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Post by: MLBowhunting on October 17, 2013, 10:21:23 AM
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Post by: scout/sniper on October 17, 2013, 11:19:30 AM
Clickitat you say? Hmmmmm. :chuckle:
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Post by: Odell on October 17, 2013, 03:00:55 PM
And in my 30 years of deer hunting I have seen as many east side idiots as west side idiots. Both east and west klickitat have a huge poaching problem and thats a LOCAL issue.
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Post by: BigD on October 17, 2013, 04:07:35 PM
That's a nice buck you got.
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Post by: irishevox on October 17, 2013, 11:40:42 PM
most people dont post pics with the location of where the animals were killed due to the fact that we have way to many hunters already and dont want even more in our areas. just food for thought.
Why not help others out.. who cares if you invite other hunters there... as long as they have proper ethics it shouldn't matter... people like you make some people afraid to ask for help.....
Post by: jnevs23 on October 17, 2013, 11:51:46 PM
Post by: firefighter4607 on October 18, 2013, 02:12:58 AM
Klickitat County is a very well known county for deer hunting, it is not a big secret. I have seen it in almost every hunting magazine and in the internet/news.
Congrats again!
Post by: rtspring on October 18, 2013, 03:15:33 AM
Again thanks for sharing
Rtspring
Post by: blindpig on October 18, 2013, 06:16:06 AM
Post by: motg9_6 on October 18, 2013, 06:19:38 AM
Congrats on the buck! Don't worry about the people that are flaming you for posting the unit. :tup:
Klickitat County is a very well known county for deer hunting, it is not a big secret. I have seen it in almost every hunting magazine and in the internet/news.
Congrats again!
:bash: and thats the reason we have so many hunters/road hunters/poachers!!! yep thanks alot :bash:
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on October 18, 2013, 06:21:34 AM
Post by: MessMaker on October 18, 2013, 06:44:57 AM
Post by: Odell on October 18, 2013, 09:33:27 AM
You might very well have a lot of west side people coming around sept-oct but to act like there aren't a bunch of local yahoos that feel like they can do anything they want is naive.
I'll take west side idiots over east side anytime. The no trespassing signs stop most of the west siders and they all go home after a few days.
Post by: motg9_6 on October 18, 2013, 09:48:50 AM
Post by: C-Money on October 18, 2013, 05:02:11 PM
Congrats on the buck! Don't worry about the people that are flaming you for posting the unit. :tup:
Klickitat County is a very well known county for deer hunting, it is not a big secret. I have seen it in almost every hunting magazine and in the internet/news.
Congrats again!
:bash: and thats the reason we have so many hunters/road hunters/poachers!!! yep thanks alot :bash:
Lots of that crap goes on everywhere. Klickitat was featured in WA/OR game news last year, or the year before. No secret. Trying to keep the Klick a secret to deer hunters is like trying to keep the Blue Mountains a secret to elk hunters.
Post by: TommyGun496 on October 18, 2013, 06:13:23 PM
Congrats on the buck! Don't worry about the people that are flaming you for posting the unit. :tup:
Klickitat County is a very well known county for deer hunting, it is not a big secret. I have seen it in almost every hunting magazine and in the internet/news.
Congrats again!
:bash: and thats the reason we have so many hunters/road hunters/poachers!!! yep thanks alot :bash:
And they are all wet siders!
Post by: jackelope on October 18, 2013, 07:12:45 PM
Post by: jackelope on October 18, 2013, 07:16:08 PM
Congrats on the buck! Don't worry about the people that are flaming you for posting the unit. :tup:
Klickitat County is a very well known county for deer hunting, it is not a big secret. I have seen it in almost every hunting magazine and in the internet/news.
Congrats again!
:bash: and thats the reason we have so many hunters/road hunters/poachers!!! yep thanks alot :bash:
No. The reason you have all that is because you have lots of deer.
Post by: BAR C3 on October 18, 2013, 07:18:27 PM
Look heres the deal. If you lived here/owned property here and saw how many people come from the west side and do nothing more than drive roads, trespass, and get stupid drunk your opinion may be different. Yes we have been in magazines and all other means of media and none of us like that either. Also its not like a lot of other units that have tons of feel free to hunt ground, it mostly private. I do own ground over here and when asked if people can hunt almost all of them are from the west side. Notice almost everyone that said it wasn't a big deal wasn't a local. The facts is, that whoever said the poaching/trespassing issue is a local one is not true at all. Most of the locals have private ground to hunt and know where the state pieces are. Am I saying that there is no local poaching, NO, but most of it is not. I don't think that one picture is going to entice thousands more hunters but its more un-needed attention in an already over hunted area.Congrats on buck!
My comment on above post is where in Washington state is it not over hunted???? I grew up on the Westside and have owned property outside Spokane for 16 years.
Opening weekend our country road turns into a highway! There is no public property and none of us allow hunting. They still come. Someone in our family had someone dump a buck on his property then they had the nerve to ask if he can hunt it after shooting it. I would have called the game department but they gave them a pass. Guess I'm an a$$hole! :bdid:
On the Peninsula, same deal, opening elk and deer fills with outsiders. We had fun with those! We sent them to the Makah Reservation roads. If they were dumb enough not to no better, to bad!
Anyway, my point is there is no secret spot in this state unless you have private ground. Even with that, you have to police it for the guys who just don't care. What happen to the days of guys putting in some time months before season asking for permission, offering to help a farmer and etc?? Everyone just thinks they are entitled.
We can also thank all the hunting magazines that place maps and etc. when a few guys get a nice one.
My two cents. :bash:
Post by: lewy on October 18, 2013, 07:29:23 PM
Post by: jackelope on October 18, 2013, 07:34:14 PM
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Post by: scout/sniper on October 18, 2013, 07:51:42 PM
Great deer! Welcome to the best hunting site in Washington. Please forgive the rude, outlandish behavior of some!!!:yeah: Well said!
Again thanks for sharing
Rtspring
Again, very nice buck, congrats!
Post by: kenjo on October 18, 2013, 08:10:07 PM
Nice buck.
Post by: BUTTER on October 18, 2013, 08:33:17 PM
Post by: Turner89 on October 18, 2013, 08:54:23 PM
Nice buck. The Grayback is already a pumpkin patch, a few more hunters shouldnt hurt! Oh ya, watch out for the internet police:). Wet side idiots??? Nice one messmaker??? Boo hoo locals!!!:yeah: Watch out for internet police, and know it alls. Awesome buck, don't apologize for anything. :tup:
Post by: passing-thru on October 18, 2013, 08:55:04 PM
Post by: Turner89 on October 18, 2013, 09:09:58 PM
First of all nice buck and welcome to the site. As stated before don't let the negative comments chase you off. If you watch site for any length of time you will see that most of negative or hateful comments come from the same members :sry: . The rest of us try to give positive and uplifting comments, I for one thing we have enough being thrown at us by the "antis" and "bunny huggers" without warring amung ourselves :bdid: . We as a group need to stick together. But, hey that's just me, let them hate away if they must. Again welcome and congratulationsX2
Post by: irishevox on October 18, 2013, 09:17:27 PM
It's Michael waddell's fault that Washington is over hunted!!!!!!!
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F13%2F10%2F19%2F8eqy3uty.jpg&hash=f767be183f6980bf74fb294f696cd1a3d58eab9e)
i recently read that as well
Post by: motg9_6 on October 19, 2013, 07:51:08 AM
Post by: jackelope on October 19, 2013, 08:09:46 AM
Oh yeah. I hunt in the backcountry but I don't consider myself a "different breed" from any of the other guys on here who like to share stories of their success.
If and when I kill a buck this year, I will likely note which gmu I was in. Not going to note what drainage I was standing in and not going to share GPS coords. I don't see an issue with that.
Post by: motg9_6 on October 19, 2013, 08:14:35 AM
your right your always right now your get the last word
Post by: jagermiester on October 19, 2013, 08:17:10 AM
I just spent the last three days in the hills outside of Klickitat I have never been there but after reading this thread I thought I should check it out. It was great we had eight people in our party. One was my 8 year old another was my 90 year old grandma. We all got bucks it was easy.
Post by: scout/sniper on October 19, 2013, 09:26:58 AM
No. A lot of us just know when a point has been made and the dog piling can stop. You don't seem to realize that. Let it go. You've made your point. Know when to say when.The backcountry huh?
Oh yeah. I hunt in the backcountry but I don't consider myself a "different breed" from any of the other guys on here who like to share stories of their success.
If and when I kill a buck this year, I will likely note which gmu I was in. Not going to note what drainage I was standing in and not going to share GPS coords. I don't see an issue with that.
You really shouldn't give away your hunting spots like that, now everyone will go there.
Post by: firefighter4607 on October 19, 2013, 09:10:37 PM
obviously the anti haters on here are nothing more than haters themselves by blowing up someone whos opinion is different from their own. you guys make it sound like we didnt congratulate him on a nice buck and that we dont want him hunting here. not at all the case we are hoping for limitied exposure on an over exposed place as it is. maybe if some of you owned a significant amount of property over here and delt with what we have to deal with you might understand.
It took you 2 negative post before you told the OP congrats. Your first post sounded like he wasn't welcome to post here and that he needed to remove the area he killed his buck in.
Next time you are down town why don't you look at the over head banner. It states Welcome to the Sportsman Paradise, do you know why it says that? That is because our local business owners make a lot of money during this season! By the way I am from G-dale and my family owns a significant amount of land. How much land do you own?
Is there a problem with hunters that don't care or know where property lines are? Yes I agree with you that a lot of people don't do their homework and don't take time to learn the area. That is another subject that has been beat to death. :bash:
Why don't you write letters to the Yakima Herald about overpopulating hunting here in Klickitat County.
http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/yhr/tuesday/1528730-8/deer-might-be-hard-to-find-in-yakima (http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/yhr/tuesday/1528730-8/deer-might-be-hard-to-find-in-yakima)
Deer might be hard to find in Yakima, Kittitas counties
Posted on October 1, 2013
Rob Phillips
For the Yakima Herald-Republic
Deer hunters reported only about an 8 percent success rate last year in our region, compared to a 28 percent success rate around the rest of the state. For the past several years local game biologists have been telling deer hunters to hunt just about anywhere else because our deer population and hunter success has been so low.
A recent slight uptick in the region’s deer population is nothing to get too excited about, says Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Jeff Bernatowicz, who predicts District 8 (Yakima and Kittitas Counties) will again offer poor deer hunting.
Hunters hoping to hunt close to home should consider Klickitat County, where hunters have annually been tagging upwards of 1,000 legal bucks. Just as in District 8, Klickitat game management units fall under the “3-point or better” regulations, so bucks taken there are normally at least 2 1/2-year-olds, with many older males sporting larger antlers.
Post by: gee_unit360 on October 19, 2013, 09:48:59 PM
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Post by: Squatch200 on October 29, 2013, 03:54:15 PM
Good post FF4607! Now, the only question is are they muleys or benchlegs.....?? :dunno: HHmmmm..... :chuckle: :chuckle:Most all of Klickitat county is bench legs. The more east you go there is more muley influence and the more west you go, you get more blacktail.
Nice Buck for this region!
Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on October 29, 2013, 05:32:54 PM
Nice buck and congrats...
Post by: Hoythunter on October 29, 2013, 07:08:54 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 29, 2013, 07:11:28 PM
All of the BIG Klickitat bucks are in Glenwood, everyone knows that!
Nice try! :chuckle:
Post by: longrangekiller on October 29, 2013, 07:20:38 PM
All of the BIG Klickitat bucks are in Glenwood, everyone knows that!
Nice try! :chuckle:
Ya if u can find a buck in glenwood u might be the best there is hahaha :chuckle:
Post by: finnman on October 29, 2013, 08:33:08 PM
Congrats on the buck! Don't worry about the people that are flaming you for posting the unit. :tup:
Klickitat County is a very well known county for deer hunting, it is not a big secret. I have seen it in almost every hunting magazine and in the internet/news.
Congrats again!
:bash: and thats the reason we have so many hunters/road hunters/poachers!!! yep thanks alot :bash:
Actually the reason for so many road hunters is due to the lock down of thousands of acres of private timberlands, due mainly to the trash dumping, timber theiving, drug using, we have been here forever and can do what the ;&@$/ we want locals.
Thats really the reason, has nothing to do with west siders, its a local issue, always has been.
Post by: mkcj on October 29, 2013, 08:55:50 PM
Post by: curlewkiller on October 30, 2013, 01:31:04 PM
Look heres the deal. If you lived here/owned property here and saw how many people come from the west side and do nothing more than drive roads, trespass, and get stupid drunk your opinion may be different. Yes we have been in magazines and all other means of media and none of us like that either. Also its not like a lot of other units that have tons of feel free to hunt ground, it mostly private. I do own ground over here and when asked if people can hunt almost all of them are from the west side. Notice almost everyone that said it wasn't a big deal wasn't a local. The facts is, that whoever said the poaching/trespassing issue is a local one is not true at all. Most of the locals have private ground to hunt and know where the state pieces are. Am I saying that there is no local poaching, NO, but most of it is not. I don't think that one picture is going to entice thousands more hunters but its more un-needed attention in an already over hunted area.
Post by: sandythebowtotenmama on October 30, 2013, 03:56:34 PM
Post by: jagermiester on October 30, 2013, 07:22:21 PM
Thats a really nice buck :drool: I will be heading to the Grayback Unit the day before Thanksgiving. Didnt draw a doe tag so I have to wait 6 days :bash: Congrats tho :tup:What are you doing don't tell people where you hunt you are going to ruin the area forever. Don't you know anything.
Post by: bigbeamhunter on October 30, 2013, 07:54:08 PM
Post by: jagermiester on October 30, 2013, 08:01:48 PM
For me telling the unit name isn't a big deal but for those who hunt there like me And others can tell exactly where you Are at your back drop tells everything think about that when you take A picMaybe you can carry a sheet with you for a backdrop
Post by: bigbeamhunter on October 30, 2013, 08:10:04 PM
Because I'm sure he wouldn't like to show up to his spot next year and there is a parking lot there
Post by: MessMaker on November 02, 2013, 01:22:31 PM
Congrats on the buck! Don't worry about the people that are flaming you for posting the unit. :tup:
Klickitat County is a very well known county for deer hunting, it is not a big secret. I have seen it in almost every hunting magazine and in the internet/news.
Congrats again!
:bash: and thats the reason we have so many hunters/road hunters/poachers!!! yep thanks alot :bash:
Actually the reason for so many road hunters is due to the lock down of thousands of acres of private timberlands, due mainly to the trash dumping, timber theiving, drug using, we have been here forever and can do what the ;&@$/ we want locals.
Thats really the reason, has nothing to do with west siders, its a local issue, always has been.
Wrong again. Timber grounds were closed because we had a big fire this year. Also the timber company ground was open during modern firearm. check the facts. I really love how everyone from out of town tries to tell us what "THE REAL PROBLEM IS". As if they see it year round or something. Seems like the Washington way though.
Post by: gee_unit360 on November 14, 2013, 07:54:13 PM
Post by: finnman on November 14, 2013, 08:28:44 PM
Congrats on the buck! Don't worry about the people that are flaming you for posting the unit. :tup:
Klickitat County is a very well known county for deer hunting, it is not a big secret. I have seen it in almost every hunting magazine and in the internet/news.
Congrats again!
:bash: and thats the reason we have so many hunters/road hunters/poachers!!! yep thanks alot :bash:
Actually the reason for so many road hunters is due to the lock down of thousands of acres of private timberlands, due mainly to the trash dumping, timber theiving, drug using, we have been here forever and can do what the ;&@$/ we want locals.
Thats really the reason, has nothing to do with west siders, its a local issue, always has been.
Wrong again. Timber grounds were closed because we had a big fire this year. Also the timber company ground was open during modern firearm. check the facts. I really love how everyone from out of town tries to tell us what "THE REAL PROBLEM IS". As if they see it year round or something. Seems like the Washington way though.
Hey Mess, I do have the facts, I am not referring to Timber Co. Lands from this year or last year or even 10 years ago, I am going back before you were probably old enough to hunt! I have been hunting that county off and on since 1978, and yes the amount of open access ground is and has been vastly reduced! It was not the west side guys that created the issues that got this land closed, it was the local issues. It's the same over here pal, you I am sure are not the one that takes a whole load of roofing shingles and dumps them at the entrance of a local Weyerhaeuser logging road, it's always a local issue.
The areas we used to camp and hunt in are no longer open access, you have to hike miles to access those once great spots. So over the past 20 years the hunting pressure may be increasing and roads are probably over travelled, but like anything else scouting seems to be the real key to success not worrying about some pic on the internet.
Post by: wackmaster on November 14, 2013, 08:30:38 PM
Post by: pilebuck on November 14, 2013, 08:40:04 PM
Post by: motg9_6 on November 15, 2013, 05:27:13 AM
Hey Mess, I do have the facts, I am not referring to Timber Co. Lands from this year or last year or even 10 years ago, I am going back before you were probably old enough to hunt! I have been hunting that county off and on since 1978, and yes the amount of open access ground is and has been vastly reduced! It was not the west side guys that created the issues that got this land closed, it was the local issues. It's the same over here pal, you I am sure are not the one that takes a whole load of roofing shingles and dumps them at the entrance of a local Weyerhaeuser logging road, it's always a local issue.
The areas we used to camp and hunt in are no longer open access, you have to hike miles to access those once great spots. So over the past 20 years the hunting pressure may be increasing and roads are probably over travelled, but like anything else scouting seems to be the real key to success not worrying about some pic on the internet.
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If you think people dont use this site, google earth, and other sites for scouting you saddly mistaken.
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on November 15, 2013, 06:07:42 AM
Post by: Greenhorn on November 15, 2013, 06:12:44 AM
If you think people dont use this site, google earth, and other sites for scouting you saddly mistaken.Point in case, myself. I had an any bull tag for Peaches two years ago, an area that I had been hunting the last 15 years. I had never had a bull tag before and was going to do everything in my power to fill it including using the internet. That is how I came across this site and have enjoyed it ever since. I learned a lot (and keep on learning) and met a lot of great people. Any way this site didn't replace a dozen scouting trips or setting up trail cams etc. but it sure gave me a lot of great ideas for filling my tag.
Post by: wackmaster on November 15, 2013, 11:24:11 AM
Post by: elkfins on November 15, 2013, 12:55:18 PM
BTW... to the OP, great buck dude!
Post by: motg9_6 on November 15, 2013, 01:38:57 PM
Post by: Mike450r on November 15, 2013, 01:57:16 PM
Did this thread really go south because a couple guys think the picture and saying which GMU it was taken in is going to cause some mass migration of hunters?
Post by: GurrCentral on November 15, 2013, 02:24:50 PM
Post by: 6x6in6 on November 15, 2013, 03:34:01 PM
Must be a Klickitat thing.... :chuckle:
Nice buck, congrats!!!! :)
Post by: pcal on November 15, 2013, 08:13:21 PM
Got this BIG 4×5 Klickitat buck Monday evening just before dark with grandpas old Remington model 721 30.06. Saw another dandy 5×6 and a couple smaller bucks get taken out as well. Anybody else get a klickitat buck? Post' em up.You have a nice buck there.All the guys who posted about posting their unit and are upset are in need of some testosterone.Grumpy old men syndrome of something.I hunt the methow,okanogan and was upset by the Hunting and Fishing news when they featured my unit(Gardner) one year.I expected it would be flooded with hunters.Ya know what?It wasn't any different than any other year.Lots of road drivers til it snowed 4' and the Twisp River road was closed for 5 days.I only found out it had been closed when I came down with my 4x4 buck.Seems mother nature will send the packs packing.I hunted it again this year for 3 days up 3k ft and in 1 mile and sat on a bench and got a nice 6x6 buck.The evening before I got my buck, had a lone hunter cross our bench.He was a local and said we were the only hunters he had ever seen up there as most wouldn't climb and stand the steepness.We sat on that bench for 3 days and seen few deer but the one we got was worth it.I did see a buck at 400 yrds the first day but the timber was so thick it was only a few seconds and he had continued up the mountain.My guess is that you have been beat up enough to not post here again but don't even worry about the few sore heads as they won't be around to help you dress and drag that buck out.I'd only worry about keeping your hunting buddies happy.They might not be thrilled about you spilling too much as they think bucks don't have legs.Think about it:A buck can cover 20 miles in as many hours in steep terrain and hes looking for love.Just find yourself a game highway thats well away from people's highway and know they are going to come.Pick a spot with cover behind you,just don't move and take your best shot when the time comes.pcal
Post by: ar_nick on November 21, 2013, 10:53:26 AM
Post by: TMortensen on November 21, 2013, 12:06:47 PM
As for the locals, it must be only a few that hate wet siders. I hunt there every year during archery seasons 27yrs and I've taken some great bucks. I have had great success obtaining permission to hunt private lands. Most locals between goldendale and bickleton I feel are open to letting people hunt if your kind and respectful to them about hunting their land.
As for taking pictures, who cares if there's a recognizable land mark in the back ground. you or I are not the only ones that know where it is.