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Title: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: castie2504 on October 16, 2015, 11:37:32 AM
Just wanted to get an idea how many westsiders are heading over the mountain and how many eastsiders are headed west.
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: sagewalker on October 16, 2015, 12:22:22 PM
The west headed east number isn't surprising!
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: grundy53 on October 16, 2015, 12:30:17 PM
Yup. That's what happens when you have the majority of the public land in the state.

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Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: sagewalker on October 16, 2015, 12:34:08 PM
Yup. That's what happens when you have the majority of the public land in the state.

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Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: birddogdad on October 16, 2015, 12:46:23 PM
depends on the game. go where the game is and areas to hunt are...
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: tgomez on October 16, 2015, 12:50:15 PM
Or is it simply the deer hunting is leaps and bounds better on the East side of Washington?
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: jackelope on October 16, 2015, 12:52:42 PM
I'm staying west this year for the 1st time in a long time. Going to try something new and I'd like to kill a blacktail at some point in my life.
I'm looking forward to jungle-thick brush and hunting in a downpour.
 :yike:
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: JimmyHoffa on October 16, 2015, 12:54:00 PM
Or combination of things:
more land, can see 1/2 mile or more from the road (vs 20 yds), less (no) rain, away from home
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on October 16, 2015, 01:32:22 PM
I'm staying west this year for the 1st time in a long time. Going to try something new and I'd like to kill a blacktail at some point in my life.
I'm looking forward to jungle-thick brush and hunting in a downpour.
 :yike:
One of these days I will be an eastside headed west to try again to kill a blacktail buck.  Bucket list!  However, from my house I will be heading west tomorrow!  Just not crossing the PCT ...
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: GurrCentral on October 16, 2015, 01:34:03 PM
I'm staying west this year for the 1st time in a long time. Going to try something new and I'd like to kill a blacktail at some point in my life.
I'm looking forward to jungle-thick brush and hunting in a downpour.
 :yike:
One of these days I will be an eastside headed west to try again to kill a blacktail buck.  Bucket list!  However, from my house I will be heading west tomorrow!  Just not crossing the PCT ...

Good luck! Hollar at me if you get one down in a hole..
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: DIYARCHERYJUNKIE on October 16, 2015, 01:34:45 PM
Blacktail is a different beast to tame.
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: renewed on October 16, 2015, 02:21:55 PM
Heading east for me means most the hillside stumps are brown/black..and not hunter orange :dunno:
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: HankC on October 16, 2015, 02:29:09 PM
The east coast aint got no love for Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg?

LOL.

If you guys could put a number on it, how much better are your chances heading out east? And are all the roads heading that way pretty nasty this time of year?
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Post by: jasnt on October 16, 2015, 02:31:35 PM
Sticking close to home as usual.
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on October 16, 2015, 02:32:03 PM
I'm staying west this year for the 1st time in a long time. Going to try something new and I'd like to kill a blacktail at some point in my life.
I'm looking forward to jungle-thick brush and hunting in a downpour.
 :yike:

Good luck! And thank you!
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: jackelope on October 16, 2015, 02:39:36 PM
I'm staying west this year for the 1st time in a long time. Going to try something new and I'd like to kill a blacktail at some point in my life.
I'm looking forward to jungle-thick brush and hunting in a downpour.
 :yike:

Good luck! And thank you!

Thank you for staying west? No problem.
I've never been to your neighborhood hunting....maybe next year?
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: BigGoonTuna on October 16, 2015, 02:40:13 PM
staying on the west side for deer this year.  all the old farts have gotten so uncoordinated about getting a deer camp together in asotin, that i don't know what the plan is until 2 weeks before the season opens.

i'll be hunting late muzzleloader this year on some(mostly) private property.  don't think i could handle modern rifle any more with all the permit areas and closures in recent years, that stuff is gonna be the death of hunting in this state.
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on October 16, 2015, 02:51:35 PM
I'm staying west this year for the 1st time in a long time. Going to try something new and I'd like to kill a blacktail at some point in my life.
I'm looking forward to jungle-thick brush and hunting in a downpour.
 :yike:
One of these days I will be an eastside headed west to try again to kill a blacktail buck.  Bucket list!  However, from my house I will be heading west tomorrow!  Just not crossing the PCT ...

Good luck! Hollar at me if you get one down in a hole..
Thanks!  May need some help :)
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: JakeLand on October 16, 2015, 03:18:02 PM
Staying on the best side oh I mean wet side Blacktail hunting
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: sagewalker on October 16, 2015, 03:19:02 PM
Staying on the best side oh I mean wet side Blacktail hunting

good luck sir, hope you get a toad blacktail!
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: grundy53 on October 16, 2015, 04:42:54 PM
I guess my answer is both (even though that wasn't an option :chuckle: ). I'm working tomorrow :bash: so I'll be hunting Westside Sunday. Then heading to the eastside Friday and staying until the end of muley season. If I still have an unnotched tag I'll spend the rest of Blacktail season hunting the Westside.

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Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: JakeLand on October 16, 2015, 05:20:20 PM
Staying on the best side oh I mean wet side Blacktail hunting

good luck sir, hope you get a toad blacktail!
thank you that's the hopes but I have the whole last week off work and that's the best time good luck to everyone out there aim small miss small
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Post by: fishingnut71 on October 16, 2015, 07:25:25 PM
staying out of the coastie patch this weekend. hiting it hard mid-week.
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: Mark251 on October 16, 2015, 07:39:54 PM
Staying on the east side... Good luck, everyone   :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on October 16, 2015, 09:05:07 PM
I'm staying west this year for the 1st time in a long time. Going to try something new and I'd like to kill a blacktail at some point in my life.
I'm looking forward to jungle-thick brush and hunting in a downpour.
 :yike:

Good luck! And thank you!

Thank you for staying west? No problem.
I've never been to your neighborhood hunting....maybe next year?


Not sure you took my post correctly? I hope your not trying to turn this into a west/east thing? My Thank you was attributed towards your awesome attitude towards hunting in the down pour!!!!!! And while your beating brush in the downpour we will be glassing blackies in the High Prarie! :tup:
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: bobcat on October 16, 2015, 09:09:48 PM
No mule deer hunting for me this year.   😢

Only blacktails. Which is fine, but I'd rather be hunting mule deer.

Gotta try to get my money's worth out of the $300 I gave to Weyerhaeuser.
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on October 16, 2015, 09:25:40 PM
Working until early Nov. so After/before work and days off I'll be doing some local hunting on the west side. If I still have a tag or my son still has a tag, we'll be heading to the NE corner for late whitetails. And if we still have a tag after that, we'll do the late blacktail season back on the coast.

So I'm doing both, but that choice wasn't available.
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: hambone on October 16, 2015, 09:43:18 PM
Hitting the stubble fields and wooded draws of the palouse might sneek down for some mule deer hunting in my old stomping grounds in the blues if i don't drop one opening weekend
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: castie2504 on October 16, 2015, 11:21:54 PM
Hey fellas, thanks for pointing out that some of you will hunt both sides if you don't tag out in the first few days. I have added that as a selection in the poll. Good luck, give 'em hell, and stay safe!
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: bb76 on October 17, 2015, 09:42:26 PM
Staying west this year due to my on call schedule.
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: cuzsis on October 18, 2015, 12:59:46 AM
First year on our own property and next to the National Forest. Have some deer that like to wander through. I'm too pregnant to get far into the woods right now, so we're setting up close to home. Don't expect we'll see anything, but gotta get out somehow!

 Next year looking to set up our own feed plot, game camera, and *maybe* quasi-permanent blind. Waited years for this opportunity!  :IBCOOL:

Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: cowboycraig on October 18, 2015, 11:35:39 AM
Hunt Deer on the West Side. This is only because hunting East side would make scouting kinda impossible. I completely don't like the west side for Deer hunting.

Drive East for Duck hunting, since I already have spots to hunt... Potholes FTW!
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
Post by: cowboycraig on October 18, 2015, 11:45:39 AM
I'm looking forward to jungle-thick brush and hunting in a downpour.
 :yike:

At least on the west side you can count on that. Maybe nothing else, but that is for sure.
Title: Re: Hunter areas, where will you hunt? POLLING
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