Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: westside103147 on March 24, 2014, 06:22:36 PM
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I'm considering purchasing a permit for the Snoqualmie forest. Last time I hunted in the area was a couple years ago and I'm interested if the prospects have improved. Has anyone on HuntWa taken a deer or bear in the area in the last couple years?
Thanks,
westside
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I got a deer in there last October. It was the only buck I saw and one of four total deer I saw last year. I bought one again this year, but I'm not super sure that I will make a habit of it. On the bright side, I probably only saw half a dozen hunters all season. I calculated the cost of hunting far from home vs. driving in everyday from the city and I'm fairly certain buying a permit pencils out. You may consider however that there is no late rifle season in that game unit(460).
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If your willing to spend some time you will find there are a lot of animals there
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Thanks for the info!
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Got one last year as well. Only hunted it a couple of days and did not see another hunter. Lots of good areas with little or no pressure. The biggest buck I've seen was a stout 3x, but there has got to be bigger, just got to find them....
The pass also opens up your opportunities for some pretty good lake fishing and a couple cords of firewood if you need it.
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I thought there was a list for these permits/keys and they go quickly?
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I thought there was a list for these permits/keys and they go quickly?
Around 5 years or so there were only selling about 500 permits, and yes those went within a few days. Now they're selling 1,000 permits and have bout 400 left.
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Hmm...thx bigtex
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I was just curious if the person who started this thread ended up buying a permit or not? Are you inclined/ disinclined? just curious...
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I did end up buying a permit.
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Is this permit good for the area going up past the Glacier Quarry ? If it is, I hauled a lot of dirt into 5 mile where the big, huge dirt pile is. I saw deer in there all the time with an occasional elk report from other dump truck drivers.
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We hauled for HOS Brothers, so they might own it, or had a contract to dump dirt there. So I can't help you on that part. I actually used to come into Hancock ( Weyerhuaser (sp) ) from the Ben Howard Rd out of Monroe. That was many, many years ago.
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Is this permit good for the area going up past the Glacier Quarry ? If it is, I hauled a lot of dirt into 5 mile where the big, huge dirt pile is. I saw deer in there all the time with an occasional elk report from other dump truck drivers.
Deleted my comment because I misread and thought you were asking about the area around the 5 mile pit. Is Glacier Quarry the one off Tokul Creek? If so, I don't see it marked as non-access on the map.
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Is this permit good for the area going up past the Glacier Quarry ? If it is, I hauled a lot of dirt into 5 mile where the big, huge dirt pile is. I saw deer in there all the time with an occasional elk report from other dump truck drivers.
Deleted my comment because I misread and thought you were asking about the area around the 5 mile pit. Is Glacier Quarry the one off Tokul Creek? If so, I don't see it marked as non-access on the map.
I think that is Tokul Creel. You go up past Glacier and come up on some houses and a stop sign. You go another couple hundred yards or so and there is a gate there. That's the only way I've been in except off of Ben Howard 30 + years ago.
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I've entered on the Northern end many times.
Seen deer and bears.
There's a lot of land there.
I'm debating whether to go after it for mod elk or hunt south this year.
I park and bike in.
I think few people who hunt live in Seattle/Eastside, so 460 gets less pressure. I see no reason why there wouldn't be a good supply of deer. Last year a good amount of bulls were taken during modern.
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I've entered on the Northern end many times.
Seen deer and bears.
There's a lot of land there.
I'm debating whether to go after it for mod elk or hunt south this year.
I park and bike in.
I think few people who hunt live in Seattle/Eastside, so 460 gets less pressure. I see no reason why there wouldn't be a good supply of deer. Last year a good amount of bulls were taken during modern.
That's my plan for this season. I plan on getting day permits for a few days in the summer to do some mountain bike scouting since it will be my first time up there. It is so much closer to home and the $8 per day fee is a heck of a lot less than I spend driving down to my usual spot. My only concern is a detailed map isn't provided unless you buy a motorized permit. I guess that's what REI is there for.
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I biked about 12 miles back one day. Last two miles were pushing the bike up a hill. Never doing that again!
You can get the vicinity map from hancockrecreationnw which shows you the roads and gates. Otherwise I just use google maps.
PM me if you want more info.