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Big Game Hunting => Out Of State Hunting => Topic started by: elkboy on December 17, 2023, 04:53:07 PM

Title: life change: from Washington to Oregon
Post by: elkboy on December 17, 2023, 04:53:07 PM: Well, HuntWA friends, I took a job in Oregon. Still teaching forestry, still working at a land grant university. And definitely still crazy about hunting, of course.

Any of you on here that are Beaver Staters, let me know- I'd love to meet up for a beer.

I will miss the Evergreen State, but I'm happy to still be in the Pacific Northwest. I guess I'm going to have to dust off (wipe the mud off?) my blacktail hunting skills, and maybe run around in the thick stuff for Roosevelt elk. We'll see where the adventures take me.
Title: Re: life change: from Washington to Oregon
Post by: Blacktail Sniper on December 17, 2023, 04:55:13 PM: Best of luck in your future adventures!!
Title: Re: life change: from Washington to Oregon
Post by: wadu1 on December 17, 2023, 05:11:32 PM: Best of luck, don't forget to post your adventures on HW.
Title: Re: life change: from Washington to Oregon
Post by: Mtnwalker on December 17, 2023, 05:17:47 PM: I think they’ve got about 3 times the public land per capita that WA does so that should be a bonus :tup:
Title: Re: life change: from Washington to Oregon
Post by: phildobaggins on December 17, 2023, 06:11:55 PM: Eastern Oregon is sneaky good, have fun!
Title: Re: life change: from Washington to Oregon
Post by: robescc on February 20, 2024, 12:15:09 AM: I moved back to Wa from Oregon in 2020 and could kick myself for leaving. The politics sucked but the hunting was the best I have ever had. Where are you moving to? I could give you some pointers.
Title: Re: life change: from Washington to Oregon
Post by: Henrydog on February 20, 2024, 05:21:26 AM: Quote from: robescc on February 20, 2024, 12:15:09 AM
I moved back to Wa from Oregon in 2020 and could kick myself for leaving. The politics sucked but the hunting was the best I have ever had. Where are you moving to? I could give you some pointers.

He Said another Land Grant School, so that would be OSU...Corvallis. Keeping it in the family of Pac2 schools.
Title: Re: life change: from Washington to Oregon
Post by: elkboy on February 20, 2024, 06:49:57 AM: Exactly right... OSU. Pac-2 all the way! :tup:

Robescc, any hunting tips you have would be very much appreciated!
Title: Re: life change: from Washington to Oregon
Post by: Magnum_Willys on February 20, 2024, 07:26:38 AM: The coast is thick with elk - bow hunt and you could get an opportunity every year.
Taxes are horrible tho - the 9.9% state tax is bad enough but they also nearly eliminate the standard deduction and do elimate the 20% biz deduction with regards to figuring state income.

But the good news is its only a short drive for you to watch the duck games. :-)
Title: Re: life change: from Washington to Oregon
Post by: pickardjw on February 20, 2024, 07:48:09 AM: I've been in Pendleton a little over 2-weeks and to say I'm excited for fall already is an understatement. Spring should be fun too.
Title: Re: life change: from Washington to Oregon
Post by: pianoman9701 on February 20, 2024, 02:35:50 PM: Did you guys get all the housework finished?
Title: Re: life change: from Washington to Oregon
Post by: JoeE on February 20, 2024, 02:41:45 PM: Quote from: elkboy on February 20, 2024, 06:49:57 AM
Exactly right... OSU. Pac-2 all the way! :tup:

Robescc, any hunting tips you have would be very much appreciated!

OSU is a Pac-2 powerhouse
Title: Re: life change: from Washington to Oregon
Post by: wadu1 on February 20, 2024, 03:36:53 PM: Quote from: pickardjw on February 20, 2024, 07:48:09 AM
I've been in Pendleton a little over 2-weeks and to say I'm excited for fall already is an understatement. Spring should be fun too.
Those look like juvenile Velociraptor tracks! :dunno: :chuckle:
Title: Re: life change: from Washington to Oregon
Post by: Doublelunger on February 20, 2024, 06:23:29 PM: I'm an Oregonian. Grew up in Republic WA, moved to LA Grande OR after college. If their was more opportunity in Republic that would be my first choice but NE Oregon is pretty good too!
Title: Re: life change: from Washington to Oregon
Post by: Fidelk on February 21, 2024, 07:22:48 PM: I read that OR has twice as many elk as WA.