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Other Activities => Shed Hunting => Topic started by: lewy on April 22, 2009, 06:39:43 AM

Title: oak creek
Post by: lewy on April 22, 2009, 06:39:43 AM: I heard oak creek isnt going to open for the walk in guys untill 6 am this year? Why would they do that?
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Post by: bearmanric on April 22, 2009, 07:17:46 AM: that way when your walking in the guy's with there stash's have more time to get there antler's out. Rick
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Post by: jackelope on April 22, 2009, 07:50:38 AM: to give folks a better shot at not getting stampeded since they will have daylight to work with and be able to see where they are going.
:dunno:
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Post by: boneaddict on April 22, 2009, 08:44:33 AM: Should be pretty easy to spot the guys dashing to their stashes that way.
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Post by: jackelope on April 22, 2009, 08:51:59 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on April 22, 2009, 08:44:33 AM
Should be pretty easy to spot the guys dashing to their stashes that way.

i thought about that after i made my useless statement.
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Post by: boneaddict on April 22, 2009, 09:08:34 AM: Most of the big ones dropped in the station this year as they fed them so late. They should be auctioning off some nice bones. That is if they haven't been taken home already.
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Post by: buckmaster_wa on April 22, 2009, 11:27:11 AM: Last week on my way up I saw a black 4 door dodge pickup parked at the Bear canyon spot. On my way down he was pulled over by the pond. He had 8-12 nice elk sheds in the bed of his truck. When I got past Naches there were two Warden trucks going westbound up the freeway with there lights and sirens on. I hope they were going to give him what he deserves. I know you couldnt find that many sheds going into the bear canyon area, because there has already been at least 15 guys go into that area. I think there might have been a guy up on windy point that spoted them sneaking into oak creek and he called it in. :tup: Every year I get pissed at the idiots that ruin it for the guys who obey the rules.
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Post by: cackle on April 22, 2009, 11:59:07 AM: was that on saturday?
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Post by: skybusterbo on April 22, 2009, 05:58:24 PM: Quote from: boneaddict on April 22, 2009, 09:08:34 AM
Most of the big ones dropped in the station this year as they fed them so late. They should be auctioning off some nice bones. That is if they haven't been taken home already.
I'm just sure they don't do that :rolleyes:
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Post by: wazzuhunter on April 22, 2009, 06:25:45 PM: Quote
I know you couldnt find that many sheds going into the bear canyon area, because there has already been at least 15 guys go into that area.

Geez, buckmaster, you didn't have to give away my secret honey hole. :chuckle: My dad has been up there 3 weekends this spring, and I was up there once. By the way, we didn't find any sheds in that area when we were up there. Oh and it would not be hard to sneak into the Oak Creek area from there. My guess is that you are right on the money. Maybe not, but that would be my best guess.
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Post by: buckmaster_wa on April 23, 2009, 01:27:11 PM: Quote from: cackle on April 22, 2009, 11:59:07 AM
was that on saturday?

No that was Tuesday the 14th. Has anyone heard any more about wether there gonna open the gates at midnight or at six?
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Post by: bearhunter59 on April 23, 2009, 01:38:59 PM: Take notice of the newly posted signs..."Photo enforced"!!!! It's not a hollow threat...they're there...Enforcement has caught and cited 7 people just last week for being in there. There are cameras in there now...I know for a fact....I help put them in there...
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Post by: farmin4u_98948 on April 23, 2009, 07:08:22 PM: I saw 2 game wardens up on charmack canyon sat. Lots of quads up there also. somebody probably got cited for something. Turkey hunters said nice weather but no birds!!!
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Post by: huntnphool on April 23, 2009, 07:27:47 PM: Alright which one of you guys owns a black 4 door Dodge pickup, I'd bet whoever it is reads the HuntWa forum.
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Post by: jdb on April 23, 2009, 07:32:56 PM: not me but I bet I know the of the guy.
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Post by: bow4elk on April 23, 2009, 09:56:27 PM: Quote from: farmin4u_98948 on April 23, 2009, 07:08:22 PM
I saw 2 game wardens up on charmack canyon sat. Lots of quads up there also. somebody probably got cited for something. Turkey hunters said nice weather but no birds!!!

I've had roosted birds gooble to my bugling in the fall up around Carroll Flat...(around 1990). I grew up hunting over there and never saw or heard a turkey until that evening.
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Post by: buckmaster_wa on April 24, 2009, 01:42:37 PM: I was really tempted to pull in and see who the corporate driving the black dodge was, but I decided to leave it alone. I do know of two other guys that sneak in there every year and find tons of sheds but there time will come and they will get caught.
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Post by: MADMAX on April 24, 2009, 03:42:12 PM: 6am start for the easter egg hunt is confirmed
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Post by: Scottystyle on April 24, 2009, 04:17:28 PM: is is 6am for walkin, or for all?
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Post by: big rack attack on April 24, 2009, 08:29:29 PM: quads have no buisness up in the woods. they are lazy people that are greedy and dont really care about anything else execpt how many antlers they find. they cheat they still and they cause un nessasary stress on the animals. i think this a big proplem, just like poaching!
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Post by: gasman on April 24, 2009, 08:41:56 PM: Quote from: big rack attack on April 24, 2009, 08:29:29 PM
quads have no buisness up in the woods. they are lazy people that are greedy and dont really care about anything else execpt how many antlers they find. they cheat they still and they cause un nessasary stress on the animals. i think this a big proplem, just like poaching!

Don't the guys on horse back do the same thing?
:dunno:

To what i have heard, the guys on horse's go in weeks before the gates are open. >:(
Is that fair?
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Post by: jackelope on April 24, 2009, 10:13:02 PM: if they are, they are breaking the law. it's not fair or unfair. they are trespassing whether they are on horses, quads, or on foot. its illegal. there are so many other places to look for sheds, i can't understand the appeal of this zoo.
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Post by: boneaddict on April 29, 2009, 07:08:25 PM: Yakima Herald states 6 for walk in, 8 for motorized. (I assume horse is 6)

Also a nice article about the cameras they put in there to nab thieves. Coupel nice quad shots. LOL and two locals walking by the game cams. :chuckle:
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Post by: lewy on April 29, 2009, 08:01:12 PM: by the time the honest guys get in their at least half the horns are gone-it sucks.....
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Post by: Timberwolf on April 29, 2009, 08:38:18 PM: Just curious if the west side of Hoover canyon in Oak creek is open to the public or is it also part of the wintering area?
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Post by: Scottystyle on April 29, 2009, 09:34:28 PM: :chuckle: STAMPEDE !!!!! :chuckle: Its getting close to that time again
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Post by: buckmaster_wa on April 30, 2009, 04:33:39 AM: Quote from: lewy on April 29, 2009, 08:01:12 PM
by the time the honest guys get in their at least half the horns are gone-it sucks.....

No its more like 70-80 percent of the sheds are already picked up by the time the honest guys get in there. I know of two different guys that sneak in there every year and find 20-30 sheds each year in there. (some day they will get caught, and I'm gonna celebrate when they do).
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Post by: ICEMAN on April 30, 2009, 04:55:38 AM: Why dont you help make it happen?

Rat them out and do everyone a favor.
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Post by: boneaddict on April 30, 2009, 06:07:02 AM: I don't even bother, and look how close I live.
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Post by: wastickslinger on April 30, 2009, 07:15:31 AM: I dont have much intrests in messing around up there but where is the boundary? CAn you get a map of bondary? Is it the fence or is it up further to the forest service? Just curious.
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Post by: bearmanric on April 30, 2009, 07:26:10 AM: pretty soon they will close it with all the Hassle's now they know they can make money. or restict like Kentucky and some other state because of the stress put on the animal's. quad's suck. different type of hunter lazy and rude.Rick
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Post by: littlebuf on April 30, 2009, 07:54:25 AM: well lets at least see some pics of sheds any of you guys may have pulled outa there
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Post by: boneaddict on April 30, 2009, 08:15:25 AM: I'd have to find a sign somewhere and take a picture of the elk closure. Folks hit the boundary areas hard. In fact thats where the poaching pics in the Herald are from. I should go up there tonight and get a free trailcam. I am 98.9% sure of where its at by those pics. LOL ITs a road coming out of the little rattlesnake. It goes up on the backside and is poached pretty heavily as people try to make there way in. Great place to put a camera. Nice job WDFW. I don't have any littlebuf.
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Post by: Timberwolf on April 30, 2009, 10:52:44 AM: It would of been nice to keep that back road a secret from the average Joe. >:(
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Post by: buckmaster_wa on April 30, 2009, 01:34:51 PM: The best year that I have had in there I found 8 on the opener. That was a year that the backroad had some really deep snow drifts and the poachers couldn't get in from the backside. Now every year I hope for a big snow around the first of April. I have had friends that thought about dropping a few trees on that road around April 1 just to keep the poachers outta there for a few weeks. I asked a warden why they dont close that road down till opener and he said they have to keep it open for the snowmobilers. >:(
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Post by: cackle on April 30, 2009, 02:29:43 PM: yup its not that secret of a rad really
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Post by: boneaddict on April 30, 2009, 02:35:44 PM: A secret......... :)
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Post by: EastWaViking on April 30, 2009, 02:38:59 PM: I think it is neat to find a drop, and guys going out in the spring getting some exercise and picking up nice elk antlers is great. What I don't get is the rabidness of some, even to the point of sneaking in, breaking the law, somewhere just to pick up a shed. What do they do with them once they get them? It seems as hysterical as the women fighting over the cabbage patch dolls at Christmas time.

enlighten me.
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Post by: boneaddict on April 30, 2009, 02:47:07 PM: Money for alot of folks I suppose. not sure. I can honestly say that I thought about it this year by my house because of the uniqueness of the bull. I'd never seen anything like him. The power antlers have over me probably is what derives the ole name. Then I thought to myself, no then I wouldn't be any better than the guys I despise. Then you try to do it legally and guys on 4 wheelers break the rules. I know I'd never get it if I waited to do it legally but it just wasn't worth breaking the law over. I guess others don't have that holding them back. Now there is some guy out there with a cool set of antlers. :dunno:
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Post by: rosscrazyelk on April 30, 2009, 05:11:31 PM: I wish all those who are going good luck. With my health I won't be doing much of anything til I have my surgery. Have fun you all
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Post by: littlebuf on April 30, 2009, 05:39:45 PM: you gunna be okay ross?
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Post by: rosscrazyelk on April 30, 2009, 07:52:59 PM: Quote
you gunna be okay ross?
I will eventually .. They have to dig around in my head and remove some stuff that should not be there. It makes me have a pretty bad balance problem amongst other things. I will live. Thanks for asking.. Thank God Elk And Deer season ain't til fall or I would be screwed.
Go find a shed in my name :)
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Post by: ICEMAN on April 30, 2009, 07:54:44 PM: Boy, that doesnt sound good. hope all goes well.
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Post by: Scottystyle on May 01, 2009, 03:25:52 PM: Just got back from the Joke Creek wildlife area. Shed hunters looked to be averaging 20.3 cars per shed. But seriously, I found none by 10am, and of the 100 or so people i glasses with my binocs, looked like they were having equal luck. Brings me to wonder, how many were picked up early by trespassers.... or food for thought WDFW people to provide for this shed auction they are having. :dunno: Ive done this every year and always came home with a couple, or missed some to other people close to me, but my :twocents: looks to me like Joe Q public who is out here doing things the right way legally got a big ole elk horn in the rear this year. At least i am thankful for the opportunity, and and excellent hike as always.
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Post by: woodswalker on May 01, 2009, 03:36:25 PM: Quote from: big rack attack on April 24, 2009, 08:29:29 PM
quads have no buisness up in the woods. they are lazy people that are greedy and dont really care about anything else execpt how many antlers they find. they cheat they still and they cause un nessasary stress on the animals. i think this a big proplem, just like poaching!

Yeah and in other areas they are hosing up Turkey hunting too.... :4w: :pee:

see here...: http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,26182.0.html
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Post by: skybusterbo on May 01, 2009, 04:06:59 PM: Quote from: Scottystyle on May 01, 2009, 03:25:52 PM
Just got back from the Joke Creek wildlife area. Shed hunters looked to be averaging 20.3 cars per shed. But seriously, I found none by 10am, and of the 100 or so people i glasses with my binocs, looked like they were having equal luck. Brings me to wonder, how many were picked up early by trespassers.... or food for thought WDFW people to provide for this shed auction they are having. :dunno: Ive done this every year and always came home with a couple, or missed some to other people close to me, but my :twocents: looks to me like Joe Q public who is out here doing things the right way legally got a big ole elk horn in the rear this year. At least i am thankful for the opportunity, and and excellent hike as always.
That's why I don't go up there any more. Last time I went, about 3yrs ago, all I found was boot tracks. I know that nobody was in front of me that day.They had been in there DAYS before. These days the people that obey the law are getting screwed more and more. It sucks.