Post by: big wood on November 27, 2019, 12:48:04 PM
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Post by: brokentrail on November 27, 2019, 01:34:58 PM
I hear a lot of folks complain about deer populations in there but I seem to have at least 1 or 2 opportunities a year to fill my tag. Still works for me, when it doesn't I'll stop buying my permit.
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Post by: 270 on December 24, 2019, 10:09:01 PM
Post by: highside74 on December 24, 2019, 10:18:21 PM
Is that the general consensus, that deer hunting in kapowsin has gone down hill? Why? I just started buying the pass a couple years ago so I wouldn't know. I've only seen does, but I haven't hunted it that hard either for deer.
Yes and many reasons.
Cougars
Bears
Coyotes
Bobcats
Hunters
Lots of elk
Clearcut spraying
None of the above make for good Blacktail habitat. All of the above are in abundance in Hancock Kapowsin and Eatonville.
Post by: deerlick on December 24, 2019, 11:04:24 PM
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Post by: Bango skank on December 25, 2019, 04:25:34 AM
You guys have been complaining for at least 10 years. Why do you continue to purchase the permit?? It's almost unbelievable...
So let me get this straight. Youre saying that this area that everybody knows about, that is talked about publicly online, that fails to produce decent hunting year after year... this area might not be worth paying money to hunt??
Post by: hunter399 on December 25, 2019, 05:58:09 AM
Cause the state selectively logs it's land.Now I know those logs are money.But to leave 5-10 seed trees per acre is gonna speed up time between harvest it also creates shade for grasses and low level plants to rebound.
Now with that said I still hunt it here,its free as long as you follow the access rules,if I had to pay I would hunt elsewhere.
Post by: Alan K on December 25, 2019, 09:07:41 AM
There has always been a ton of elk in Hancock. There is no lack of feed for the deer. IMO it is a predator thing. Once there is a good fresh snow you can see how many predators are out there. Manly bobcat and coyote but Ive seen cougar track as well.
:yeah:
Bears are out of control in there, and there is crazy amount of predation on fawns. They're probably the biggest culprit to the lack of deer. In my opinion. Even with all of the elk there is no shortage of feed. I don't think it's possible for feed to be a population limiter on the west side with how fast stuff grows.
Post by: Alan K on December 25, 2019, 09:08:04 AM
There has always been a ton of elk in Hancock. There is no lack of feed for the deer. IMO it is a predator thing. Once there is a good fresh snow you can see how many predators are out there. Manly bobcat and coyote but Ive seen cougar track as well.
:yeah:
Bears are out of control in there, and there is a crazy amount of predation on fawns. They're probably the biggest culprit to the lack of deer. In my opinion. Even with all of the elk there is no shortage of feed. I don't think it's possible for feed to be a population limiter on the west side with how fast stuff grows.
Post by: Alan K on December 25, 2019, 09:08:49 AM
There has always been a ton of elk in Hancock. There is no lack of feed for the deer. IMO it is a predator thing. Once there is a good fresh snow you can see how many predators are out there. Manly bobcat and coyote but Ive seen cougar track as well.
:yeah:
Bears are out of control in there, and there is a crazy amount of predation on fawns. They're probably the biggest culprit to the lack of deer. In my opinion. Even with all of the elk there is no shortage of feed. I don't think it's possible for feed to be a population limiter on the west side with how fast stuff grows.
Post by: Thehowler on December 25, 2019, 09:52:41 AM