Post by: 85yota on June 08, 2021, 01:10:47 PM
Post by: go4steelhd on June 08, 2021, 01:19:24 PM
Now there are only a select few I will hunt with in spots like this.
I have traded information that is mutually beneficial, knowing that it runs a risk, you have to analyze whether the trade is worth it or not.
Post by: 85yota on June 08, 2021, 01:22:03 PM
Post by: Stein on June 08, 2021, 01:52:26 PM
Post by: Jingles on June 08, 2021, 01:56:34 PM
Post by: jrebel on June 08, 2021, 02:07:19 PM
Post by: Dan-o on June 08, 2021, 02:44:05 PM
Post by: haftard on June 08, 2021, 04:32:40 PM
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on June 08, 2021, 04:33:31 PM
;)
Don't need to advertise, anybody that stops at the local fuel station will hear about it.
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My best spot is in an area everybody speeds right on by to get "deep and dark", only to spend time socializing and comparing bikes, and listening to each other bugle.
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I almost hate to say it, but not only are there Rocky and Roosevelt, Throw in "Cascade Roosevelt" (I-5/PCT),
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But there is also "#!$"by!" Elk!
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You know, they show up in the damndest places.
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Can't find a 3pt Bull during season in Washington?
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Standing in someone's backyard.
Trolling the parking lot at the local IGA...
Standing in the road making you wonder how much it would cost to fix your vehicle?
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I will give up my "secret spot" in a heartbeat.
You walk it differently..
You go to the places I have already been.
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You're welcome.
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It's only a secret if you don't tell anyone.
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Just because it was raining when I was there..
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on June 08, 2021, 04:39:48 PM
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Edge of public/private.
Sit your ass down and quit fidgeting...
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You now have a secret.
Kill the elk/deer/bear/...
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Now it's a "SECRET" spot...
Post by: snake on June 08, 2021, 05:34:59 PM
Post by: jstone on June 08, 2021, 06:18:13 PM
Post by: Magnum_Willys on June 08, 2021, 06:18:45 PM
Well theres only one road though town leads past just a few obvious nice spots everything else straight up staight down. Needless to say we ran into his buddies in all our spots the next year.
Post by: trophyhunt on June 08, 2021, 06:25:57 PM
Took a good buddy to montana, he got a big buck didnt think just mentioning the lil town 10 miles from our camp was a big deal.ouch!!! That is truly F’d!
Well theres only one road though town leads past just a few obvious nice spots everything else straight up staight down. Needless to say we ran into his buddies in all our spots the next year.
Post by: hogslayer on June 08, 2021, 07:17:31 PM
Post by: X-Force on June 08, 2021, 07:47:18 PM
Trophy elk
Trophy bear
Consistent deer (4pt or better)
WA and ID.
PM me. Cash or PayPal.
:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: greenhead_killer on June 08, 2021, 08:43:57 PM
Post by: Dan-o on June 08, 2021, 08:48:20 PM
I didn't learn my lesson. :bash:
The next year I told the same guy I was gonna fish the lake Washington sockeye opener and troll by the I-90 Bridge. Good grief it was crowded!!!
Oh crap..... that might have been a little too specific
Post by: Chukar on June 08, 2021, 09:00:19 PM
West side.
I’ll offer $10.
Hip me.
Post by: Igor on June 08, 2021, 09:07:23 PM
Crappie and Bluegill.
West side.
I’ll offer $10.
Hip me.
Campbell Lake, Anacortes, WA
Post by: Mr Mykiss on June 09, 2021, 06:59:07 AM
I called dude and said “you know I’ve been hunting there for 10 years and break bread with that landowner a dozen times a year right??”
Effin DB.
Post by: blackpowderhunter on June 09, 2021, 07:10:08 AM
she had a student ask her where i elk hunt.
"in the woods" was her response.
shes a keeper!
Post by: Rob on June 09, 2021, 07:58:55 AM
Case in point, during Spring bear this year, I had conversations going with several people. I shared my bear sightings with many of them, however if one of them shared a location with me, I did NOT pass it along to anyone else. Just seems like basic manners to me!
Post by: NW SURVEYOR on June 09, 2021, 08:04:28 AM
I live down the street from a guy that hunts all the time.
He is very succesful and we chat about huntinhg all the time, but rarely specifics.
He and I both hunt Idaho, but have never exchanged details.
We have never hunted together and only get together for a beer once or twice a year.
Anyways, last season my partner and I were walking in on a trail to our "Spot" when we encounter a guy walking out at daylight.
Lo and behold, it's my neighbor!
He had a bum hip and couldn't manage the hike with his son and was returning to his rig.
So we laugh about the hypocricy of meeting 500 miles from home on a trail.
Anyways, I felt like I has to explein to my partners that this was coincidental, which he knows is the truth because we never share spots with those not in our circle.
Post by: GWP on June 09, 2021, 08:24:05 AM
I have a friend that hunts Indian artifacts, arrowheads and the like, not in this State. He will study an area and determine where the best hunting spot, camping spot, would be, and starts looking.
Another friend was with him on a trip and when they sat down in a 'chosen area' the guy scraped the ground where he was sitting and found an old broken clay pipe buried in the ground. Someone, many, many, many years before, sat in that very same camping spot and left a broken clay pipe.
Wife and I have a 'secret' spot for waterfowl hunting. WAY back through hard walking, nasty area's. Even there, we have seen footprints on the ground. And shells. And human leavings.
Nothing warms my heart like being in a pristine, remote area and finding human garbage...
Post by: Magnum_Willys on June 09, 2021, 08:42:25 AM
Post by: 2MANY on June 09, 2021, 08:45:39 AM
Post by: Igor on June 09, 2021, 09:00:37 AM
Fast forward 40+ years, and my wife and I were wandering around downtown Edmonds. We were in a small shop where a guy had some paintings of lakes and mountains, and I commented while looking at one......"That looks like Pioneer Lakes". He said "It is". We chatted for a few minutes, and he said he had made many trips to the Pioneer Lakes Basin. Guess our "secret" spot wasn't exactly a secret, after all.
(https://i.imgur.com/Dhf0W5ol.jpg)
Post by: Igor on June 09, 2021, 12:51:50 PM
And, I will give detailed directions on how to get there.
Post by: GASoline71 on June 10, 2021, 07:08:20 AM
Nothing warms my heart like being in a pristine, remote area and finding human garbage...
Chaps my hide to find trash in the woods anywhere. But finding it in deep really sucks.
Gary
Post by: hunter399 on June 10, 2021, 07:18:08 AM
Post by: HooknoseHunter on June 10, 2021, 07:50:02 AM
Onx maps took care of secret spots.
Agreed, OnX maps has ruined hunting. Now you have townies venturing into places they don’t need to be. I don’t care if it’s public land.
Post by: Rob on June 10, 2021, 08:11:23 AM
Post by: gee_unit360 on June 10, 2021, 08:29:05 AM
Post by: screedler on June 10, 2021, 10:37:06 AM
Onx maps took care of secret spots.
Agreed, OnX maps has ruined hunting. Now you have townies venturing into places they don’t need to be. I don’t care if it’s public land.
Ooh noo, "townies"!
Post by: Igor on June 10, 2021, 10:47:13 AM
Onx maps took care of secret spots.
Agreed, OnX maps has ruined hunting. Now you have townies venturing into places they don’t need to be. I don’t care if it’s public land.
Ooh noo, "townies"!
Is that worse than "coasties" ?
Post by: bigmacc on June 10, 2021, 03:50:10 PM
Post by: idaho guy on June 10, 2021, 04:40:50 PM
Onx maps took care of secret spots.
:yeah: this has been sadly true for me. But know I am using it to find other peoples "secret spots" -adapt or die :chuckle:
Post by: fishngamereaper on June 10, 2021, 04:58:00 PM
Post by: 85yota on June 10, 2021, 07:43:55 PM
Post by: archerykraze on June 11, 2021, 11:49:43 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on June 11, 2021, 12:06:34 PM
Post by: Rob on June 11, 2021, 12:07:19 PM
Hunted the same farmer's field all through high school and into my 20's with no issues. Took a buddy out with me that I taught how to duck hunt. The next year I was told by the farmer the field was leased out. Buddy called me to go duck hunting in that field and I told him we don't have permission anymore. He told me he leased it out and I can only go there with him since he's on the lease. Not a buddy anymore. T
Wow... that was a crap move.
Post by: Skyvalhunter on June 11, 2021, 12:10:03 PM
Post by: hunter399 on June 11, 2021, 12:57:55 PM
Totally agreeOnx maps took care of secret spots.
:yeah: this has been sadly true for me. But know I am using it to find other peoples "secret spots" -adapt or die :chuckle:
We as "hunters" are always in someone's spot. :chuckle: :chuckle: