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Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: Ben20121057 on November 13, 2018, 01:20:35 AM

Title: Looking for archery hunting partner or group near Bellingham
Post by: Ben20121057 on November 13, 2018, 01:20:35 AM: have been hunting Washington state with little success for about 5-6 years now. I put the time in scouting, setting trail cams and do my research but have at this point only harvested one doe. I grew up hunting in Illinois but as you can imagine the country is very different and blackmail and elk are very different from whitetail. I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to hunt with someone or a group that has experience hunting big game in western Washington, especially around Bellingham GMUs 407 and 448.
Title: Re: Looking for archery hunting partner or group near Bellingham
Post by: Skyvalhunter on November 13, 2018, 05:02:45 AM: Ben I would be scouting now. Drive roads look for sign, ride or walk past gates.
Title: Re: Looking for archery hunting partner or group near Bellingham
Post by: Special T on November 13, 2018, 05:55:43 AM: The 407 has a great late season. Read Byod Iversons Blacktail Trophy Tactics 2.
Silver Arrow Bowmen is a great club in Mount Vernon. We have a bunch of members from B ham. We have a thread on here. Classifieds, charities and organizations, Silver Arrow Bowmen... we also have a FB page.

Mature blacktail often go nocturnal after the earlie season. I've shot several deer but no really nice ones.

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Title: Re: Looking for archery hunting partner or group near Bellingham
Post by: boneaddict on November 13, 2018, 07:17:07 AM: Nothing to do with your post or to help you really, but a little history lesson if nothing else to bump your request to the top. I knew of it, maybe even jaded about it as a local, but back in the day in the Methow there was a camp near Pearrygin Lake that was known as Little Bellingham. A whole group of families from Bellingham would show up to hunt the lower Ramsey and Sullivan lake area. Id forgotten about it, but a member on here was telling me a story about how it was "founded" so to speak, as we reminisced about the old days.
Title: Re: Looking for archery hunting partner or group near Bellingham
Post by: Tundra on November 13, 2018, 08:11:32 AM: Quote from: Special T on November 13, 2018, 05:55:43 AM
The 407 has a great late season. Read Byod Iversons Blacktail Trophy Tactics 2.
Silver Arrow Bowmen is a great club in Mount Vernon. We have a bunch of members from B ham. We have a thread on here. Classifieds, charities and organizations, Silver Arrow Bowmen... we also have a FB page.

Mature blacktail often go nocturnal after the earlie season. I've shot several deer but no really nice ones.

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Would be great if a group like this existed in Whatcom County. Seems like a good group!
Title: Re: Looking for archery hunting partner or group near Bellingham
Post by: Ben20121057 on November 13, 2018, 08:48:29 AM: Quote from: Skyvalhunter on November 13, 2018, 05:02:45 AM
Ben I would be scouting now. Drive roads look for sign, ride or walk past gates.
I am scouting now, I'm looking for someone to scout and hunt with as a team that has more experience than I do.
Title: Re: Looking for archery hunting partner or group near Bellingham
Post by: Archsnipe on November 28, 2018, 01:22:53 PM: There is a new archery club, Ferndale Archery Club, might be a good way to meet more locals. They now run the shooting course at Intalco. Check them out on FB.
Title: Re: Looking for archery hunting partner or group near Bellingham
Post by: Ben20121057 on November 29, 2018, 11:57:03 PM: Thank you, I'll check it out.