locked the doors and closed them all.. :chuckle:
Post by: billythekidrock on September 27, 2013, 10:20:41 PM
Archery "hunters" driving road with arrows nocked in back of pick-up sitting in lounge chairs. Took the cake in my book.
Saw this tonight in the Capitol Forest. Both driver and passenger were knocked while cruising the roads near Rock Candy.
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Post by: deaner on September 27, 2013, 10:24:09 PM
Post by: Landowner on September 27, 2013, 11:13:40 PM
Recognizing of course, that only a few archery hunters are felons.
Post by: methowman on September 28, 2013, 08:00:04 AM
The next time you see some old duffer hunting from his seat remember that one day that will be You.
To the original post: Sounds like the old boys jumping in & out of the truck thought they were on an animal & made a bad play on it but that sort of crap happens
in the timber as well as on a road. What can you do...pack you gear up & move on to the next trail....
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 28, 2013, 08:07:49 AM
Post by: furiouzgeorge on September 28, 2013, 08:10:35 AM
Gotta vent.... to many Hunters have the attitude (myself included from the time I started hunting in 1977) that road hunters are riding in the comfort of the rigs due to laziness. I'm sure this is true for some of us but as a hunter that never road hunted until recently I know the reality of why. Trust me, laziness has nothing to do with it. I keep myself in good shape, workout ,hike, played basket ball until 2 years ago, but old age is taking its toll, bad hip, knee, & back have forced me to spend at least 20-30% of my hunting hours in a vehicle.
The next time you see some old duffer hunting from his seat remember that one day that will be You.
To the original post: Sounds like the old boys jumping in & out of the truck thought they were on an animal & made a bad play on it but that sort of crap happens
in the timber as well as on a road. What can you do...pack you gear up & move on to the next trail....
All good points and I respect your perspective.
Post by: buckhorn2 on September 28, 2013, 08:32:50 AM
Post by: ghosthunter on September 28, 2013, 08:36:30 AM
Driving gravel forest roads is very relaxing and one of my most favorite things to do year round.
I cannot remember what my wife wanted me to do from one room to the next. But I can remember almost every forest road I have ever been on and what was at the end.
Why is that?
Post by: boneaddict on September 28, 2013, 08:40:59 AM
When we were moose hunting in Alaska by swanson river there were motor homes driving the roads with couches on the top so they could see over the willows. When your young hitting the woods and getting away from the roads is great but when you get older and still like to hunt road hunting works when you see places that look good for deer or elk when your seventy it's usually all you can do is look don't think they would;nt like to get up there. You do what you can do your still hunting.
That couch is more fun than digging devils club out of your knuckles. :chuckle:
Post by: lostbackpacker on September 28, 2013, 08:43:07 AM
We hauled the cow out an old skid road right behind this groups camp. They all looked at me very funny. One of the guys asked me where I shot the cow. I told them it was about,300 yards behind their camp in the ravine.
He guy told me they had been there all week and hadn't seen anything. I politely informed them that I saw their truck drive by 3 different times before 10am.
They looked at me like I was crazy. :dunno: :dunno:
Post by: hrd2fnd on September 28, 2013, 08:46:35 AM
Well some times ,couple times a year, I find myself alone and no real plan that I have to do.:yeah:
Driving gravel forest roads is very relaxing and one of my most favorite things to do year round.
I cannot remember what my wife wanted me to do from one room to the next. But I can remember almost every forest road I have ever been on and what was at the end.
Why is that?
Post by: sakoshooter on September 28, 2013, 11:22:15 AM
I'm not judging, but during early elk I saw a jeep Cherokee with the front doors taken off. Three guys in it driving really slow. But what sold me they were true road hunters were the bow holders bolted to the hood. One on each side. They drove around with their bows on the hood of their rig. I guess it made getting out quicker and quieter. Pretty Hardcore to outfit your rig like that.Imagine all the dust and other grit that gets all over everthing.
Post by: Jonathan_S on September 30, 2013, 12:36:06 PM
My wife's 2 pairs of boots got soaked on Saturday and Sunday we drove all over, looking for her first buck. Pouring down rain and the whitetail were up and moving. She missed clean on a forkhorned whitetail (watched him run 500 yards uphill and then feed before clearing out for good)
We saw two mature bucks but they didn't stop until they were 200 yards away and the high winds didn't make for an ethical shot.
Four grouse bit the dust though so it was a fun day and it was nice to mix it up, especially since the wife isn't crazy about still hunting when it's soaking wet and all she has left are tennis shoes. All in all, it was a good road hunt day. :tup:
Post by: JLS on September 30, 2013, 12:45:27 PM
I've seen a lot of really nice legal bucks from the road during the season. Not sure why folks look down on people doing what they know and what they can to be successful. Plus if every rig pulled over and everyone got out and hit the hill, it would be crowded beyond belief. I see nothing wrong with taking a drive during down hours, seeing some sites, breathing some air. More fun to me than sitting in a blind over a bait pile.
This all can be argued from any different opinion and side. There are things about it I hate, things about it I don't understand, and things about it I see are bad. There is a reverse to everyone of those statements. There are things about it that I like, that I understand, and that I see are good. :dunno:
and yes, I have made fun of and haganged and scoffed at some as well.
:yeah:
I can't figure out why anyone cares how other folks hunt, so long as it's legal. It really has no bearing on me, I can choose to tailor my hunt to fit the current situation.
Some days when I'm tired and worn out, I enjoy driving around drinking coffee and eating Pop Tarts.