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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: bearmanric on January 15, 2009, 08:51:50 AM
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I have been wanting to do this. i can take two people saturday and two sunday. meet in olympia. i use decoy's Fawn and several different woodpecker and bird decoy's that move. and for caller i use Foxpro. i have a custom open country caller for calling big country and i have the new Fury. and i will try for coyote's to and show you how to use a Howler. and i can show you how to use openreed's and closed reed can try for bobcat's to alot in this area. even if someone is expeirenced is cool show me something new. i like teaching people i know were to look like steve for cougar crossing's. i'll kick this around see what happen's. you must have patience. calling cat's and even coyote's is challenging. Rick
MY CELL NUMBER 1- 360 - 951 - 4231
what i will be driving has a canopy now same color. 05 COLORADO.
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were i hunt..
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same area cougar spot..
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same are cougar crossin this area next 5 mile's lot's of bobcat's here to.
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cougar crossing caught him or crossing here 4 different time's in two year's.
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same cougar no snow..
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same track's..
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I'm in I will be in Olympia this weekend. I would love to learn to call cats and dogs.
Brandon
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Rick, I would love to go on Sunday if you have an open spot. Thanks for the offer!
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:)Hey Ricky, You left your scope cover in my truck. If no more newbies show up I'll go!! but I dont want to take a newbies place. Or if you want another hand or caller, I'd go and see if I could help you learn them up
Carl
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i have antlershed for sunday. Brandon pick a day you would like. we will be hunting Skomish area just past shelton. be back to olympia around 2:00 pm. awsome country. Rick
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bofire can go with us to he has been my hunting partner for a few year's.just lately been hunting by myself. 4 people can ride in my truck we can split up in spot's better odd's of getting something to. carl know's how to work a openreed and he has a foxpro scorpion. Rick
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Sounds good. :IBCOOL: Would I be better off with my .223 or my .243 for this?
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bearmanric,
I would love to get in on this. I prefer Sunday but can make Saturday work. Just tell me where to be and when.
croix (Rick)
PM Sent
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Since Croix would prefer Sunday I will pick Saturday. Just tell when and where and I will be there.
Brandon
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sunday will be good. antlershed is a great guy just met him last week and he live's a 1/2 mile from me. have you been to olympia croix. Rick
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I've been to Olympia and I've hunted the Skokomish area (Brown's Creek, Spider lake, etc) years ago. Coming from Bremerton so may be easier to meet you near Shelton?
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will be hunting same area. we could meet at the fish Hatchery. were you turn up the skokomish valley. i use a 243 steyer mountain Rifle with 85 grain sierra Gameking BTHP. and a predator 223 55 grain vmax all will work. just be accurate. chest or lung's dead cougar.
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George Adams hatchery is perfect. I'll be in touch for specific time.
Thanks a ton.
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Great offer Rick. Wish I was closer to ya.
Good luck to all. :hello:
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going to do this till feb leave for arizona to the predatormasters hunt around feb 5th. so there will be more hunt's. i can hunt during the week to. for what ever you would like to call. have many area's. might try a night hunt or two. will have to stay together not apart on it. was a horrible accident in new york a few week's ago. hunter got shot twice with shotgun hunting fox at night. so we want to hunt safe. thank's for the interest. Rick
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if theres still a spot available i'd love to go
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Cool. I think I will just bring my .223 then. Just let me know what time Sunday morning.
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Hound Hunter there is an opening on saturday. Rick
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i completly forgot, i might be getting a new job here and might get called in on this weekend. so i cant really commit till fri, but if the spot is still by fri afternoon i'll take it
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thats a sweet offer rick, i would love to go on one of the other weekends... just busy this one
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that's cool. i need to head to the post office i'll check the post out when i get back. so far it is luvtohnt on saturday. Rick
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I'll call ya tonight Rick, set the time and all.
Carl
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Rick,
If you decide to go during the week next week or the week after. I would love to go, I work a wierd schedule so just let me know some pooible days and I see what I can do. Would love to learn more about cougars.
Adam
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Nice offer Rick. Good luck to all of you this weekend.
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Rick i would love to learn calling from you. My son has basketball on saturday, if someone bails on sunday i will go. Otherwise keep me in mind for future trips, i will be ice fishing in Manitoba feb 6- 15th after that i'm game. Thanks Jim
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Rick, there is a good chance that I will be coming from the North on Sunday morning. Just let me know where/when you want me to meet you.
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what will work for you. coix is meeting us sunday at the skomish hachry a little between 7:30 - 8:00 am. Rick dress warm and bring a lunch i bought anther shovel bigger in case we get stuck. Rick
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I will be coming down I-5, so I could meet you either in Tumwater or on the Westside.
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Meeting luvtohnt tomorrow at westside Topfood's. great place to leave a Rig.be there at 6:30 sunday then.Rick
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just got my order from allpredatorcall's. i got the new mark zepp video. it has the first called and killed cougar on film. cant wait to see it tonight. :yike:Rick
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what will work for you. coix is meeting us sunday at the skomish hachry a little between 7:30 - 8:00 am. Rick dress warm and bring a lunch i bought anther shovel bigger in case we get stuck. Rick
Wool is ready and I usually have a shovel in the truck. I ALWAYS bring food. ;)
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just got my order from allpredatorcall's. i got the new mark zepp video. it has the first called and killed cougar on film. cant wait to see it tonight. :yike:Rick
Zepp's vids are all good.
I was a little let down by the Cougar call-in, but it's still cool to see! (The little clips at the very beginning of the vid are really important to the sequence, but they aren't in it. Wierd.)
Bring a video camera when you take some HuntWA guys up, it wouldn't be hard to beat his call-in footage. Especially when WE are trying to call Cougars on PURPOSE!
Still, overall it's an excellent video, you'll really enjoy it.
What are you doing the Sunday of the Globe hunt, Rick? (Feb 15th?) Me and Knock'emDown are still looking for a Sunday hunt and a ride to the PHX airport. I'll have to see if he has anybody in mind, but maybe we could work something out.
Go Get 'em!!!
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Sounds like a good time. Have fun guys.
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i can take you guy's to the phoenex airport. i go right by it to california. plus i might stay and visit nephew and niece. i kinda have video. a canon rebel eos xsi.i hope you guy's are going perfect out. ellensburg was very windy. but i hid id the canyon's. look's like luvstohnt and bofire is it tomorrow. going to go above spyder lake to a big canyon. wer me an bofire were driving and i look over and two very fluffy bobcat jumped up on a log. yes they got away. same road i was coming out at dark with my best buddy Krusty. and there were cougar track's in my tire track's. alway's fun up there. take care. getting pumped. Rick
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Rick,
I just found out there is a good chance I will be stuck up North all weekend. :bash: I don't want to back out at the last minute, so go ahead and give up my spot for Sunday. Hopefully I can get out with you another weekend, and hopefully one of these other guys can make it out with you this weekend.
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ok bud. have fun. we will get out. if any one would like to go sunday let me know. we will be meeting croix just before hood canal at between 7:30 and 8:00 am. Rick
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pm sent
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pm back. Rick
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Hunted hard, Skok, was a washout, brush pickers and too much frozen snow. Brandon was a great guy. The back seat of Rickys truck sucks, my back is killing me. COLD!!
Matlock /Nooche areas were purty cool. 2:00 pm back to Oly turned into 5:30 :rolleyes: FUN tho.
Tamale is a different day!
Carl
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Bearmanric - since the skok was a wash today, we still meeting in same spot?
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yes same place.will work it out from there Rick.
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I had a blast! Carl and Ric are both great guys. I learned alot about predetor calling, including how frustrating it could be. Even without a single sighting I had a great time and can't wait for them to come to my side and call some dogs in open country. I also offered carl the front but he declined. It did look a little uncomfortable. Let me know how you guys did today.
Brandon
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there got the truck back to normal. i'll take people this weekend. just closer.. it will be a great time. Rick
i think i'll just take the two bar's off then it will be fine. cant afford to buy any right now. going out and a little bit to take them off and was the truck. i'll get after picture.
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Donky creek road rough and narrow.
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CROIX
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cat stand drainage.
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We had a GREAT time yesterday. Too bad about the tube steps though. That road was nothing but bad ju-ju. Snow kept us out of many of the roads that Rick wanted to try, but we still had some good sets in some very promising areas. The country is beautiful out there and I can't say enough about how hospitable and friendly Rick was. He knows his stuff and I was happy to learn everything I could.
If I get the chance to go again, I'll be happy to do all the driving (although I would have to do a lot more backing up instead of turning around on those narrow, tube step killing roads) and maybe we can get done a little earlier and I can throw in a steak dinner.
Thanks.
BTW - we did see one really good lookin coyote, but he disappeared quickly.
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I had a great time. i'm happy now took off the bar's and washed the truck. just couldnt afford new one's right now. she is good to go. i'll be hunting this week end but closer. Rick
NEW TRUCK AGAIN.. :yike:
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Glad you guys had fun.
Went up to our bear area and saw nothing. Did find a few old bobcat turds, but nothing fresh. No yote sign either.
Came down through Copalis and saw nothing in there as well.
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I know where some Kittys are ;)
Sounds like a good time! Wish I had the time to go.
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I know where some Kittys are ;)
Sounds like a good time! Wish I had the time to go.
If you want a partner just say the word. :chuckle:
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;)
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Hey Rick, keep me in mind for a future weekend hunt. I would love to learn. Thanks Markts :drool:
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look's like you already know how to get a cougar. nice going. i hunted wynnoochee and donkey creek yesterday. you live in a great area. Rick
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since no one wanted to hunt this weekend i made other plan's. Rick
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I guess I dont count :dunno:
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if you would like to go your close to were i hunt. sorry about that. nice cougar in your avatar. then will see if any more want to go. have a ton of call's to build going to Arizona in two week's to the predatormaster's hunt. lot's of critter's there. Rick
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Had a great time yesterday with MARKTS and hid boss. i didnt get home till 6:30 left them at 1:30 got lost in the doty hill's the Brooklyn Road was closed. first stant called a bobcat and coyote in. the bobcat wouldnt come closer so got ready for the shot and he took off. a dand coyote came up to were he was. it was over a hundred yard's i took the shot miised put my 243 on 6 power not sure what happened had a good rest did two more stand's no luck. then called a nice spot edge of clear cut into jack fir's. Mark was below me and his boss above. at 44 minute's. i started to get up. then i noticed Mark's boss letting know something was there. it was another bobcat sneaking in. he seen him sleanking down a fallen tree. he was hidden pretty good. i tryed everthing. we were talking about what happened and he seen him again. maybe if i wloud have waited the hour he would have got it. gave up because rig's coming by. had a awsome time. great guy's going to try again saturday. Rick
cant believe i woke up to snow and cant go today. need to make over a 100 fancy call's for my trip to Arizona the 5th of Febuary to the predatormaster's unt turning my fancy wood's i have been saving. i'll get the killer elkhorn done this week for you mark.
the dark green fir tree in the middle of the opening is were the bobcat was sitting. it was on the right side of th dark tree. the coyote showed up from the left. that turned out to be a road.
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third stand calling down in timber. Markts is in the timber to the right of me. using Foxpro Fury.
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the country we hunted awsome country.
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last stand were 4 deer here. the game depatment and dog hunter's killed a 150 pound cougar close by here last week were two other's bigger. next time.
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We had a great time to Rick. I would say , hook line and sinker into it now. Thanks again hopefully see you next sat. Markts 8)
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Wow, sounds like a great time! Better luck next time...but you cant have much better luck than 2 bob kitties!
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Sounds like it was a good day.
What sounds brought the kitties in?
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lucky bird. tried bobcat in heat and dsg rabbit. mainly lucky bird. Rick :hello:
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lucky bird. tried bobcat in heat and dsg rabbit. mainly lucky bird. Rick :hello:
Good to know.
Those are the main ones I use as well. I really like DSG.
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i start my cougar stand out with Lucky bird. bring's the bird's in. then i go to goat distress. after 1/2 hour blue jay in distress. then buck fawn 1 or goat distress. maybe bobcat in heat. i think that stirred up the second cat. DSG perfect for cat's nice sound. Rick
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Pretty similar to my sets ups for cats. Though I like to start with the jay distress to bring in the jays. then some DSG or fawn then lucky bird then bob in heat.
Sometimes I will rotate the fawn with the goat, but I really like the antelope distress too. And I will rotate lighting jack in the mix sometimes.
Then just before I leave I like to throw in some hurt pup.
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Pardon my ignorance, but what is "DSG"? I have an fx-5 and I use both woodpecker, bobcat in heat, and lucky bird, but I apparently didn't buy dsg.....
Thanks!
Erik
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dsg rabbit. it's named after Dillon, south and guess. Mike Dillon president of Foxpro, Byron south and glenn guess. they got the sound while filming in texas with Glenn Guess. it's a nice high pitched cottaintail sound. best sound's are Lucky bird a very fast woodpecker sound. DSG rabbit higher pitched and lightning jack raspy sound.. these are popular Foxpro sound's. Rick
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Another good one that I use sometimes is a version of Cottontailcandy from Arky that I modified with Audacity.