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Other Activities => Shed Hunting => Topic started by: bullcanyon on April 14, 2019, 06:00:38 PM

Title: Oak Creek got hit early
Post by: bullcanyon on April 14, 2019, 06:00:38 PM: My cousin seen someone sitting at the oak Creek gate with bicycles and a pile of sheds yesterday. Thought that was closed until May 1st. He did see a game warden heading that way so maybe they got caught.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on April 14, 2019, 06:45:28 PM: Let's hope so
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Post by: Birdgetter on April 14, 2019, 06:56:58 PM: Well that's just great! :bash: :mor:
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Post by: Iveexcaped3 on April 14, 2019, 07:47:51 PM: Yes it is closed till May 1st. I hope the game warden wrote them a ticket, took their bikes(used to commit the crime, and confiscated the sheds. That would be awesome
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Post by: Naches Sportsman on April 14, 2019, 08:11:03 PM: Nothing illegal about riding a bike up the forest service road to shed hunt in open areas :twocents:
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Post by: MADMAX on April 14, 2019, 08:12:31 PM: Left side is open from what I recall going in
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Post by: swordtine on April 14, 2019, 09:25:29 PM: I thought the gate is currently locked?? It was last week...
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Post by: elkrack on April 14, 2019, 11:58:14 PM: Quote from: MADMAX on April 14, 2019, 08:12:31 PM
Left side is open from what I recall going in

:yeah:
Last time I was there the left side was open. Talked to a warden and he told me guys were going in the closed area and piling up sheds and covering with brush and marking with gps. Then come May 1st they have their pile of sheds
Title: Re: Oak Creek got hit early
Post by: bullcanyon on April 15, 2019, 05:14:32 AM: Gate was locked when I went by. My understanding was that you could not access that road for anything until after May 1.
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Post by: boneaddict on April 15, 2019, 05:17:48 AM: I thought the left was open, but :dunno:, I don’t bother with it.
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Post by: SHED HEAD on April 23, 2019, 08:06:28 AM: The left side of the gate up Oak Creek Road is open and that was my partner and I up there on the mountain bikes... We have already pulled 17 sheds in 4 days of going... and another key is that the Oak Creek and Bethel Ridge area is only closed from March 1st until May 1st...
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Post by: buglebuster on April 23, 2019, 08:19:48 AM: Yep! Left side is open. A lot of people just assume people are sneaking in when using that road for access. Here’s a little info for you, elk don’t just shed in the closed area, and not everyone parked there is up to no good.
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Post by: Matth on April 23, 2019, 08:23:59 AM: Quote from: SHED HEAD on April 23, 2019, 08:06:28 AM
The left side of the gate up Oak Creek Road is open and that was my partner and I up there on the mountain bikes... We have already pulled 17 sheds in 4 days of going... and another key is that the Oak Creek and Bethel Ridge area is only closed from March 1st until May 1st...
Good for you, knowing the rules. I would hate to see someone get jammed up by arm chair wardens.
Title: Re: Oak Creek got hit early
Post by: bullcanyon on April 23, 2019, 09:08:33 AM: Not an arm chair warden. Stopped and read the sign last Friday. Says closed March and April. Is my onx wrong showing both sides of oak Creek as part of the wildlife area? If I'm wrong I apologize, but I've always been told and read otherwise.
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Post by: buglebuster on April 23, 2019, 09:10:02 AM: Your onx is correct but not all of the oak creek wildlife area is closed, just a small portion
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Post by: Birdgetter on April 23, 2019, 09:11:49 AM: Hey buglebuster are you going to be up at oak creek this year?
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Post by: bullcanyon on April 23, 2019, 09:16:54 AM: Interesting..Wonder why they have a sign saying no access during March and April at the gate? Maybe I'll call them directly today and find out.
Title: Re: Oak Creek got hit early
Post by: Matth on April 23, 2019, 10:12:34 AM: Quote from: bullcanyon on April 23, 2019, 09:16:54 AM
Interesting..Wonder why they have a sign saying no access during March and April at the gate? Maybe I'll call them directly today and find out.

Call em up, it may save someone some headache in the future. :tup:
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Post by: LDennis24 on April 23, 2019, 12:11:55 PM: :o

So post up some pics of your haul man! Lol
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Post by: buglebuster on April 23, 2019, 01:04:01 PM: Quote from: Birdgetter on April 23, 2019, 09:11:49 AM
Hey buglebuster are you going to be up at oak creek this year?
I believe so