Hunting Washington Forum

Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: powderbounder on October 15, 2016, 05:27:41 AM

Title: Deer Opener
Post by: powderbounder on October 15, 2016, 05:27:41 AM: Have a great day on this modern opener! Good luck! PB
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: Duckslayer89 on October 15, 2016, 06:05:31 AM: Yup good luck everyone. Making me stay late at work. :bash: :bash: :bash:
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: JakeLand on October 15, 2016, 06:53:37 AM: Dead calm up here !
Happy Hunting everyone!
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: runningboard on October 15, 2016, 07:18:17 AM: good luck all and stay safe, post 'em up when you get 'em down
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: Stuwee31 on October 15, 2016, 08:50:57 AM: This is probably the first year in 20 years (every year I've hunted) that I haven't been in the woods on opening day. Have had a lot of good luck on this day. I hope you guys get out safe and have a lot of luck with mother nature pushing them around for you!!! LETS SEE SOME PICTURES!
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: HunterofWA on October 15, 2016, 10:29:57 AM: My brother is hunting this year; we went out this morning and saw four does within 20 yards. There not moving much latter in the morning.
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: PolarBear on October 15, 2016, 11:13:22 AM: Had to come out of the woods early because a sensor went out on my truck. Should be up and at it tomorrow. We did pass on 3 bucks before it all went south. Sticking to our 3 point or better rule throughout the season.
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: Stuwee31 on October 15, 2016, 11:15:17 AM: Quote from: PolarBear on October 15, 2016, 11:13:22 AM
Had to come out of the woods early because a sensor went out on my truck. Should be up and at it tomorrow. We did pass on 3 bucks before it all went south. Sticking to our 3 point or better rule throughout the season.

Hope you get that sensor fixed up soon. Good going on letting the youngins grow :)
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: PolarBear on October 15, 2016, 11:20:39 AM: Quote from: Stuwee31 on October 15, 2016, 11:15:17 AM
Quote from: PolarBear on October 15, 2016, 11:13:22 AM
Had to come out of the woods early because a sensor went out on my truck. Should be up and at it tomorrow. We did pass on 3 bucks before it all went south. Sticking to our 3 point or better rule throughout the season.

Hope you get that sensor fixed up soon. Good going on letting the youngins grow :)
Thanks. Headed to my mechanic right now. He thinks it will be done by the end of the day. I was proud to see my daughter pass on a decent 2 point. She has the November rut tag for Skoocumchuck and I have a multi-season deer so we have a ton of time left.
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: Duckslayer89 on October 15, 2016, 11:35:30 AM: Not much movement up in Kapowsin today for me anyways. Got out a little late after work, rode in saw 2 doe and one cow. Pretty darn windy and blustery
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: fishnfur on October 15, 2016, 12:17:30 PM: Quote from: PolarBear on October 15, 2016, 11:20:39 AM
Quote from: Stuwee31 on October 15, 2016, 11:15:17 AM
Quote from: PolarBear on October 15, 2016, 11:13:22 AM
Had to come out of the woods early because a sensor went out on my truck. Should be up and at it tomorrow. We did pass on 3 bucks before it all went south. Sticking to our 3 point or better rule throughout the season.

Hope you get that sensor fixed up soon. Good going on letting the youngins grow :)
Thanks. Headed to my mechanic right now. He thinks it will be done by the end of the day. I was proud to see my daughter pass on a decent 2 point. She has the November rut tag for Skoocumchuck and I have a multi-season deer so we have a ton of time left.

What kind of sensor was that - a deer sensor? Is that how you get into the bucks so easy??? (and why you go home when it quits working?). :chuckle:
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: Thefishguy77 on October 15, 2016, 01:25:39 PM: I need to get one of those sensors. Didn't see squat this morning. Except for a few coyotes, red squirls and few cows.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: PolarBear on October 15, 2016, 02:45:04 PM: Exhaust and ABS sensors. I felt that I needed to get out while I was still on a main line instead of where we were headed. Already fixed and ready for tomorrow. My daughter is my onboard deer sensor. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: fishnfur on October 15, 2016, 02:53:27 PM: Tomorrow looks like it should still be good conditions. Hope a nice three-point makes an appearance for your daughter.
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: Thehowler on October 15, 2016, 06:31:21 PM: Heard 4 shots in Kapowsin within 600 yards of my position this morning, by 7:45 am?
I myself, saw no deer.
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: fishnfur on October 15, 2016, 06:49:44 PM: Seems like in a normal year, I'd hear at least 10 - 12 shots prior to 0900. From reports so far, it sounds like the weather kept hunters out of the woods and/or deer hunkered down. Not a ton of shooting anyways.
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: PolarBear on October 15, 2016, 07:00:01 PM: Quote from: fishnfur on October 15, 2016, 02:53:27 PM
Tomorrow looks like it should still be good conditions. Hope a nice three-point makes an appearance for your daughter.
I hope so but she has her mind set on a certain 4X5 that I mistakenly told her about. :chuckle: It turns out that a rock took out my sensor. :bash: We will be back on the hill an hour before daylight waiiting for "moose" to show his grey old mug.
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: fishnfur on October 15, 2016, 07:05:57 PM: PolarBear - in big timber on a ridge? I've forgotten the setup.
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: Goshawk on October 15, 2016, 07:10:44 PM: Rain followed by wind on top, went lower and found a few does only.
Watched upwards of 50 trucks crawling around inside the vail side of Weyerhaeuser. I thought honking your horn at a truck that was blocking a viewpoint on a clearcut was in bad taste, but with 800 permits just what do you expect?
Will hike in again tomorrow.
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: Stumps on October 15, 2016, 07:20:37 PM: I was in the woods in the Ashford area from 0530 to 1730. Saw a total of 2 cows. There were a lot less hunters out than I am used to seeing.
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: Molon5labe on October 15, 2016, 07:30:43 PM: Was in the woods 12 hours. Saw 3 deer, 5 hunters and lots of rain.
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: yakimarcher on October 15, 2016, 07:32:49 PM: Saw 8 does in three different groups, no bucks, lots of hunters. Retreated to town at dark, I'm not camping in this crap for the sake of 4 talons of gas!
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: crankin04 on October 15, 2016, 07:45:39 PM: Was up around Nahahum canyon in Cashmere and saw about 15 does and 1 group had a 2x2 chasing around with 4 other does. Around 8:30AM. Shots fired around Burch Mountain where it seems a lot of people go opening weekend. The rain started to hit hard about 10:00AM and rode it out til noon then decided to get back to the truck, then headed up to chumstick mountain and the rode was waaay torn up and slick as snot! Worse thing was the fog up high... Only a few other hunters though, so gotta love that!
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: Naches Sportsman on October 15, 2016, 08:02:47 PM: Was doing more scouting for my bull tag than deer hunting today. 6 does, 3 of them with fawns. 1 button buck and passed on a small legal deer. I would of shot him if I wasn't 4+ miles from the wilderness boundary. Snowed like hell above 5000' and pissed like a European race horse below 5000'. Seen lots of elk and 2 coyotes. Good day having the area to myself.
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: lamrith on October 15, 2016, 08:15:45 PM: Quote from: fishnfur on October 15, 2016, 06:49:44 PM
Seems like in a normal year, I'd hear at least 10 - 12 shots prior to 0900. From reports so far, it sounds like the weather kept hunters out of the woods and/or deer hunkered down. Not a ton of shooting anyways.
I was out in the shelton area, heard one shot about 8ish and nothing else thru 11:30. no deer to be seen, but plenty of hunters.
Title: Re: Deer Opener
Post by: Stuwee31 on October 17, 2016, 12:28:26 PM: Quote from: PolarBear on October 15, 2016, 11:20:39 AM
Quote from: Stuwee31 on October 15, 2016, 11:15:17 AM
Quote from: PolarBear on October 15, 2016, 11:13:22 AM
Had to come out of the woods early because a sensor went out on my truck. Should be up and at it tomorrow. We did pass on 3 bucks before it all went south. Sticking to our 3 point or better rule throughout the season.

Hope you get that sensor fixed up soon. Good going on letting the youngins grow :)
Thanks. Headed to my mechanic right now. He thinks it will be done by the end of the day. I was proud to see my daughter pass on a decent 2 point. She has the November rut tag for Skoocumchuck and I have a multi-season deer so we have a ton of time left.

Funny story now that I've commented about your sensor my o2 sensor went out on me as I warmed the truck up this morning. :bash: looks like mid week hunt will be on hold until tomorrow. Sunday I head over to Eastern wa for big bull tag and there is still 3 days of mulie hunting there. So we shall see what that brings.
I might head into capital Forrest this evening. I got my 4x4 with eye guards there last year