Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: OneNightAtDeerCamp on February 26, 2010, 10:24:02 PM
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Has anyone hunted yotes on Fort Lewis? Worth the extra effort?
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It's shotgun only during non-big game seasons. Other than that they have surprisingly little red tape for an Army installation. I gave up after I found out about the shotgun thing, so I can't tell you if the ground is any good. Seems like it would be though.
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Ive seen cotes on Fort Lewis, had one come right up to the car and eat my scraps that i was throwing out the window. If ur planning on going and dont mind a newbie, shoot me an email. Ill gladly come along.
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Hmm, I had just called the place on ft lewis regarding rules and she didnt mention anything about hunting with shotgun only?
She said I had to head over to some buildin on the north fort and pay $10 and I was in? I see alot of yotes out there but dont "need" to hunt there. What parts of the fort are you guys refering to?
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Yeah I called them about a month ago and they didn't mention it to me either. I drove down there from Ballard and was dead-set on hunting some yotes. When I got there, I was all set to go and the guy asked me what I was registering. I told him a rifle and he told me it was a no-go. Maybe he was mis-informed. Let us know if so.
Shane
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Shaneman is right on this. Or at least that was the rules 3 yrs ago. During non-big game season, no rifles allowed. So you could use a bow as well. There's also a restriction on the shot size (basically size 2 or smaller, almost too small for yotes). For 2 yrs I got my access permit up there, but never hunted it.
Now that I also bowhunt, I keep thinking about going back in there for yotes.
