Post by: zach1234 on January 29, 2010, 06:46:17 PM
If any one has any good areas to hunt or any good tips for a new person like me it would help.
I live in the puyallup area but would travel any where in the state.
I have a remington 742 in 308 and a mossberg 500 im going to get a slug barrel so i think that covers modern firearms. thank you for your time
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Post by: zach1234 on January 29, 2010, 07:11:16 PM
i was not trying to take any ones spot to hunt i was talking more in general terms you know like oly penninsula lake chelan mt rainier that kind of thing hope i did not make any one to mad.
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Post by: huntlakewood on January 29, 2010, 08:22:45 PM
Do too the people you might use this as the last resort cause it truly does get crazy sometimes. :dunno: :dunno:
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Post by: Copperwood on February 16, 2010, 07:55:45 PM
Puyallup is only an hour away from Shelton where I know of a lot of bucks being taken. Behind the mill is always a good spot.
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on February 16, 2010, 08:13:09 PM
Im new to hunting. I have done my hunter ed and i want to go deer hunting this next season.
If any one has any good areas to hunt or any good tips for a new person like me it would help.
I live in the puyallup area but would travel any where in the state.
I have a remington 742 in 308 and a mossberg 500 im going to get a slug barrel so i think that covers modern firearms. thank you for your time
Congrats to you for completing hunter's ed, I took a firearm's safety course back east as a kid but it doesn't count for anything in this State. I don't know what you've done for scouting prior, but it's pretty critical to get out and just spend a lot of time in the area's you intend to hunt, before you hunt them. The hunting part of it is fairly simple, the scouting, patterning and planning is most of the work. From Puyallup you have a lot of good blacktail options anywhere within two hours of you.
Post by: Colville on February 16, 2010, 08:32:16 PM
I'd argue that the time you can commit to learn an area is more important than the area at first. So probably nearby locations are worth the time even if the stats don't say it's the best. Pick an area and dive into it. If you're not good with off trail navigation spend some time learning compass/map/gps. Get off roads and trails go to places that are hard to reach, even if nearby, and be there early and late. Before long you start to put it together. It's no joke that most won't even get a few hundred yards off a road without a trail (most of those don't reside on this MB) so there's far far more huntable ground throughout the state than even the maps suggest.
Maybe pick an area and scout it a bit, then come back and describe the terrain, slope faces, cuts, distances from roads, locations of other notables and ask for general how would you approach this scenario questions. Works better than "point me toward a unit or area." How too's get a lot more response than where too's.
Post by: Dipsnort on February 17, 2010, 12:55:40 PM
This site can be a good resource but don't use it as your only source of information and, as has been suggested, you'll find that treading very lightly when asking for specific areas here will keep you in good graces with the mob...uh, I mean the forum members. ;)
Post by: MissinCaliBlacktails on February 17, 2010, 11:11:14 PM
Im new to, just what i have noticed