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Other Hunting => Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: Afraiman on March 24, 2021, 11:26:37 AM

Title: grant/adams county
Post by: Afraiman on March 24, 2021, 11:26:37 AM: several WDFW units that reside in grant/adams mention hunting prospects for turkeys. the WDFW population distribution maps do not indicate this to be true, and from my limited personal experience water-fowling and fishing the area, I have yet to see a turkey.

has anyone ever seen hunt-able populations in the general area (looking for a confirm or deny populations, not secrete spots)
Title: Re: grant/adams county
Post by: Sandberm on March 24, 2021, 11:29:30 AM: I do not believe i have ever seen a turkey in Adams or Grant county
Title: Re: grant/adams county
Post by: Mfowl on March 24, 2021, 11:34:15 AM: Washtucna, Coulee City and Ellensburg are the closest places I've ever seen turkeys to Grant/Adams counties. I would not bother looking for them there. I do quite a bit of fishing/bird hunting around the basin as well, never see them around.
Title: Re: grant/adams county
Post by: shootem on March 24, 2021, 11:47:19 AM: I spend a lot of time in Grant County on dirt roads and water and have never seen one turkey there.
Title: Re: grant/adams county
Post by: nwwanderer on March 24, 2021, 11:54:49 AM: Have seen them close to El Oro, would imagine crab creek would have plenty
Title: Re: grant/adams county
Post by: Dan-o on March 24, 2021, 12:55:40 PM: I've seen quite a few there...... and fairly well distributed. They are more prevalent in the Fall.

Mostly Foster Farms, but also some Butterballs.

Seriously, I've spent a few hundred days afield there and never seen a track or turd.
Title: Re: grant/adams county
Post by: bustedoldman on March 24, 2021, 01:25:58 PM: I've seen turkeys between summer falls and coulee city also at sun lakes. And once in awhile north of moses in the gloyd seeps and crab creek area. I've seen a few around Washtucna, just saw some this weekend actually.
Title: Re: grant/adams county
Post by: acrocker on March 24, 2021, 03:45:56 PM: There was a rumor a couple years back that there were a few in the dunes area of Potholes but I've never seen any back there and I've spent quite a bit of time there. On the other hand, WDFW shut the area down for a couple months to do pig eradication a few years ago and I've never seen a pig there, either... :dunno:
Title: Re: grant/adams county
Post by: Ironhead on March 24, 2021, 04:07:56 PM: There are definately Turkey in the North End of Grant County.
Title: Re: grant/adams county
Post by: spur_ride on March 24, 2021, 06:38:08 PM: I saw a small flock of 6 about 12 years ago north of Moses lake. That’s the only time I’ve ever seen them out there
Title: Re: grant/adams county
Post by: asmith on March 24, 2021, 06:41:37 PM: Yes, there is huntable populations in small areas.
Title: Re: grant/adams county
Post by: avidnwoutdoorsman on April 10, 2021, 12:41:53 PM: Coulee City to Coulee Dam in Grants County

And Washtucna in Adams County
Title: Re: grant/adams county
Post by: hughjorgan on April 10, 2021, 02:06:54 PM: Electric city which is the north end of grant county has a bunch. This time of year flagging traffic on 155 you can hear them gobbling up on the hill above banks lake. Just north of the hutterites in marlin there is a decent sized flock that hangs out in the alfalfa fields, so there are some turkeys around.
Title: Re: grant/adams county
Post by: jeffro on April 10, 2021, 02:57:35 PM: See tons of them east of Grand Coulee, they seem to hang on private ground.
But most of the farmers don’t seem to might allowing permission
Title: Re: grant/adams county
Post by: Hilltop123 on April 10, 2021, 03:06:02 PM: Northrup Canyon, some of it's is state park, if not most of it. But to the west is some public ground, grab ONX and take a walk.