Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on October 11, 2014, 05:32:06 AM
Post by: billythekidrock on October 11, 2014, 05:48:48 AM
Debating on going back to bed or take the wife out hunting.
Post by: dc1608 on October 11, 2014, 06:01:34 AM
Post by: MountainWalk on October 11, 2014, 06:16:14 AM
Post by: M40hunter on October 11, 2014, 06:19:35 AM
Go get em!
Post by: Jason on October 11, 2014, 06:22:26 AM
Good luck all!!
Post by: rtspring on October 11, 2014, 06:27:08 AM
Good luck everyone!!
Rtspring
GETSUM..
Post by: MountainWalk on October 11, 2014, 06:29:11 AM
Post by: big J on October 11, 2014, 06:38:17 AM
Post by: gr8whthunter on October 11, 2014, 07:31:11 AM
:bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash:
Post by: jasnt on October 11, 2014, 07:42:57 AM
Post by: Toptwo on October 11, 2014, 08:00:53 AM
Post by: jtw on October 11, 2014, 08:09:34 AM
Woke up at 5 and sleeping in sounded better than fighting the opening weekend crowds. I checked the weather and we're supposed to have showers this afternoon. I'll head out then and hope the rain chases off the unworthy. With Green diamond making so much of my area pay to play the areas still open to the public are going to be packed.
Post by: cbond3318 on October 11, 2014, 08:26:25 AM
I think in an hour, I will go shooting. perfect day to go burn some powder. opening day, nobody will care.
Be sure to clean up after yourself! Can't stand the site of empty casings and busted up tvs! Be safe too!
Post by: bobcat on October 11, 2014, 09:05:32 AM
Damn weather man. No rain here in Thurston County either.
Debating on going back to bed or take the wife out hunting.
It's not raining now, but it was raining hard when I went to bed at midnight last night.
Post by: snowpack on October 11, 2014, 09:18:39 AM
I think in an hour, I will go shooting. perfect day to go burn some powder. opening day, nobody will care.Everytime you reach a landing...I think it is a rule. Get out, glass for two minutes with your scope, get all the empty beer cans out of the truck, shoot at the cans, get back in the truck and repeat at the next landing.
Post by: PolarBear on October 11, 2014, 09:24:34 AM
Post by: billythekidrock on October 11, 2014, 01:53:08 PM
Damn weather man. No rain here in Thurston County either.
Debating on going back to bed or take the wife out hunting.
It's not raining now, but it was raining hard when I went to bed at midnight last night.
No rain here until almost 11.
The wife and I did manage to get on a tall 1x2 this morning, but she couldn't get a shot.
Post by: jasnt on October 11, 2014, 01:58:27 PM
Post by: Little Dave on October 11, 2014, 02:24:44 PM
Post by: Toptwo on October 11, 2014, 03:05:33 PM
Post by: PolarBear on October 11, 2014, 04:38:17 PM
Post by: runamuk on October 11, 2014, 08:21:19 PM
Post by: bearmanric on October 11, 2014, 08:35:03 PM
Post by: RadSav on October 11, 2014, 09:06:19 PM
What burns me is these spots were less than 10 minutes apart last year. Weyco really needs to put in more permit access gates so a guy can get from point "A" to point "B" without having to drive all over heck to find an access point. I think my normal three spots are separated by less than five miles. This year I bet it is 20 miles from one to the other. If I were 20 again we would have just cut cross country on foot to each.
Hadn't planned on having the wife road hunt all day, but that is what this gate system ended up forcing us to do as we searched for access to our spots. Most of these gates are in areas we have never entered from before. Drove past the first one multiple times in the dark before I got out the magnifying glass and figured it out.
"Thank you"!!! to the guy in the two tone Ford who showed me where to find the DNR access corridor. I'd still be trying to figure that one out if not for him :)
Did see some deer but nothing with horns. Not one single elk...very strange!! Weather was great. Although the hail storm, thunder and lightning I could have done without. Will hit spots 4,5 & 6 tomorrow. Should only require a single entry to get to all those spots. Should be less frustrating and we can capitalize on hitting them at the right times of day.
On the plus side I did not see a single person get out of their truck today. Love that!! Should mean that we will have the woods to ourselves once we get off the road and can move freely without being held hostage by the gate system. Should also mean calm and relaxed deer once we get there :tup:
See you guys at 4:AM :hello:
Post by: PolarBear on October 11, 2014, 09:26:25 PM
Post by: JJB11B on October 11, 2014, 09:27:25 PM
At the gate at 6am this morning. Then realized I should have looked at the Weyco gate map better. No access where I usually go in. Have to drive about 40 miles out of the woods and around to get to the permit gate. Four rigs at my #1 Weyco spot. Spot #2 is DNR land...another hour drive to get out of weyco and find the DNR access road that is not gated. Get there fog is so thick can't hardly see the road. Off to spot #3 across main road and back on Weyco. Another 1.5 hours later I'm at the permit entry gate with another 15 minutes to the spot.GET BACK IN THE MACHINE SHOP AND GET THOSE BROADHEADS WORKIN!!!!!!!!!!!
What burns me is these spots were less than 10 minutes apart last year. Weyco really needs to put in more permit access gates so a guy can get from point "A" to point "B" without having to drive all over heck to find an access point. I think my normal three spots are separated by less than five miles. This year I bet it is 20 miles from one to the other. If I were 20 again we would have just cut cross country on foot to each.
Hadn't planned on having the wife road hunt all day, but that is what this gate system ended up forcing us to do as we searched for access to our spots. Most of these gates are in areas we have never entered from before. Drove past the first one multiple times in the dark before I got out the magnifying glass and figured it out.
"Thank you"!!! to the guy in the two tone Ford who showed me where to find the DNR access corridor. I'd still be trying to figure that one out if not for him :)
Did see some deer but nothing with horns. Not one single elk...very strange!! Weather was great. Although the hail storm, thunder and lightning I could have done without. Will hit spots 4,5 & 6 tomorrow. Should only require a single entry to get to all those spots. Should be less frustrating and we can capitalize on hitting them at the right times of day.
On the plus side I did not see a single person get out of their truck today. Love that!! Should mean that we will have the woods to ourselves once we get off the road and can move freely without being held hostage by the gate system. Should also mean calm and relaxed deer once we get there :tup:
See you guys at 4:AM :hello:
Post by: RadSav on October 11, 2014, 09:39:32 PM
I noticed the gate problem at Pe Ell South. It is darn near impossible to go in one gate and out another. I'm actually fine with that. In 2 days of muzzy elk we only saw one non Weyco Rig. Bt the way, we got into elk on opening morning and every one of them had hoof rot, the bulls had thin, messed up racks and all of them were limping so badly and were in such poor shape that my daughter passed on 2 legal bulls (4x4 and a 5x4). The elk looked like they were from Ethiopia.
Man that is sad :'( I had never seen hoof rot in there prior to 2010. Heard of it, but never actually saw it.
Two years ago they sprayed the living tarnation out of that place. I'm starting to warm up to the idea that spraying is having an effect. If nothing else than reducing their ability to resist the infection. Westside elk will be permit only soon, I think! What a shame.
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on October 11, 2014, 09:43:42 PM
Post by: PolarBear on October 11, 2014, 09:45:34 PM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on October 11, 2014, 09:49:20 PM
Post by: RadSav on October 11, 2014, 09:52:32 PM
GET BACK IN THE MACHINE SHOP AND GET THOSE BROADHEADS WORKIN!!!!!!!!!!!
One more week and I expect to have the low profile aluminum ferrule broadheads ready to ship. Del's high profile blade run I had to reject. Something was just not right with them. After a talk with the heat treater we found out they heat treated them twice. You can get away with that in carbon, but makes a terrible product when done in stainless. Probably could sell them but that is not what we want people's first impression to be. So that was 100,000 blades and about another 30K flushed down the crapper! New ones are already in the works, but probably won't be here for late season.
On the plus side the TripleSec ferrules look great and the MadMan ferrules look good too. Going to do a little more burnishing on the points and they will be ready for assembly! The VanDyke LP Solid blades came out freakin awesome!!! Can't get much better than they did. CL and I would love to see some guys shooting those this late season :tup:
Post by: RadSav on October 11, 2014, 09:56:21 PM
I should tell ya a story but I am beat ...but I guarantee you have not seen many blacktail with a neck this size on opening day :yike: :o Rutting ? you tell me ....but your have to wait until tomorrow when I am not so tired . I turned my son and niece lose this morning and they done well :tup:
:whoo: Can't wait to see the pics!
BTW - Have you had a chance to shoot those TripleSecs' yet? As promised BH45 got the very first production models we approved for distribution!
Post by: RadSav on October 11, 2014, 10:03:26 PM
Rutting ? you tell me ....
We have been seeing blacktail scrape and rub lines already. Saw the first ones two weeks ago! Could be the best MF blacktail season in years :dunno:
If no buck tomorrow Lorraine will be hitting those scrap lines with her bow during the week. I knew I should have gotten her a slug gun this year :chuckle:
Post by: PolarBear on October 11, 2014, 10:08:06 PM
Post by: StuckoYota99 on October 11, 2014, 10:24:36 PM
Post by: washelkhunter on October 11, 2014, 10:46:58 PM
Post by: huntingbaldguy on October 12, 2014, 04:38:53 AM
Post by: bearmanric on October 12, 2014, 06:44:22 AM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on October 12, 2014, 08:07:14 AM
After I calmed down I told them to turn around because it is super nasty up there . He said I am going up the road because it may clear up .. Not changing his mind obviously So I told them to be careful .. Wife and I decide to go have breakfast . About 45 minutes later we get a text saying they Jade my niece just shot a dandy and it rolled off a cliff :yike: she shot it with a .243 and when it jumped it went right off a cliff .. Its hard to explain how bad it really was ...Once I got there I just wanted to crawl in a hole and hide :dunno: Pretty proud of them going on there own and killing a buck like this ...Definitely a nice one !
This picture really doesn't do this deer justice ..This is a true 200 pound blacktail ...maybe even more !
Post by: HawkCreek on October 12, 2014, 08:20:07 AM
Post by: CAMPMEAT on October 12, 2014, 08:40:40 AM
Broke muzzy elk camp today in 352. The rains came outta nowhere just when we were ready to put the tent away. :bash: Tons of opening day deer hunters all ROAD HUNTING! :dunno: Truck after truck; no one beating the brush however. Drove all the way down to 410 and only 1 rig parked off the grade and hitting the ground. Saw 3 does while hunting in there and 0 bucks. I did however get a chuckle outta of the little spike buck standing on the side of the road looking confused near the bottom driving out to day. :chuckle:
How's that new ATV working out for you ? You know, the one with the big wheels and tires you posted....... :chuckle:
Post by: gr8whthunter on October 12, 2014, 09:57:40 AM
Post by: jasnt on October 12, 2014, 10:00:13 AM
Post by: Little Dave on October 14, 2014, 11:07:18 PM
Post by: RadSav on October 18, 2014, 01:02:22 AM
Got a good feeling about today!
We are headed to the same spot the wife took her big buck last year. No MS tag for me so I should get some good sleep in the truck. I love waking up to the sound of Lil' Bob spouting off :chuckle:
Post by: runamuk on October 18, 2014, 05:37:36 AM