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Other Hunting => Upland Birds => Topic started by: Forks on June 15, 2014, 06:45:01 AM

Title: Out of state trips
Post by: Forks on June 15, 2014, 06:45:01 AM: Who's heading out of state for birds this fall?
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Post by: Old Dog on June 15, 2014, 08:07:35 AM: I'm headed to So Dak the first of November. I stay in the town of Miller, and hunt public property in about a 100 mile circle. Lots of birds, and loads of fun. :tup: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: joe_dumy on June 16, 2014, 05:46:39 AM: A good friend of mine just moved to Glendive Montana. I will be trying to figure out the hunting around there and do a once a year trip.
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Post by: jackson7 on June 16, 2014, 11:13:03 PM: usually hit Idaho once each season.
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Post by: shootem on June 19, 2014, 10:47:31 PM: Birds were way down last year in South Dakota. I am still going to go this year but caution anyone who doesn't know where too go that it may be a bust. Keep an eye on the nesting reports.
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Post by: acorn on June 27, 2014, 09:31:42 PM: Hoping to keep up my annual eastern Montana bird/deer trip (around Valier). Might be a bit of a stretch this year, in terms of time, but we'll see. Having babies cuts in the hunting season vacation allotment.
Title: Re: Out of state trips
Post by: huntingfool7 on June 28, 2014, 06:24:22 AM: Quote from: shootem on June 19, 2014, 10:47:31 PM
Birds were way down last year in South Dakota. I am still going to go this year but caution anyone who doesn't know where too go that it may be a bust. Keep an eye on the nesting reports.
A bad year in the Dakotas is better than a good year in Washington.
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Post by: shootem on June 30, 2014, 09:05:16 PM: Yep! By far.
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Post by: wildweeds on June 30, 2014, 09:31:15 PM: Yup what he said!,It's not so much the nesting reports,it's the per mile bird count on towards the end of summer that counts.I've never been to South Dakota and had what I'd call a bad trip.We went a few years ago and the per mile bird count was 5 which is not good for there,I had zero problem getting all my birds and lot's of dog work. This year I'm doing a double ,Montana for sharpies and So Dak for Roosters,most likely will NOT buy a WA license.I've got 3 weeks vacation,I'll call that good enough in far away lands that treat traveling hunters well and actually value the game they manage.
Quote from: huntingfool7 on June 28, 2014, 06:24:22 AM
Quote from: shootem on June 19, 2014, 10:47:31 PM
Birds were way down last year in South Dakota. I am still going to go this year but caution anyone who doesn't know where too go that it may be a bust. Keep an eye on the nesting reports.
A bad year in the Dakotas is better than a good year in Washington.
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Post by: Fishnfowler on June 30, 2014, 10:15:27 PM: I've got a couple of Idaho trips planned for chukar.

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Title: Re: Out of state trips
Post by: fethrduster on July 04, 2014, 08:29:48 PM: There's no way I'd go all the way to SD just to shoot a few roosters, when I can do that 20 minutes from my house in Tacoma. Washington has roosters, chukars, huns, quail, ruffed and blue grouse and doves and turkeys. The grass isn't always greener, unless you're talking about chukars, and then Idaho and Oregon have Washington beat, definitely.
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Post by: bobcat on July 04, 2014, 09:02:51 PM: 20 minutes from Tacoma? :dunno:

Not wild birds.
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Post by: jackelope on July 04, 2014, 09:18:08 PM: Please expand on the great pheasant hunting 20 minutes from Tacoma.
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Post by: huntingfool7 on July 05, 2014, 12:01:13 AM: Has to be talking about pheasant release sites on Fort Lewis, 20 minutes out of Tacoma.
I'm sorry Featherduster. While I'm all for release sites, the grass is greener out of state. A lot greener.

BTW- good looking pup!
Title: Re: Out of state trips
Post by: JODakota on July 05, 2014, 05:37:27 AM: Quote from: fethrduster on July 04, 2014, 08:29:48 PM
There's no way I'd go all the way to SD just to shoot a few roosters, when I can do that 20 minutes from my house in Tacoma. Washington has roosters, chukars, huns, quail, ruffed and blue grouse and doves and turkeys. The grass isn't always greener, unless you're talking about chukars, and then Idaho and Oregon have Washington beat, definitely.

Haha a few roosters? That's what wa state holds altogether. I literally see fields on a regular basis with 500 plus ring necks here in ND. It's pretty immaculate bird hunting, not to mention sharp tails, woodcock, ruffed grouse and Huns.
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Post by: wildweeds on July 05, 2014, 10:50:10 AM: You will never see a 300+ bird eruption from a five acre corn patch 20 minutes from Tacoma,You'll also not see that anywhere in eastern washington either.I've seen it multiple times in South Dakota,even with a huge mass exodus there are still birds o plenty that hold still for points.
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Post by: fethrduster on July 05, 2014, 12:46:31 PM: I've had this conversation with a friend of mine who goes there. No, of course you won't see that many roosters in WA. But at the end of the day, it's still a fairly one dimensional experience. Now if you threw in some huns and quail into the mix to add some variety, that would be a different story altogether. I've shot gazillions of wild roosters, and obviously that is a different and better experience than release site birds, but in my opinion it's not so amazingly different that I'd drive all the way to SD for it. I regularly hunt central WA and the Palouse for wild birds, and while I don't see 15-300 birds in a field, I see quite a few, with the added experience of quail, huns, and sometimes even chukars thrown into the mix.
Title: Re: Out of state trips
Post by: 270Shooter on July 05, 2014, 12:54:32 PM: Quote from: wildweeds on July 05, 2014, 10:50:10 AM
You will never see a 300+ bird eruption from a five acre corn patch 20 minutes from Tacoma,You'll also not see that anywhere in eastern washington either.I've seen it multiple times in South Dakota,even with a huge mass exodus there are still birds o plenty that hold still for points.
a few years ago a buddy and I walked a small sage brush knob surrounded by corn fields with 4 inches of snow on the ground and we estimated that about 150-200 birds came out of that one little patch, I'd never seen anything like it. This was on the Yakama reservation.
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Post by: boneaddict on July 05, 2014, 01:11:22 PM: I am contemplating a snowcock hunt in the Ruby mountains/Nevada. Not real high on this years list, but it is on the list.
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Post by: fethrduster on July 06, 2014, 10:14:39 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on July 05, 2014, 01:11:22 PM
I am contemplating a snowcock hunt in the Ruby mountains/Nevada. Not real high on this years list, but it is on the list.

Wow. Now THAT would something for the bucket list. :tup:
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Post by: eastsidemallard74 on November 03, 2014, 12:44:21 PM: Just got back from nd,awesome trip
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on November 03, 2014, 01:01:31 PM: Nice birds! I'd like to see someone post a pic of half the birds there from Washington? Won't happen...
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Post by: Yelper Guy on November 03, 2014, 01:24:37 PM: Bone, excuse my ignorance but what is a "snowcock"?
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Post by: cipryan on November 03, 2014, 01:36:37 PM: there is a sharpie eruption this year around here. be hard to go anywhere else.
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Post by: merkelman on November 03, 2014, 03:37:58 PM: My close friends shot 23 roosters opening weekend south of Moses
Lake, ALL WILD BIRDS AND PUBLIC LANDS..all where ya know and go! I agree with Featherduster, pheasants are one dimensional! Most guys will not put in the 5-6 hours of humping the hills for the Partridge!
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Post by: wildweeds on November 03, 2014, 08:24:51 PM: Hymiylain snowcock(spellins wrong) but they are from the hymilayya's and are know as the MT goats of the bird world,cool looking birds that live way way high altitude wise and are like chukars on steroids.
Quote from: Yelper Guy on November 03, 2014, 01:24:37 PM
Bone, excuse my ignorance but what is a "snowcock"?
Title: Re: Out of state trips
Post by: ribka on November 03, 2014, 08:49:25 PM: Quote from: boneaddict on July 05, 2014, 01:11:22 PM
I am contemplating a snowcock hunt in the Ruby mountains/Nevada. Not real high on this years list, but it is on the list.

the snow cock is on my to do list next year
Title: Re: Out of state trips
Post by: acorn on November 04, 2014, 08:28:58 PM: Quote from: boneaddict on July 05, 2014, 01:11:22 PM
I am contemplating a snowcock hunt in the Ruby mountains/Nevada. Not real high on this years list, but it is on the list.

Definitely on my lifetime bucket list. Not going to happen any time soon but it's going to happen. Bone, you might be interested in reading this short picture heavy story on a recent snowcock hunt, I'm a huge fan of the author, he also runs a superb blog.

http://www.filson.com/filson-life/2014/10/snowcock-hunting-larry-mckurtis/ (http://www.filson.com/filson-life/2014/10/snowcock-hunting-larry-mckurtis/)

http://red-legged-devils.com/ (http://red-legged-devils.com/)
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Post by: coyote_out on November 05, 2014, 07:47:35 PM: Good read, will have to follow this guys blog! Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Out of state trips
Post by: Forks on November 06, 2014, 08:15:44 AM: Just got home from a 2 week NE MT/ND upland adventure. You will find nothing more challenging than trying to pin a covey of sharp tail this time of year. Huns were also plentiful in certain spots. If you stay away from the silly bird farming that most hunt, the hunting is East WA times a bazillion. It would take a couple years to get the type of experience for a young dog in WA that can be achieved in weeks if you head a little further east.
Title: Re: Out of state trips
Post by: Pueblo on November 06, 2014, 08:43:46 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on July 05, 2014, 01:11:22 PM
I am contemplating a snowcock hunt in the Ruby mountains/Nevada. Not real high on this years list, but it is on the list.

As I was hiking into the Rubies in September for a 2nd try at deer I ran into a guy from the Puget sound area who was up there to hunt them. It was odd to see a guy with a huge backpack and a (huge) shotgun instead of a bow or rifle...not a common combination! He had seen none but had collected a grouse. He was hunting too far south for good numbers of snow cocks. He told me that he was heading to another area at the head of Lamoille Canyon that is more in the heart of the Snow Cock range. Maybe he's on this board(?) and could share his experience. In 3 weeks of hunting there over two years I have never seen one.
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Post by: fethrduster on November 30, 2014, 11:02:52 AM: Fantastic blog, thanks for sharing it! That Himalayan snowcock hunt sounds amazing. Hmmm....