Post by: BigBullDreamer11 on October 02, 2015, 07:04:15 AM
Post by: Thehowler on October 02, 2015, 07:15:56 AM
Post by: BigBullDreamer11 on October 02, 2015, 09:53:16 AM
Post by: Duckslayer89 on October 02, 2015, 04:34:30 PM
Post by: cowboycraig on October 24, 2015, 01:52:52 PM
Hoping the hunting pressure slows down a bit. I am using the Buckley Gate area. Felt "all alone" out there all year not the pumkins have invaded. Still, isn't that bad, almost happy to see people out there.
If you a Silver F150 XLT out there, that is me. Planning on sitting in my little blind watching the edge of some cuts. Hoping the deer start moving around.
If that does not work will move into the woods a bit from the cut and rattle.
Would you guys/gals rattle in a cut watching the edge?
Post by: BigBullDreamer11 on October 27, 2015, 08:44:46 AM
Post by: Thehowler on October 27, 2015, 04:46:18 PM
Post by: cowboycraig on October 27, 2015, 04:47:40 PM
Seen plenty of deer in the cuts this morning, all does.Around what time in the AM?
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Post by: Thehowler on October 27, 2015, 07:28:23 PM
After that all hit and miss. I would say the first hour of good shooting light.
Don't get me wrong, I consider myself lucky and in the right place at the right time when I tag a deer. I just hunt areas where I see the most activity. I have alot of vacation time available at work, which helps big time.
I know you have heard about the 10:00 to 2:00 time frame. I have killed most of my deer during that time in my hunting life.
Don't forget all the overgrown roads between cut areas, with timber in between, lots of light and miday feed. I know of a certain road that has had 3 bucks killed on within 100 yards of each other. Slowly walking and sitting, always mid-day.
Post by: cowboycraig on October 27, 2015, 08:25:16 PM
First light in the mornings, by far, I have seen the most deer in the cut edges. Undisturbed, I can sit and watch them feed until they slip away into the timber, or lay under a tree, or next to some brush, up until around 8:30.This is so much great info, will use it all. Thank You!
After that all hit and miss. I would say the first hour of good shooting light.
Don't get me wrong, I consider myself lucky and in the right place at the right time when I tag a deer. I just hunt areas where I see the most activity. I have alot of vacation time available at work, which helps big time.
I know you have heard about the 10:00 to 2:00 time frame. I have killed most of my deer during that time in my hunting life.
Don't forget all the overgrown roads between cut areas, with timber in between, lots of light and miday feed. I know of a certain road that has had 3 bucks killed on within 100 yards of each other. Slowly walking and sitting, always mid-day.
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Post by: BigBullDreamer11 on October 29, 2015, 11:16:39 AM
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Post by: BigBullDreamer11 on October 29, 2015, 06:56:59 PM
Post by: cowboycraig on October 29, 2015, 07:02:41 PM
My niece got her first solo hunt deer out of there beginning of modern. Only been hunting 2 years and she's 2 for 2! Her boyfriend has been working 7 days a week so she decided to hunt solo for the first time. Got a cute little 2xspadeXspike.
Glad she is making it happen and is out there solo hunting.
Post by: twmilton on October 29, 2015, 07:28:26 PM
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Post by: cowboycraig on October 29, 2015, 08:06:26 PM
My Brother and dad this week got it done up there. I've passed up a spike and have seen too many does to count. Hopefully the big deer loosen up a little more for late season.
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GRATS! So Great!
Post by: cowboycraig on October 29, 2015, 08:50:41 PM
My Brother and dad this week got it done up there. I've passed up a spike and have seen too many does to count. Hopefully the big deer loosen up a little more for late season.(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F10%2F29%2Feae6e3552d6c341ff7022664f84c567f.jpg&hash=de5dfba12c3bde20391b37ea399f7dcbdc5b3a8b)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F10%2F29%2F055233584507a213c466cb5086c21b30.jpg&hash=a9b25e36c1e96c7e4dc143926e7f010ffc22fe03)Not exactly where of course, but what was the location? Edge of cut, 50 yards into woods? Again, big grats. Going to hit it Friday and Saturday.
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Post by: cowboycraig on October 30, 2015, 10:15:14 PM
Was more fun scouting before season. It is like all the deer have vanished. Was almost running over and falling over them a few weeks ago.
Lots of nice elk including bulls on my trail cams, but deer vanished start of elk archery season.
Hoping late season the deer a running around again.
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Post by: 2labs on October 30, 2015, 10:41:42 PM
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Post by: cowboycraig on October 31, 2015, 07:13:44 AM
Halloween is the magic blacktail day and the weather is primo. GO! :tup:Feel like a candy-ass but waiting until late season. Hit it hard Friday but didn't even bump anything walking just inside the forest next to cuts.
Where do the deer go this time of year? Not seeing on trail cams either. But do see lots of Elk.
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Post by: Bullkllr on October 31, 2015, 06:36:04 PM
Halloween is the magic blacktail day and the weather is primo. GO! :tup:Feel like a candy-ass but waiting until late season. Hit it hard Friday but didn't even bump anything walking just inside the forest next to cuts.
Where do the deer go this time of year? Not seeing on trail cams either. But do see lots of Elk.
Into thicker cover than a human can hunt easily. They seem to move less too unless at night.
Story of my life when it comes to blacktail hunting. I bust my hump all season and draw a blank. My neighbor goes out 1 day and shoots a 3pt in a clearcut at 10:00am. The things are frustrating.
Post by: fish vacuum on October 31, 2015, 06:41:27 PM
It is like all the deer have vanished. Was almost running over and falling over them a few weeks ago.
Where do the deer go this time of year?
Welcome to blacktail hunting.
Post by: jackmaster on October 31, 2015, 06:50:09 PM
Post by: Old Man Yager on November 01, 2015, 06:56:31 AM
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Post by: Old Man Yager on November 02, 2015, 06:19:36 AM
Post by: cowboycraig on November 02, 2015, 11:05:14 AM
It does kind of suck, because that is exactly when I want to be scouting hard.
At least the trail cams can be working November 7-18th. But that does leave only the first day of late season rifle to gather that data.
Oh Well.
Post by: jackmaster on November 02, 2015, 11:31:34 AM
Post by: cowboycraig on November 02, 2015, 11:54:03 AM
I am really curious, maybe I should start a poll, but I doubt to many would answer truthfully, but i am curious who here hunts just to hunt! Or who hunts for the " so called putting meat in the freezer" or who hunts to just enjoy the thrill of what might be hiding behind the next Bush or over the next bump? I see from alot of posts and responses that some , actually alot get all worked up if they don't get " THEIR" deer or "THEIR" elk. Everyone has their reasons for huntn, mine is I luckily was raised that way and its my favorite time of year and there is no better sport or quarry than a mature blacktail buck!! I really don't care if I notch a tag or not, I could have notched it a total of 6 times this season so far but didn't squeeze the trigger. My daughter gave a good go at crackn one but just couldn't get things lined up, I think it was buck fever, but she wont admit to that... I am curious as to why some people hunt though :dunno:
I am a meat in the freezer type at the core. But a huge part is also "hunting" in itself. Meat in the freezer and hunting are so closely bound I don't know how to separate the two.
Hunting for me connect my body, mind, and spirit to life, god, universe. Even if I am hating it getting rained on and falling over crap as I walk through the woods, I feel alive.
Also it is the only "risk" many of us ever take. A person could get killed out there in a few different ways. Like once I ran into a Bull Elk during rut season and it wanted to kick my ass.
Hunting is how I shake off humanities over-domestication yearly all I possibly can.
Post by: Thehowler on November 02, 2015, 12:04:40 PM
looks like Kapowsin is closed right now. According to there website, it is opening back up Nov 3rd.
Road damage from the recent storms.
Post by: Old Man Yager on November 02, 2015, 04:23:37 PM
Post by: cowboycraig on November 02, 2015, 04:29:45 PM
I got a lot of the same opinions as Jackmaster, maybe that's cause I've known him since he was a little snot nosed kid!! But ya, I just want to be in the woods, All the time, I don't give a crap if I shoot anything or not. I hunt all year long, not with my rifle, but with my desire to see what's over the next hill, find sheds, put up a camera and see what walks by. We all got so much garbage that this world throws at us, the further I get from town and the deeper into the woods I get, the better I feel. The hunt is the main thing for me, if I am blessed to tag an animal, that's good, but not my main reason. I could just walk through the woods and look at all of Gods creation all day, every day and never get tired of it.
Ditto for me. BUT am a little happier if I complete the circuit and get to use my skinning knife :)
Post by: scottfrick on November 02, 2015, 04:34:16 PM
Post by: jackmaster on November 02, 2015, 04:54:32 PM
I got a lot of the same opinions as Jackmaster, maybe that's cause I've known him since he was a little snot nosed kid!! But ya, I just want to be in the woods, All the time, I don't give a crap if I shoot anything or not. I hunt all year long, not with my rifle, but with my desire to see what's over the next hill, find sheds, put up a camera and see what walks by. We all got so much garbage that this world throws at us, the further I get from town and the deeper into the woods I get, the better I feel. The hunt is the main thing for me, if I am blessed to tag an animal, that's good, but not my main reason. I could just walk through the woods and look at all of Gods creation all day, every day and never get tired of it.the perfect response except the snot nosed kid part..lol..
Post by: Old Man Yager on November 02, 2015, 04:59:00 PM
Post by: jackmaster on November 02, 2015, 05:00:02 PM
I'm right there with most of you guys. I don't hunt to kill. I hunt because I was raised around it. I love the outdoors and everything that comes with it. One of the things I enjoy more than anything is taking a newbie out. I love taking kids out. And when that glorious time comes when they actually harvest their first animal I'm just excited as they are. This year when I harvested my bull I was shaking uncontrollably. My wife had to actually look at me and tell me to calm down :chuckle:yours and old man yaegers response she be totalled together, they both some it up perfectly.. as for the op, sorry, I didn't realize I jacked your thread.. I apologize :tup:
Post by: Old Man Yager on November 02, 2015, 06:23:18 PM
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Post by: cowboycraig on November 02, 2015, 06:43:06 PM
Cowboy, do you hit the Kapowsin side or Eatonville?
Kapowsin. I enter through the Buckley Gate.
This was my last time through. This is about 4 miles into Kapowsin from the Buckley gate. I park in the cut to the right and walk from there. The walk was like 8.2 miles. I just like walking...
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Post by: Ridgeratt on November 02, 2015, 06:47:52 PM
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,184398.0.html
Post by: cowboycraig on November 02, 2015, 06:51:13 PM
If the blue lines are your track you shouldn't worry about getting lost! Looks like you never left the road.
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,184398.0.html
You are correct. BUT the roads to the left are hardly there anymore :)
Post by: Ridgeratt on November 02, 2015, 07:19:41 PM
Post by: jackmaster on November 02, 2015, 07:30:20 PM
Post by: Old Man Yager on November 02, 2015, 09:21:48 PM
Cowboy, do you hit the Kapowsin side or Eatonville?
Kapowsin. I enter through the Buckley Gate.
This was my last time through. This is about 4 miles into Kapowsin from the Buckley gate. I park in the cut to the right and walk from there. The walk was like 8.2 miles. I just like walking... Dang, I hunt the Eatonville, Lynch Creek. Was hoping I could run into you and say Hi
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Post by: Nelsoncu on November 05, 2015, 07:27:17 PM
Post by: Thehowler on November 06, 2015, 06:19:38 AM
Post by: twmilton on November 06, 2015, 03:23:00 PM
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Post by: Old Man Yager on November 06, 2015, 04:11:10 PM
Post by: billythekidrock on November 06, 2015, 05:18:12 PM
Cowboy, do you hit the Kapowsin side or Eatonville?
Kapowsin. I enter through the Buckley Gate.
This was my last time through. This is about 4 miles into Kapowsin from the Buckley gate. I park in the cut to the right and walk from there. The walk was like 8.2 miles. I just like walking...
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I would still hunt through and around the openings in the upper left quadrant of that pic.
Post by: twmilton on November 06, 2015, 08:40:36 PM
My Brother and dad this week got it done up there. I've passed up a spike and have seen too many does to count. Hopefully the big deer loosen up a little more for late season.(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F10%2F29%2Feae6e3552d6c341ff7022664f84c567f.jpg&hash=de5dfba12c3bde20391b37ea399f7dcbdc5b3a8b)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F10%2F29%2F055233584507a213c466cb5086c21b30.jpg&hash=a9b25e36c1e96c7e4dc143926e7f010ffc22fe03)Not exactly where of course, but what was the location? Edge of cut, 50 yards into woods? Again, big grats. Going to hit it Friday and Saturday.
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Sorry for the late reply. The big 3x3 was taken crossing a road from clearing to thick nasty reprod and the smaller 3x2 was taken 20 yards inside timber off a grass road. The heavy 3x2 I took in the monsoon on the 30th was standing with a doe in dark big timber. Was cruising through there off the road to stay a little dry compared to the old brushy right of way. They're definitely there and the rut and the nasty weather really helped.
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